Hi.So far I haven't done any trimming, though I am tempted to trim their feet as the feathers are getting muddy now the snow is thawing. The feathers around their eyes don't seem much of a problem now but they have had a bit of a moult so I will be interested to see how they fluff up once the...
We adopted two eight month old silkies in the fall of 2011. At the same time I picked them up I collected a hen with six of her own chicks and six the farmer took from another hen expecting her to mother them. She didn't but the silkies stepped in, even though they had never raised a brood of...
What a great site! I found you because I was looking for information on bright yellow poop, which one of the hens was producing, and was so impressed I just had to join. We live in rural Newfoundland and have 40 hens and, currently, five roosters. My crowd were out scratching in the sun...