Recent content by Ohtobedone

I'm so jealous!!! I love your fowl! Simply beautiful. Your wife is a lucky women!!

Thanks for the information. My large hens all prefer the low nesting box. Go figure! My coop is 6x8 and is small. Going to get a bigger one in the spring so my silkies can have the small one all to themselves!

I have 5 reg. hens and one silkie. I've been getting 5 large eggs a day but finding yolk color under the roost where my silkie roosts. Do I need to do something different for a nesting box for her. The other hens all use the same box. New to this chicken game and could use some help!

Thank-you for the warm welcome!! I really enjoy BYC!!

I'm new to raising chickens. Got my first coop in April. My chicks didn't arrive until June! That won't happen again. I've learned about ordering early. I live with my husband, 5 dogs and 2 cats and a cockatiel. I have wanted silkie chicken since I was a little girl and saw them on a...