I have been searching for silky breeders on long Island for months now with no luck. I ordered six from my pet chicken & they're adorable & healthy but got no bearded. I suppose I'm looking for more of show quality birds,as I may get into breeding them in the spring since their seems to be no...
Oh I'm just hear broken reading this. I'm so sorry for your loss and under the horrific circumstances it happened. I'm new to BYC and am also a new chicken owner. My son's 1st grade class hatched chicks June 1st and we took home three chicks when they were only a few weeks old. We...
I was able to locate female silky chicks. I placed an order from My Pet Chicken. The minimum order for the state of N.Y. was 6 chicks, so I think I will be looking for someone local interested in taking two or three "as I already have three chickens here". My day old silkies are scheduled to...
I'm a new chicken owner with flock of 3 hatched in my sons 1st grade class on 6/1. Just finished building coop & wish to add to flock before winter. I'm looking for bantams and would really love a few silky bantams. I know its late in the season, but would anyone happened to know where I could...
Yes I was pleasantly surprised at what great pets they make! I've had many different pets through out the yrs & the chickens by far are the best. From what I've been reading so many people say the same. As far as adding to our flock. They will most definitely be our pets for their entire life...
Thanks so much Kelsie! The chicks were named by my sons first grade class:-) As the story goes, my son is autistic & in a special class. The class borrowed 12 eggs from a local farm incubator & all. Their were green white & brown eggs. 8 hatched! All the chicks were getting returned to the farm...
Thank you everyone for all the warm welcomes!!! What a lovely community you all have here. So glad to become a part of it:-) Our coop is coming along. We were given a structure from friends that were no longer using, but had to take apart for transport & replace the roof & floor, but its up and...
Hello everyone! I hope that I'm doing this correctly? I'm a brand new member. My name is Tasha aka "piximommy". I recently took home three chicks from my sons 1st grade class. Chicks were hatched 6/1. My husband & I are in the beginning stages of building their coop.