Hi there! My husband and I are about to move from Northern California to Utah. I have 2 standard hens and 3 silkie bantum roosters and was surprised how strict Utah laws are concerning backyard chickens! My Husband’s job requires that we live within and hours drive (or so) of the SLC airport...
Can you have Roosters in Heber? I’m moving to Utah from California and have 2 normal sized hens and 3 bantum silkie Roos. We need to be within an hour of the Salt Lake Airport and could use some suggestions on where to look for housing.
Are they ever not keepers? I raised them (inside) from little baby silkies. I have all the eggs I can eat thanks to my big girls (sisters, who have the full run of my large backyard and can lay up to two eggs each a day). Even though it would be easier, now that I have to move, to have girls I...
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thanks I am glad you enjoyed the video!? I tried walking away, he stayed in his back, so tried brubing him with a treat, no luck... Alberta threw a bit of a fit when my husband walked outside, decided I was being absurd, and then went back inside. I had to pick him up and flip him back on...
He didn’t quite look catatonic, or even like a ferret when scruffed? If you can click on the YouTube video link, it was actually pretty funny, he was making a racket but enjoying the attention...
okay so I accidentally flipped my sizzle frizzle bantum rooster Alberta (yes I know Alberta isn’t a boys name) on his back when he picked a big off my ankle and startled me. Here’s the odd part. He just stayed like that: it took 30 minutes and an intervention from me to get him to right himself...
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I’m a newbie to backyard chickening, and I spend most of my time chillin’ with my chickies... 2 red star hens Rayleen and MaryJean (they are 2 years old and laying lots of eggs) and 3 (yes, I beat the odds of probability) silkie Roos (about 2 years old) and 1 sizzle frizzle Roo. I got the...