We just got two little Silkie Chicks yesterday. I did not realize how tiny they would be. They are a week old and are smaller than our Wyandottes, Barred Rock, and Australorp was at one day old. As I was reading one of the threads, it mentioned Silkies don't usually roost like my other...
I thought a bought a bunch of defective chickens for a while. I don't know if it is the heat or what, but I am glad some have started laying. I think mine are just extremely stubborn.
Hello all. I'm a city girl down here in Texas raising my first chickens. My husband is a farm boy transplant and he talked me into it. I sure am glad he did. They are so much fun. It took 26 weeks, but we finally got our first egg this last week! I think it is from Bella, one of our buff...