Recent content by TheEggCollecter

not the best quality but there he is.

Hi everyone. Its one thing after another with predators lately. I swear these animals are all out get me and my birds. Fix the hawk problem, take care of the raccoons, and now Mr. Fox shows up. Two days ago i came home to devastation in the bantam coop, the small and most likely juvenile fox...

Hello everyone! Love everybody's silkies :) I have a question. I know everyone says that their silkies have started laying around 20 weeks old but I have some silkies that I bought at 7 weeks old on March 1. If I'm correct that would make them over 30 weeks old to this date. The problem is they...

Yeah I agree it's pretty but like you said I hope it isn't something serious?! Does anyone else have any input?

I am not sure where to post this thread so hopefully it is fine here. I recently (within the past two months) got five Rhodebar pullers. A imported breed new to the U.S. There is not much written up about these breeds so it is hard to predict anything happening within the breed. All of the...

Agreed! It will be even warmer tommorow almost 60 degrees but rainy.

Thanks everyone!

He strictly was playing. I free range my flock in the spring and summer with the two cats in the yard. Never had any problems with them killing any birds. If that were to happen they wouldn't be around. He gets excited when I let the birds out and I believe it was an accident. Iw ill keep an eye...

Yes I agree. Spring will take its toll on your flock it has for me already!

Hate to hear that hope that things start looking up.

Same for up hear hawk numbers are up again and my roos are getting off their lazy butts and starting to do their job

I agree Buff Orpington i believe

Thanks guys! :)

Love silkies and Easter egger!

In some cases I agree. This year I didn't pursue a larger amount of eggs from my flock. Whoever laid eggs and whoever didn't lay. I was fine with it.