My friend has a pure silkie rooster. He is solid white with black skin and feathered legs. If he is covering clean legged hens like Australorp, Sussex, and Americaunas how much of a chance will it be to get chicks without feathered legs? I really like the idea of clean legged birds who are...
For those of you with the omlet automatic chicken door if I wanted to program it to open at say 6pm and close at 7pm would I be able to do that with the timer feature or does it require an a.m. opening hour and p.m. closing hour each day? My hens stay in their coop and run due to my desire for...
While establishing a new pecking order one of my hens has lost significant feathers on her neck. Things have calmed down now but it's been about half a year and they haven't really grown back. Do I have to wait for a molt for them to return? I was under the impression that feathers lost to...