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    Chicken with silent open-mouthed breathing (video)

    Thank you both for responding! I'm in Montana and it has been a mild Spring with some rainy days and temps around 85 high. They free-range in a large, suburban yard and their coops are clean. I use Timothy hay and pine shavings for bedding (in case any of that is relevant.) Do you think her...
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    Chicken with silent open-mouthed breathing (video)

    This chicken open-mouthed silent breathing and has less pep in her step than the others. Last night we had a raccoon outside the coop. He didn't get in, but they're all stressed about it since we had a bad raccoon attack about a month ago. This morning, my husband said one chicken was...
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    Picked-On Chicken in Quarantine

    My 6 Black Stars have gotten along fine for 2 years. Now, the smallest one is getting pecked and has lost a lot of feathers. I can't keep her with my Silkies because she picks on them. I have her in her own run with a small coop now, but I don't know what to do moving forward. Do I keep...
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    Adding to flock of white silkies -does color matter

    Just wanted to follow up: I combined the flocks slowly while the black stars were still young and small. The silkies asserted dominance immediately (not too aggressive) they combined pretty smoothly; the black stars are huge now, but everyone gets along swimmingly and the silkies are top of the...
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    Adding to flock of white silkies -does color matter

    Thanks everyone for your input! I have a follow-up scenario/ plan B question.. So my mom has 3 americaunas in a small coop that free range all day unsupervised. I have 3 silkies in a large coop/run that only free range while supervised. (We both have very large, fenced yards but I'm maybe...
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    Adding to flock of white silkies -does color matter

    Do all the sex link breeds have a similar level of aggression/size?
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    Adding to flock of white silkies -does color matter

    Hi, i have a tiny flock of 3 silkies and I want to add 3 sex-link chicks (not right away - when they are old enough.) I would like to add one of each: black star, red star, and golden sex-link, but I'm worried my white silkies might pick on them for being odd. Is it better to add 3 of one kind...
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