Hi all, I'm new here, but not new to chickens. I had my first Silkies in '78, then added a collection of basic feed store chickens till '98. I went chickenless until '08 (which was sad) and was happy to start over with Silkies again.
Three years back I gave my Silkies to a friend and switched...
Hi there! I'm close to you, over here in Ione, Amador County. {see me waving?} As far as north vs south, some claim Bakersfield, or Fresno, but I agree with those who identify the Grapevine as the line of demarcation between Central and South, and the Pacheco Pass, San Benito County area as the...
Oh geez, I just realized I posted comments without the appropriate quoted comment to show who I'm responding to... gah. Sorry all, I'll get with the program soon! :-)
Thanks for the welcome! I have kept her this far because I don't see her as adding any appreciable additional expense to my daily feed bills. If she were being aggressive/fighting the other girls that would be different, but they've all been raised together, so together they will stay.
Eh, I'm okay with her living to a ripe old age, eggs or not, but am more curious to hear if this is a common problem with the breed since it's a hybrid.
Hi all, I'm new here, but not new to chickens. I've 4 chickens, but 2 are Cream Legbars I bought together as eggs from My Pet Chicken. Both are hens, about 2 1/2 years now.
Health, housing, feed are good: A handful of worms for a breakfast treat, they all free range on pretty barren land, so I...