Search results for query: *

  • Users: Riversilk
  • Content: Threads
  • Order by date
  1. Riversilk

    New babies

    woops did not mean to start own thread lol.
  2. Riversilk

    Chicken breeding for a novice.

    I have a few questions that I am thinking about since I have begun the journey of trying to raise chickens to match SOP. I have always had laying hens and raised chicks from what I had with no real attempt at controlling the outcome. I have both Silkies and Wyandottes and in my reading I have...
  3. Riversilk

    Mites!

    I discovered that my two hens that were broody both have mites in their crests. I have treated them with frontline and checked the other chickens but did not find anything on them. My question is about the white "gunk" in their feathers, assuming the eggs or mite poop? Do I need to remove that...
  4. Riversilk

    Updated with Pic's and Chicks:)Brooding without using lights/electricity/

    Well I combined various suggestions and came up with the following: 1)One Glass Rat cage from thrift store. 2)One insulated blanket from thrift store. 3) One piece of bubble insulation laying around the house 4) one piece of thick Styrofoam insulation for a base under the tank 5) two glass jars...
  5. Riversilk

    New here from WA

    Hi Everyone, I am new to the forum but not new to keeping chickens. I took a year or so off from having them and recently got some new girls and a few roosters. What started out as 5 chickens has quickly morphed into 12! I bought some lovely Wyandotte hens first. Then I bought a rooster to go...
Back
Top Bottom