Since the first time I laid eyes on a frizzle I wanted one. I've bid on ebay and checked all over for eggs or chicks. Either nobody has them or when someone does have them I don't have the money. Plus, after spending $70 on various eggs to be shipped to us and none hatched, I'm a little hesitant...
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In September I bought 2 Silkie chicks. One blue, one black. Then October came and I bought 2 more. This time 2 splashes. The idea was that I would have my own mini flock. Ideally, I would have one boy and 2-4 girls. If I ended up with more than one roo I would just rehome...
Marans chicks!! Mine hatched Sunday and I am in head over heals in loooooooooooove! Hopefully I can post pics after school tonight. But last night DH was setting up the brooder in the house (I picked out 3 to hand raise) I was carrying my little babies around. It was getting late so I laid down...
Miss Vuitton is getting ready for the show tomorrow so she was getting some extra spoiling in the house. DH went out and got her some fresh green grass to munch on while we all watched tv. Then Ruben, the C-A-T, struts into the living room and..............
I wonder if Ruben doesn't realize...
Saturday DH and I were out looking at houses to buy and we stopped by his Aunt and Uncles who also have chickens. We didn't know what kind of birds they had and we were talking and they have Marans. His aunt, whom I had never met before, gave me 5 eggs to hatch! She is by far the coolest aunt...
I know everyone probably sees this alot but I'm extremly new to chickens (this is my second silkie, bought the same day as my first silkie! LOL). Is he/she a roo?? It was hatched in early September but so far no crow or eggs. I'm really hoping it's a boy!
Hello! We are a bit over run with birds these days and are looking to sell some. We have hens, pullets, cockrels and roosters. We also have some chicks. We have one silkie roo that I am also willing to part with as one of my other silkes turned out to be roo. All birds are full or part game...
I'm wondering how many people feed their hens layer? All of our girls are pretty young and most just started laying or will start laying soon. DH says I need to get them layer so that they will lay better. But I'm wondering how necessary this is? Don't chickens lay an egg everyday and slow down...
Does anyone else have begging chickens? My Silkies are in the house at the moment and their house cage is on the bar the seperates the kitchen and living room.(so they can see the tv and what we are doing) Everytime I open the fridge the perk up! They have seen me take grapes out so I thought...
We put Mama, our black hen (i'm not sure how old, she was rescued) in the coop with my favorite roo, Elvis in hopes for some grandchicks. They get along fine and after a few days she started laying eggs finally! First it was one every other day and then she started everyday. Now she has seven...
I saw on the American Bantam Asso. website that they are at the Fresno Fair. I'm wondering though if I should just wait for the Stockton of Fresno shows in January and February. I want to see and buy more birds but I don't know if something like a county fair would be a place where I could do...
Help! My husband and I went camping over the weekend and left our three chicks at home in the coop with our two silkies. We figured they would be fine since my uncle was coming to check on them and our neighbor was also checking on them every few hours during the day. My uncle said that everyone...