Here's my latest brood from my White Silkie Hens, Black Polish Crested Rooster and White Silkie Roosters. I love the black one with the white eyebrows!
Out of 12 eggs 9 hatched - 5 Black & 4 white chicks. The smallest white chick died at 2 days old, it never seemed to get strong enough to...
My white silkie hens have now had little black fuzzy butts from my Black & White Polish Crested Rooster (3 years old)
Has anyone else got any of these?
Any pictures of what they look like when they grow up? Thanks
Here's my latest chicks, hatched yesterday- we think!
Sneaky Silkie hen went boody much earlier than we had thought!
She must have got friendly with my black & white Polish Crested Rooster and we just thought he'd been going for little walks with her and showing her his dancing skills!
YEH! New silkie chick hatched today from 2nd broody hen - 20th June 2010
She's got 10 eggs under her, so fingers crossed.
(forgot how tiny they were when new born ....pics & videos soon!)
I just went out to see how she was doing as they were expected to hatch yesterday or today. I whistled...
I grow avocado plants/trees from the stones!
I have 2 plants about 4 feet tall in pots and 2 small trees that give one or 2 avocados each year! (Early days/years - it's along term project!!) They are so weird how they hang down on a long stalk inside under the branches.
I planted many out but...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHfVhPs_21I
I love the way that chickens squabble over one bit of something tasty. They run off with a big bit in their beak but the dilemma is always the same - too big to eat + have to put it down to make it smaller = mustn't put it down where someone else can...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGqjd-yx0XE
The silkie chicks are 1 week old. The coop is being cleaned so they are enjoying their first day out. Their mummy enjoys a well earned dust bath after her 4 long weeks all cooped up! The chicks look a bit alarmed at first (huh?! why is mum acting so...
Here's the link for my video on YouTube of my Silkie Hen feeding her chicks.
All firsts for me - first chicks, first video put on YouTube. Just like the chicks - learing new stuff everyday.
I think the one on the right is female and the one in the middle with the spikey hair is a male! Let's wait and see if I'm right.
FIRST CHICKS FOR ME & MY HEN! First chick (white silkies) was born yesterday, 2ND TODAY.
I'm so happy but worried.......
HELP! How long do we wait before taking...
YEH! My first silkie chick hatched this morning! Bright & lively with good lungs!
That was 17 hours ago & the mum is still sat on the other 9 eggs. (7 silkie & 2 polish crested)
How long do I wait before we give up hope on the eggs as there is no sign of zipping?
There is water & starter feed...
My Polish Crested hen is BROODY!
She's sitting on 12 eggs.
We just stopped collecting them after 23rd March to see what she'd do. We've left them to their own devices with as little interruptions as possible. Not sure if I should interfere - seems rude and intrusive somehow.
Now eagerly...
I have a pair of black & white polish crested chickens. He is very smart and well groomed but she always looks like she's having a bad hair day - think he needs additions to his harem!
She lays very neat white eggs, maybe 3 a week on average. Yesterday I got the smallest cutest egg I've ever...
I followed the link for that Subservient Chicken on this site! Fun Pages, Silly Links (You know, person dressed up as a chicken in it's front room, with sofas and TV, ready and waiting to perform just for you??!!!)
It's truly amazing!
IS IT FOR REAL? REAL TIME? It did everything I asked...
I've just bought a flat pack untreated wooden coop and run. Please could you advise what to do vis-à-vis painting and treating the wood, what do I use and in what order. Do I use non-toxic paint? I don't want to poison them in any way! Thanks in advance.