Edited to add pics. I probably need to take a picture but I just hatched some silkie chicks and I ended up with 3 that I thought were buff but now that they are dry, they are very light, almost as light as the white chicks but with a buff tint. The odd thing is they have 1 or 2 black spots on...
I've looked on the internet including Amazon and eBay and can only find one person on eBay that sells them and his history is not great and I would like to have one by next weekend if possible. Does anyone know where else I can get one or one that is just as good?
This is my first time to incubate eggs and so far I appear to have 16 fertile, developing chicks. I am turning off the egg turner tomorrow, in my styrofoam incubator, and was wondering if I should leave the eggs in the turner tray or take out the turner and place them on paper towels on the wire...
I have gotten a few eggs like this, this one being the worst. I have looked up the common egg problems and see the possible causes but not how to correct it or how to determine which problem my chicken has. If it is copper deficiency, how do I add copper or decrease calcium? They eat only egg...
I am against using chicken wire in the bottom of my chicken run, just wanted to say that first. Ok, so something has dug under one of my runs, it sits flat on the ground, and my silkies will not go in the coop for the night to get off the ground so I have to put them up. My husband said he would...
I have a silkie that is about 10 weeks old and went out to check on them and she was lying in a corner with her neck bent under her body. She can straighten it out some but keeps going back to putting it under her body and laying down that way. she almost looks like she is scratching her stomach...
Hi Everyone, thanks for letting me join. I am a new chicken, or chick, owner and I stalk this site often when I need answers so I decided I should probably ask to join in on the fun.
At this time we have 3 silver spangled Hamburg, 3 salmon Faverolle, and 3 silkie chicks.
I am really hoping...