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Hi. I have a silkie hen who recently layed her first egg. Before she laid it she was acting like a rooster, did "the dance" a couple times, crowed every morning with her man, and started pecking some of our new poulets. I am positive the egg was hers, and here are my reasons why: 1 I put her in...

Hi! I have a rhode island red who is about 3-4 years old, very healthy, happy, no signs of sickness, and loves to run around, be outside, and get attention. But.... she's molting.....and the usual temperature is 30 or below (F). And at night, even colder. She's losing a ton of feathers, which...

Hi~ Welcome to the treats for chickens thread! Here's a recipe I make for my chickens often: Kitchen scrap pie! ingredients: Chicken feed water Kitchen scraps of choice (fruits or veggies) pie pan, container, etc. Yogurt (optional) Oats (optional) Method: Combine chicken feed (any...

I have had 2 silkies for about 2-3 months, and they are both about 4 months old. We found out one of them was a definate roo, and one WAS a girl.... She was crowing along side our silkie roo this morning.. but she hasn't had ANY rooster behavior at ALL (My roo showed plenty before he started...

We have three pullets we got about 2 months ago. 1 easter-egger (we think), barred rock, and a silver wyandotte. This morning when my silkie roo was crowing, we heard somebody else crowing. We went outside to see who it was, and only our 3 year old rhode island red was outside in the yard. We...