Hi there, I got a batch of MPC hatchery chicks on Monday. I gave them to my broody silkie Monday night and everything has been great. I have them in a pen inside the coop but they can get out under the nest boxes. my other 3 chickens were out free ranging and the momma silkie decided it was time...
Hi there, I got a batch of MPC hatchery chicks on Monday. I gave them to my broody silkie Monday night and everything has been great. I have them in a pen inside the coop but they can get out under the nest boxes. my other 3 chickens were out free ranging and the momma silkie decided it was time...
I am hoping someone can help me identify the predator that took/killed 6 of my 10 chickens today. The coop run door was opened at 5 am this morning. About 12:45 I took a walk back to the coop to collect eggs when I noticed some feathers and a shell less egg on the ground. I recognized the...
I hatched 3 eggs in May and I think they may all be roos, they are 13 weeks old, except the buff silkie which is 18 weeks. Not sure of the other breeds, the person i got them from said they were silkies but he pulled them out of a nest box of a very mixed breed pen and they are clearly not...
Hi everyone, I have a 16 month old Dominique hen purchased from MPC last year at one day old. She was a perfectly healthy chick. I have a mixed flock of now 14 chickens, thry are in a 10×10 coop with about a 20 ft run, they free range everyday with the exception of when we are away. When she...
Hi there I purchased 5 fertile eggs to put under my two broody silkies. The person I purchased them from got them out of a pen full of mixed birds but he told me they were silkie eggs. 4 hatched 2 I am pretty sure are black silkies, the othee 2 I am unsure of. They all have feathered legs and...