I am new to Backyard Chickens. I run a wild bird rescue near Manchester and my first chicken was a baby silkie cockerel that I called Dixie. He was brought up with a pigeon and they were the best of friends. As Dixie got older and developed his crow I got him a girlfriend so he wouldn't be...
I adopted a speckledy hen a couple of weeks ago. It's friend was a silver/lavender bluebell and was killed in a dog attack along with a small bantam cockerel that lived there. As the hen - Bluebell -was alone I was asked to adopt her to live with my flock. She was quite nervous but seemed to get...