Ok, so here I am posting for my Mom again, shes getting into showing her LF cochins a little later in life and wants to know EVERYTHING! I'm a Silkie show addict, and don't educate myself with normal feathered birds much at all . She hatched what looks like either a partridge or red/gold...
Well, my Mother, thanks to me, is totally into showing birds now , and of course she wants to have some nice custom made wooden transport coops for her LF Cochins to be toted around in. My Silkies do fine in their KW rabbit transport cages, but hers are just too darn big, and she insists that...
I am a little embarrassed to have to post this, since we usually figure the issue out and are able to treat. I cannot seem to find any other information based on her symptoms so hopefully someone has some advice from their experience.
Okay, so I have a very nice little 3 1/2 month old...
Ok, so I had heard a rumor in May, at a show here in Ca., about Silkie Nationals being in Ventura, CA this year....well, I was able to speak w/ Dave Anderson at our fair yesterday and it's true! He will be helping put on the nationals @ the ventura co. fairgrounds (near the ocean, and...
Hey everyone! So I am getting the birds back to their normal routine after attending the Inland Empire Poultry Club's open show on saturday,(res. champion of show!!woohoo! ) and I am confused. One of the clerks said that California (Ventura) will be hosting the Silkie nationals this year in...
Hi everybody! I am new to the BYC, but certainly not new to chickens. My hubby and I have been raising chickens for 15 years, and started raising Bearded SQ Silkie Bantams almost exclusively for the past 7 years (almost 8). We absolutely love this breed of chicken! We own 50 (not counting...