So, I put my hen and the bigger breed of chicks in with here about 2 months ago. I had them all eating the chick feed which was commercial brand, but offered commercial brand oyster shells to the hen separately from the feed -- as the chicks had no interest in it. Now, over time I noticed the...
Hi, I am trying to sell/re-home my Silkie female Partridge, Sparkles. She was bought from VJP Poultry, a Minnesota State - inspected Hatchery, show quality per VJP. They are NPIP and Pullorum tested. She is a good layer, doesn't take much to convince her to be broody, and sweet to human's. The...
Hey, super excited both my silkies have officially been confirmed female as they have now both laid eggs. Scarlet laid her first yesterday. But now I have a new problem. I have 5 black australorp chicks almost 5 weeks. And I want to integrate them into one flock with the silkies as they are...
Okay, so here is my problem. I need to know if anyone has pet chickens or have seen these behaviors. Today I am going to get a DNA kit for my Chicken Scara/Scarlet who is a Silkie. Now I know it is hard to sex Silkies, so was going to get a DNA kit regardless. However, I was wondering what...
Hi my name is Christina I am the proud owner of two chickens. One is a splash who I named scara who used to be scarlet but I think is actually a scara who is about 6 months now, and a porridge who is about 5 months or so now named sparkles. I just love animals in general though I never thought I...
I have been reading all over the boards on how to sex them. I am so confused because from the breeder I got mine from told me females can be aggressive rare but can, so told me females can have waddles and some males might not have any, I pointed out streamers and she said from her 12 year...