I bought these chickens yesterday and the man said they were mixed and the rooster was “big stock” I don’t know what that means I am new to chickens to me he looks like a Cochin. Can anyone give me an idea what they are. Also what color is this polish hen called.
I have a pure white silkie rooster who is one and is kind to me but is aggressive towards my boyfriend he charges at him. He is in a blocked off area inside my coop so the pullets who are 4 months old and 2 months old can walk around him and everyone can kinda get used to each other but no...
I’m new or selling chicks. I have 4 10 week old pure white silkie pullets
And not to count my chickens before they hatch but I should have 3 pretty soon how much should I sale them for ?
I have a silkie broody hen that’s laying on 3 eggs. I just bought 10 silkies that are a week old now. After she hatches these 3 eggs I don’t want anymore chicks just the eggs. What do I do? Can I just steal them? Or what? I hate to do that to her but I have way to many now lol
I love to decorate! I added lights to my coop and was wondering if they light is to bright for them at night. My rooster woke up this morning the same time as normal and started crowing the same as he always does.
I have
4 white silkies (pullets)
3 black silkies
3 buff silkies
3 blue silkies
Can anyone send me some cute names for these little gals/guys (black,blue & buff are straight run)
I have an adult hen who I’ll be 1 year old next month. She and her rooster are together and have always just been them two. On the other side of the fence are 12 10 week old pullets. Can I add her in with the pullets till they are mature enough to be put with the rooster? She is bossy and acts...
I have a silkie rooster and silkie hen who will be a year old in May. I kept them both until now just them two. I decided to get 12 chicks. (2 barred rocks 2 Cochins 6 silkies 1 RIR 1 Ameraucana They are now 10 weeks old. They are in the same coop but there is a divider in between my two that...
My chicks are 6 weeks old. Once they grow up and have chicks of their own can those chicks stay with mom or do I have to keep them separated for a while until they get bigger so they don’t get killed by the rooster?
So I have 9 pure white silkies that are 6 weeks old. I’ve noticed several of them wanting to “fight” they puff up their chest their hackle feathers sticks out around their necks and they bounce around at each other. It doesn’t last long but my question is does this mean they are cockerels? Or do...
I got this chick along with an RIR and the guy at the feed store said it was an Ameraucana. I really hope that it is because I’ve been wanting one for a while and I want to see the beautiful blue eggs they lay. So is my chick an Ameraucana? I will love her either way. She has blue/grey legs if...