I have a baby chick that I kept back to help raise one chick with issues who has sadly died and now I have a chick who has imprinted on me and I would love to make a house chicken as it sleeps on my bedside table , and love to sit on my shoulder. I am trying to into it in with my last hatch 4...
So my chicken wanted to hang out in the rain most of the day by choice, the temp tonight will be 42degrees and I'm just a little worried about them they do have a shelf coop and run to hang out in they just love free roaming around ... Is there something I do for them?
I hatched 4 silkies on the 31st of may I had thought I had 2girls ( both dark ) and 2 boys(both white) as their combs and waddles came in really early on 2 and not the other 2 now I don't know what I have. I separated my 2 "boys" at night to help reduce the crowing which both do .went to let...
new to backyard chickens first 5 chicks, I was to told when I got the eggs they were silkies and now that they have hatched, and I'm researching they all look very different and most seem to have regular feathers, just want to know kind they might be and if the feather development in...
This was my second attempt to hatch chicks, first time didn't really know much and had zero success, I just went through lock down and had 6 out 7 hatch , 2 of which pipped on the pointy end and I ended up assisting . Have spent the last 36 hours helping them get through and stabilize one...
So I tried this last month with shipped eggs had 4 day after lock down none hatched.. I thought it was the humidity , I now have 7 silkies eggs from our side of town they were moving early morning day 18...I have a i Little giant Deluxe Incubator styrofoam, I have 3 themometer , humidity...