5 1/2 weeks old , bantam cochin, I purchased as a pullet almost 2 weeks ago , a little young at that time to be sure but I couldn't help myself I just fell in love, looking for everyone's thoughts, PLEASE BE A PULLET , I cant have a roo
Looking for advice, i have a 3 year old salmon favorelle has been in her run with 2 sisters ,orpingtons, austrolop, and a 6 yr brown leg horn who is mean to everyone always has been i keep hoping she will mellow out in old age, when she becomes to much of a bully she spends time in henitentary...
First showgirl pullet I'm very excited! I have read they can get bigger than silkies, or do they stay the same size? I just got a 4 mo old pullet(pretty sure ) and she is petite, about the same as my silkies at this age.
Any advice greatly appreciated,
Thank you
Hi hoping to confirm I think their both pullets , 4 mo old showgirl, no waddles,comb, acts like a hen, pretty uniform crown
6 week candy corn polish, no waddles,comb, pretty rounded feathers on head and body.
Sorry black showgirl hard to get good photo, she's so dark except for food on her head...
I have a lavander silkie rooster and a porcelain silkie hen, it is my understanding that porcelain carries lavander gene, I'm trying for lavander babies, will these hatch lavander or more porcelain? Any advice appreciated, first time trying for my own chicks, I've raised alot of silkies just...
Hi, I'm just confirming my beautiful silver pencil plymouth rock pullet, I waited 6 months for is a roo , 14 was old. Please tell me I'm wrong somehow, I can't have roosters, I paid to have sexed shipped express as a chick, not a good surprise for me. 😞
I currently have a small flock of hens age 1 to 5 years, Orpington, Easter Eggers, Americaunas, speckled sussex, and a pair of old crabby gals I'm not sure what kind that aren't always welcoming. I'm getting another Easter Eggers, and Plymouth rock chicks and have the opportunity to include a...
Hi I was wondering will a sizzle hen be larger than my silky hen? And will it do well with seramas?
Any advice greatly appreciated, I'm getting my first sizzle, I have several silkies including frizzled but this will be my first sizzle and I wasn't sure on size she is 5 months.
Thank you
I'm hoping to hear from personal experience which would be friendlier our girls are pets and held often, which would be better pet with kids the bantam buff brahma or bantam mottled cochin
Thank you for your help
Hi looking for advice on Mille Fleur d'uccle, I have fallen in love with them. A friend has some and they have done well, I live in Northern California summer is Hot 110 on some days so no one does that great, winter isn't to bad. I currently have silkies,polish,serama,frizzled cochin, salmon...
Hi, I'm looking for advice on deciding on a bantam chick, I currently have silkies,bantam polish, bantam frizzled cochin, mille fleur d'uccle,sizzles, and frizzled serama. All hens/pullets,
I'm trying to find out if a bantam mottled cochin
Or Bantam Buff Brahma would do well my existing flock...
I just acquired a 6 1/2 month old sizzle, I have frizzled,silky,frizzled seramas,polish, but this is my first sizzle, I was told it was for sure female she does not have waddles just 2 red dots starting and a very small comb, but she is large in size for a sizzle close to the size of my standard...
Hi, I'm hoping to get more information on Seramas, I just acquired my first serama, she is 5 months, I'm hoping to put her in with my 4 month old silky and bantam polish, and eventually all of them once their friends introduced by divided run to another very small silky hen and frizzled bantam...
Please help! My silky rooster came out of his coop yesterday morning off balance only wants to lay down, no crowing either, seemed fine day before, I gave him nutri drench, and he did eat some hard boiled egg and a little crumble feed, but he eats laying down or I hold him up, when standing he...
Good morning everyone, I'm wondering what thoughts are on a silky x dominique, I'm looking for a sizzle, but someone has a silky x dominique pullet that's adorable, my concerns are it will be bigger than my dainty silky, and my frizzle bantam cochin, so I'm trying to decide if I should go look...
Hi , I'm looking for more great advice, I'm ordering chicks for my bantam run, I currently have silky,frizzle cochin,and sizzle, I'm adding another silky just because I love them, but I'm going to try a mille duccle' I'm trying to decide on the 3 rd one, I've narrowed it down to
White crested...
Advice please, I'm supposed to look at bantam polish hen, around 11 mo. But found last summer flock had bronchitis/cold, they treated with antibiotics thru veterinarian, has been fine since, from what I've read she would be a carrier? So I'm not so sure I should purchase her and chance...
Advice please, I'm supposed to look at bantam polish hen, around 11 mo. But found last summer flock had bronchitis/cold, they treated with antibiotics thru veterinarian, has been fine since, from what I've read she would be a carrier? So I'm not so sure I should purchase her and chance...
Hi, I've just finished expanding my chicken coop/run and in doing my "chicken math" I can get 2 or 3 chicks this spring 😀 so I'm looking for advice on the best to fit in with my existing flock, I live in Northern California, which means hot summer, my run is in the shade and covered (hawks), I...