My flock consisted of 14 birds. My older birds consist of a silkie rooster and 3 americauna hens, a leghorn or ISA brown rooster and 4 of his own hens, a bantam rooster and 4 hens of his own. My question is by culling the larger rooster how long will it take for the silkie to take on the 4...
My silkie americauna mix has two toe nails on one toe. We just noticed it today. Never seen or if it before. I know silkies have 5 toes, is it possible she just didn’t grow the other toe. She’s got 4 toes on her foot.
Got these bantams at TSC the other day. Any way to tell if they are female or male? They didn’t have any other information other than bantams. Not sure if they are red laced or blue laced. They are a little over a week old now. The pictures are in order of wings and face shot of the 3 that...
Purchased this bird with a batch of ISA brown 5 weeks ago. In reading up I’m thinking male. Upon looking at pictures someone told me it might be a leghorn. It’s got brown speckles in it feathering. Can anyone help?
Just curious if anyone has info on this. I’ve got a 2 week old that seems to be shaking her head a lot. We’ve checked for mites and she’s eating and drinking normally and interacting with the other chicks, just seems to have a head shake. I’m wondering if it’s a matter of giving her extra...
Greetings. New to this site. Excited to be here and have a venue to ask questions and hopefully get answers. While not new to chicken keeping as we’ve already got 3 hens and a roo. We’ve decided to add to the flock by incubating our own eggs. 1 hatched, 1 unfortunately had the membrane...