Hey guys! I have ten 7 week old chicks that I am integrating with 2 golden comet hens and 1 silkie rooster. My biggest question is how do I teach the chicks that the coop is home when I have adult chickens? With my adult chickens I just locked them in the coop for a couple of days when they were...
One of my silkie chicks keeps his left eye closed almost all the time. It has been like that for maybe a week. He is 5 weeks old. He will open it occasionally. No swelling or discharge. He is acting normal and is eating and drinking fine! Does anyone know what could be wrong? I bought Terramycin...
Hey guys. I have 5 mottled silkie chicks. I have a chocolate mottled hen, mauve mottled hen, blue mottled hen, black mottled rooster, and a blue mottled rooster. Will I be able to make sex linked babies? If so, who needs to breed with who?
Hello everyone! I am looking for some insight on how mottled silkie genetics work. I have chocolate mottled, blue mottled, black mottled, and mauve mottled silkie chicks. I am wanting to breed them. What would I get if I bred these variations together?
Hello everyone! I am looking for some insight on how mottled silkie genetics work. I have chocolate mottled, blue mottled, black mottled, and mauve mottled silkie chicks. I am wanting to breed them. What would I get if I bred these variations together?
Hey guys! I bought this silkie mix from Rural King. It is the grey one in the photos. I bought her/him the day after I bought my other chicks. She/he is around 3 weeks old. It is way smaller than my other chicks. Rural king could not tell me how old any of the chicks were. I am pretty sure my...
Hey guys! I just joined and am a new chicken mom! I have a large Overez chicken coop. I am wanting to block off the nesting boxes in the beginning so they don’t learn to sleep in them. I am also going to block the nesting boxes off every night once they are old enough to start laying. I was...