I know how much they love bugs, and help with bug control. And their great eggs.
I have another confirmed reason why I love my chickens.
This weekend my daughter and I found our first scorpion of the season. We are in an area of Texas where we do see quite a few scorpions. We moved a brick and...
A large feral tomcat was on the other side of the fence a few minutes ago eyeballing my chickens.
I went out there and told it to "scat", and it ran off into the pasture.
I have 5 large free range silkie hens.
I think I know the answer to this but will ask anyway:
Do cats kill chickens?
My stepmom had a broody hen and found some wild turkey eggs in the bushes. She put those eggs under the hen and she hatched 3 turkeys. Predators ended up getting 2 of them. But one is now grown and is tame and still hangs out with the chickens. It was very sweet to watch him follow his chicken...
Too bad my camera is not very good. There were so many deer while my chickens were out by the fence. I tried to get them all in one picture but I couldn't. And then my batteries were done and it got too dark. My new chickens have really fluffed up in the last week. My backyard a few minutes ago:
I have what I think are 9 girlie Silkies and 1 rooster.
I had 3 hens and just got 6 more hens (I think) and 1 rooster this week.
One of the original 3 hens is the only one that lays eggs. She would lay an egg a day.
Now that a rooster has been introduced to my yard, the silkie that had been...
I have one that is obviously a rooster. But out of 10 chickens I am only getting 1 egg a day. I am not sure the age of the chickens that were given to me the other day, so maybe they are not old enough to lay eggs.
How can you tell male/female silikies? I will post the picture from earlier and...
I am new and just learning the forums and just posted this question elsewhere.
I was given these chickens yesterday and was told they are Japanese Silkies. Are they? And what kind of quality? Or are they a mixed breed?
They were brought to me from a ranch where the aggressive chickens on the...
I was given these lovely chickens yesterday. Did not expect to get a rooster, but he is SO SWEET and just loves his girlies.
My other 3 silkies are a little angry, but overall are doing ok and think it will get better. My one self-appointed Queen did have a fit when one of the new chickens laid...
I have had 3 Japanese Silkies hens for a few months now, all doing great. One got broody, but just got over it.
One is about a year old and she is the Queen Silkie. The other 2 kind of follow her lead, but now they are no longer "teenagers" and are actually bigger than her now. But she is still...
OK, I am new and want to say "hello chicken people!"
I have Japanese Silkies and need to learn a few things, so I am coming here to the forum of chicken wisdom.
I am hoping to learn the inside scoop for caring for these lovable animals, that I treat with respect and they treat me with respect...