Yesterday I was cleaning the pen for the ducks and I happen to look over to the other pen and there is a silkie chick looking at me thru the mesh. She melted my heart trying so hard to come over and help. Well my husband picked the chick up and brought her over to where I was, she "helped" me...
This is my husbands new little girl. I am sure she is a mix but we arent sure of what she is mixed with. She has booted feet. They are booted from her outer toe and it goes up her leg. She has a very sweet personality. She comes to him when she wants to "cuddle" and she will sit and purr on him...
My sister and I just got two silkie chicks from a breeder just outside our town. They are really cute but they are extremely clumsy compared to our other birds. The silkies dont perch very well, after a few failed attempts they eventually get settled. They dont seem as active as the other chicks...
Our chicks started hatching today and one of the chicks has started to come out. You can see the beak and other things from the hole but it hasnt really made any progress in a couple of hours....can we help it out of not? Please help...
Miss Celie, is so much different than our other birds. All of the others will eat mealworms either from your hand or from the container, but Miss Celie turns away. Will not eat it from the container, your hand, the floor, the food bowl....nothing. But if you mention cheese, thats another story...
My mom, sister, and I have been trying to find things to do together. So recently we have been blowing eggs from our birds and decorating them for christmas gifts. My mom and I had gotten the bright idea to make a nativity scene from our leftover eggs. With the help of my little sister we had...
My mom and I have many chickens and two of the hens have started acting broody. One is a serama and the other is a cute mutt. Anyway they take turns sitting on the eggs and pretend to be broody. We were wondering if it is normal for them to take turns sitting on eggs. Momma will sit on them for...
My mom and I have many chickens and two of the hens have started acting broody. One is a serama and the other is a cute mutt. Anyway they take turns sitting on the eggs and pretend to be broody. We were wondering if it is normal for them to take turns sitting on eggs. Momma will sit on them for...
Last night while watching Captain America, I thought I would let Miss Celie out of solitary for a bit. She just seemed so miserable and lonely. Well we let her out and she sat on the edge of the cage for a bit then she took off and hovered ever so gracefully across the living room and landed on...
I have a slight problem... I understand it is only November but I like to get ahead with Christmas so I am not rushing around last minute to mark off people I had forgotten. Well my fiancee has a younger brother (10 years old) who lives with an aunt in Virgina, due to the passing of their...
After a long battle of different names we had finally decided on Miss Celie thanks to my little sister (9 years old) She came downstairs and looked straight at my chicken and says "Miss Celie, you sho' is ugly." Of course I think she is adorable. But Miss Celie it is. She is a tough little gal.
We have been experimenting with egg gifts for christmas. We are a bit short on money so we have been blowing eggs, spray painting them, and pasting small pictures on them with glitter. They are fun to make. A bit challenging tho since we get most of our eggs from Modern Game Hens, Serama's, and...
My mom was nice enough to surprise me with an adorable grey amerucana hen for a 'early christmas' present. She is a little beat up, missing some feather and her 'cheeks' haven't grown in yet but since her bath and some neosporen on her face she is looking better. I just need a name now...
Well day three started out a good day. They were eating and cuddling and doing what feather babies do. Until about 4:00pm one of my babies stopped acting like a chick. She started breathing hard and just wanted to sleep. We tried giving her a little bit of sugar water but it didnt help. Lucy...
I have been having so much fun with my feater babies since I bought them yesterday. I have even thought of names for my girls. Na-Na and Lucy. The names fit them perfectly. I have alrady become so attached to them that I had them cuddling under my blanket with me last night and this morning...
Today I bout two adorable black sex link chicks. I never thought that owning chicks would be so great. My mother owns Hambergs and I thougth she was crazy for keeping them as pets but now I see what all the fuss is about. They are great. So soft and they are my little cuddlers. I can't wait to...