Hello all, my 4 silkies are about 4.5 - 5 months old now and I hear crowing but cannot figure out which one is doing it. Do you think my lavender splash silkie is a male. I really hope not because he/she is the sweetest one out of the 4. And cutest!
He has a much larger comb then the other...
I have a silver laced wyandotte pullet who is 2.5 months old. She had 2 silkie pullets with her but 1 died and the other I had to give away because it turned out to be a rooster and would crow in the mornings.
If I get 2 new silkies, could I put a 100 watt lamp in my 4' by 8' coop with the 2...
If I only got 1 Ameraucana hen, would it always lay the exact same egg color? IE, it lays a beige egg, would that mean it would always lay a beige egg for the rest of its life?
If I wanted a blue egg, would I have to get 10 Ameraucana's, find the 1 that lays blue eggs, keep it, and give away...
I'm trying to plan ahead to see if I really can live with 2 hens. I want them to be free roaming chickens in my 50' by 70' back yard. If I have to keep them confined in a coup or section off a tiny area of my yard, I don't think I want hens at all then. I'll end up neglecting them and just...