well that about sums it up, we have a small flock of silkies 1 roo with 3 hens. 2 of the hens are white and i didnt real;lize one was sitting on eggs. i have been saving my splashes eggs for someone but they have been sitting about 2 weeks in the house,the person ended up not getting them. the...
Ok i cannot seem to find my dd 4h book so Im quessing on age I think maybe 10-12 weeks give or take. And the are ee who knows what mix lol
i know bad pic
not the best on this either,these guys pretty much only like me when i feed them since they where hatched and raised by my broody hen
Well after pouring over the other pictures Im just even more confussed lol. These guys are about 8 weeks old any help would be great
They all look so similiar and its hard to get them to stand still for a picture
Yep,thats pretty much it!! Its about 2-3 weeks old and living with a silkie chick,probably not the best idea for a buddy!! Eating lots of grass and chick starter and is such a cute and friendly little guy!! But im not really sure what to do with it.My first concern is that the little guys seems...
so our brody hen hatched out 8 babies,she stayed in the coop in a cage the entire time. my question is,the chicks are 2 weeks old,when can i let mom take them out into the coop also our coop is open all day to our run,im worried she will take them out of the coop into the run and it will be...
i picked up six bantams friday at the tsc. yesterday i noticed one acting really off. it had a bad case of the pasty butt,like totally pooed over!! i cleaned it off really well and have been trying to hand feed a little. poor little thing isnt doing much and seems to be having a hard time...
well i went into tractor supply and they had 3 white silkies in the mixed bantam bin,so i had to have them lol. at tsc you have to buy 6 so i bought these 3,now i need to know what they are
hello everyone! we have 4 and 2 month old sizzles for sale! we also have a few "frizzled ee's" as well,they are about 2 months. these are from eggs my daughter hatched as part of her 4-h project, we ended up with 15 extra chicks and its time to let some go!! just message me and make and...
these are the sizzle that my dd hatched out they are about 10 weeks old
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#5 not even sure on the breed of this one, could be a fizzle/frizzle egg the didnt frizzle of we have another bantam hen that could be the mom, so any queeses?
i have a broodie silkie, she is in the main coop with everything in a tote on its side with a screen to keep the others out. well today she is completly off the nest. someone must have knocked over the screen and she is just out walking in the yard with everyone else. she has only been sitting...
next week our chicks will be 4 weeks old,momma is still doing a good job and ive been letting them out into the yard for a little freeranging. my ? is when should i let them go back into the big coop. i know right now they are under the protection of the mom, and im thinking that would be good...
my dd had her pet show and won most unique pet, these are her silkies she is raising for 4h so we are very proud. all the kids kept asking, what is that, LOL. so here is athena and her prize winning chicken, ezmarelda
we have our first broodie,she has been sitting on her nest for about 3 days. today we made her a separate area and i plan on moving her tonight. i think she has 8 eggs under her,they are all silkie/frizzle eggs and i want to know if this is a good number. should i let her have more,or less,this...
i know they dont like to roost,but i have read they will if they have a roost not far off the ground. so if you have roost for your silkies how far off the ground do you have it. also if they are not roosting,and i dont think mine will since theyve never had one,how do you do the nest boxes. how...
looking for whoever is meeting up with her tommorow 3-8. id love to get some of these chicks and have a friend who makes this trip often,but will not be coming back thru until easter. wondering if you would be able to keep them for me until then. could make arrangements to pay for feed. these...
i have finally found some silklies for my daughter for 4h. problem is they are going to be in mi and im in wv. i do this with a dog rescue so we can get dogs from place to place and thought id see if i could get anyone to help me with the chickens. trying to get them from lansing mi,area to wv...
this is one of my dd four silkies,it came from tsc. it will be a year old in april and doesnt show any roo behavior,but we have never had silkies before so i just want to be safe.what do you all think snow white of prince charming?
we where hoping our silkies could be our incubators,they do not have a roo so we take out the eggs everyday.they are never sitting on them and dont care if we come and go. i was talking to a man who has a frizzle roo,he seems to think after having a roo with them i should just leave the eggs,and...
not sure if this is the right place to post,but..... i was just wondering if anyone did 4h with their chickens? this will be our first year and even the leader is a little lost since she hasnt ever had anyone in her group to do the chicken project. my dd was wanting to use her silkies to...