I have a young silkie hen that started laying about a month or so ago. She laid about 4 eggs and now has stopped for about 3 weeks now. Hasnt laid an egg since. Any reasons for this?
I have a buff silkie that is about 7-8 months, i always thought it was female but her comb has recently been getting larger. She has not laid yet or crowed....i also have 3 chicks that seem to male but not sure. :(
I have 3 silkie youngings that look to be showing male charicteristics. Which sucks because i only have one Hen.
I will take headshots of them tomorrow to show their combs. What do you guys think?
My young silkie pullet who hasnt even started to lay yet is takeing care of 3 small silkie chicks i bought. Really weird how she acts around them, she is very careful and cuddles them. Its very cute to watch.
Hey!
What is the best nesting, bedding for chickens? I know chickens sometimes make a mistake of eating straw and therefore effecting its crop
but i also heard chickens make a mistake of eating pine shaveings and giveing them slivers and unhealthy particles.
I use pine pellets for the...
Hello Hello.
I've been wondering and researching this for quite a while and so i just decided to make a post about it.
I LOVE silkies (love the look), their extremly friendly (great personalities), broody and very soft....but their egg production is alot slower then other breeds.
I...