Breakfast: Mashed hard boiled eggs with minced fresh garlic, chopped spinach and chopped hot dog.
Mid-day treat will be a mix of sunflower, flax, wheat and barley seeds.
Another example of the witty, determination and intelligence of chickens.
Please note that before this the two Bhramas were still sleeping on the ground with the Silkies...no the roost were unfamiliar to them.
Personally, the only drawbck I see in my indoor Silkie is the fact that she no longer acts like a chicken..but I think that is just mine girl.
No pet will stink a house if you practice good hygiene...
What do you do with your silkies when you are not home?
I usually take my baby with me whenever possible otherwise she stays inside a large dog carrier untill I come home.
Where do they sleep?
Her bed is a pillow on my bed. Same position every night and every morning!
When they wear diapers...
That is an interesting fact. I had a silkie hen hatched and raised two Ring-necked pheasants. They grew up with the Silkie temperament/behavior. It was all heaven until I caught the male pheasant trying to mate with the hens. So I moved him to a separate pen with a female pheasant companion. He...
I am sorry for your lost but as many have said, Lily had a good life and a peaceful death. Reading your post brought tears to my eyes as I read your msg memories of my beloved "Noir" came to mind and all the emotions from those days resurfaced. She is the first pullet I lost. She was egg bound...
When 95% of the items from the weekly grocery shopping is for your chickens and the other 3% is for your flatmate and the last 2% is for you.
When you are visiting with family and notice is starting to get dark and you must get home to make sure all your girls are tucked in for the night...