So...I have a question...my lil house silkie is three weeks old, and is currently residing in a clear plastic tote ( we will be upgrading our living arrangements soon..Lol) I'm already noticing she can be pretty stinky (she is in pine shavings that I clean EVERY day)
I have read about sweet pdz...
New baby is settling in beautifully!! Her name is Cooper and I believe she will be blue :)
Spending every minute I am home holding her...she already knows the sound of my voice and starts chirping like crazy when she hears me! Even at night, she is awesome...I put her in her little tote that is...
New baby is settling in beautifully!! Her name is Cooper and I believe she will be blue :)
Spending every minute I am home holding her...she already knows the sound of my voice and starts chirping like crazy when she hears me! Even at night, she is awesome...I put her in her little tote that is...
Awww!! I wish I had found this group sooner! I never would have given the last one back!!
But, now I have my lil Cooper...and she is just the cutest lil thing!! I just put her in her tote for bed...it's 9:30...and she's been laying on my chest since around 6! ( with a couple food/water breaks...
This is technically my second house chicken...a friend let me care for a beat up bantam chick last year...and I loved the lil bugger, but everybody told me it "wasn't fair" to keep a house chicken, so I reluctantly gave him back, and started my quest for people who DO keep them as a pet...good...
Hi there!just got my silkie today!! She is 100% house chickie!! Can't wait til she is big enough for some diapers...as I type she is sleeping on my chest....gonna be a looooong night! Lol
thanks!! i actually read that somewhere else also!! and trimming the vent feathers also :) a clean bum is a happy bum!! lol
i also have a 2 lb chihuahua, so i know all about watching for predators!!
hi and thanks so much!! she is coming next week, so i hope to have some pics...she was ordered from my pet chicken, so i am hoping that she arrives safely with her friends! lol...
is there anything i should avoid? anything harmful that i should know about??
i have always had birds in my...
HI!! i actually ordered two, and keeping them both is definitely an option :)
any advice on feeding? i have chick starter...but what can i add to their diets??
thanks!!!
Hi All!!
I am new to the site hoping to aquire some information on raising a house chicken. it all started last year when a freind who has a coop asked me if i would care for a day old chick that was getting pecked on. My daughter and I of course said yes!! ( much to my hubby's dismay...we...