We had a few extra roos that we processed and I have never cooked silkies before. I hear they are a little stronger flavored than the usual meat chickens and I want to use a recipe that highlights their unique qualities. Ideas?
I would venture to say that it would be good as an occasional supplement but not as a maintenance diet replacement. The agricultural feed industry is pretty aggressive in trying to have feeds available that will maximize your livestock yield that way they can keep your business. The pig...
I have a 6 month old cockerel silkie that has had seizures nearly everyday since he has hatched. He reminds me of a fainting goat, when he gets stressed he starts shaking his head, tucks it between his legs and runs backwards uncontrollably for about 5 to 10 seconds. Then he pops his head up and...
I empathize with your fear and do not want to discount those feelings, I am personally terrified of flying. But as a biologist with graduate degrees in herpetology and animal physiology who did tons of graduate research on venomous snakes in the US, I can tell you with 100% certainty that there...
My wife has recently gotten very smitten with bantams and now we have bantam cochins, silkies, d'uccles, and sebrights. They have their own coop separate from our full size flock and everyone seems quite happy, especially my wife. My question is about the lay boxes for these little guys. For my...
I commend you on your thoughtful approach to taking on new birds. Too often people make impulse buys and forget the long term commitments to these little beasties. Good on ya!
I grew up with chickens but my wife was always resistant to the idea of getting any. Once the kids got old enough to help, she finally gave in. We started off with a few barred plymouths and a few bantum cochins, which SHE fell in love with. Now we also have some polish and a couple of guineas...
We have:
11 Barred Plymouths
5 Silver Lace Polish
3 Bantum Cochins
2 Guinea Hens
We just placed our order for:
5 Welsummers
5 Easter Eggers
5 Japanese Bantums
5 Silkies
My wife has really fallen for the bantums!
We got a late start this year on 4-H, so instead of rushing and trying to get stuff thown together I think he is going to wait until the fall and the start of the new year. He is torn between a project with the chickens or his bee hives.
I just found BYC and I am pretty excited about it. I grew up with lots of chickens and now we are letting our kids experience that as well. We have some barred plymouths and polish. It seems weird to call them polish chickens. As a kid growing up in the 70's and 80's we just always referred to...