We have 3 month old silkies (for sure 2 roos one crows and the other has quite a large comb) grand total of 7 silkies in our flock of 11. also have 3 large birds and 1 polish we think these 4 are pullets.
How many silkie roos can we have? All are gentle birds and they dont fight yet. What if...
I have these 3 chickens given to my daughter and we bought the Polish we have already posted once asking for help sexing the bigger ones but not the polish- my daughter wants to dbl check now that they are older. Can you all help?
thanks in advance
chick in front
both this polish...
I am in Iowa and am in the process of finishing up building our coop. I was hoping for outer wall nesting boxes but my hubby is unsure. I am attaching a pic of the current build (old hog farrowing building we cut in half). if we do outer nesting boxes should we insulate the box frame also...
We have 1 polish, 1 BR, 2 ? and the rest of our flock of 11 are silkies.
I know we cant tell much from the silkie for Roo behavior but WHAT do we do if we have a Roo in this mix (or more than one) and DO NOT want chicks? Is there a way we can keep them apart in the same coop? Can we still...
It appears we have an injured leg. Our duck wont bear much weight on it if any. However she swims ok for a bit. We dont know what happened but it appears she was in the wrong place at the wrong time during a bit of roughhousing between my two dogs. My ducks are not afraid of the dogs and the...
It appears we have an injured leg. Our duck wont bear much weight on it if any. However she swims ok for a bit. We dont know what happened but it appears she was in the wrong place at the wrong time during a bit of roughhousing between my two dogs. My ducks are not afraid of the dogs and the...