Hello everyone from NE corner of the great state of AZ. After being redirected back to my homestead from my travels due to the pandemic Covid 19, I went to the feedstore to restart my backyard flock. This time around, I hope to keep it simple. ha ha It seems just a few chickens are never enough...
I've had different silkies over the years and personality has nothing to do with color. One pair of black Silkies were very close and sweet and then I had a pair of White Showgirls and the female was a bit hostile. But most of my Silkies of any color were very sweet.
Hello, I"m flower and I've been away for some time. I found it is not possible to maintain my flock while I was exploring the world at large. Now that I'm not able to travel, I am starting a new flock here in the NE corner of AZ close enough to NM, UT and CO.
This time I hope to keep it...
Hello, The missing years have been spent traveling to parts unknown but since all that is curtailed at the moment, it is time to rejoin the BYC community. It is time to learn all that I have missed.
Very pretty OEG/NN mix looks like the OEG could be show quality ? Sorry that your post was overlooked here with the larger amount of posts the thread moves rapidly.
good idea about the dark time to defer laying eggs until she is much better. Yes this is good information to have since vent prolapse is another problem chickens develop along with crop impaction. Caring for animals teaches us many things. I especially loved learning how they sense our emotions...
I am surprised to hear that her eggs are normal. I had a legbar hen with wry tail and her eggs were an irregular shape and the shell was gritty. Sadly one of her eggs hatched out a chick with wry tail and her eggs are the same. Crocked gritty but plentiful.
If I were you I would post this on the thread on emergency help for diseases. sounds as if she might need a systemic antibiotic and or extra vitamins at least. So far you seem to be doing a brave job of caring for her. I never heard of anything like you describe.
NN or as sometimes called Turkens are both heat and cold tolerant. Most depending on breeding are good layers, calm and can be good foragers and some even go broody.
I have Nn with medium crests and full feather crosses with small crests. I think that they look interesting. If I remember correctly crest gene is dominate.
Each bird is different but it does take over one year in my experience. According to most posts, cocks are not really mature until close to or at two years of age.
The hens neck will heal and it does thicken as they grow.
Good looking rooster, lolaschickens. It is difficult to have patience with immature males. They do get better with time after a frustrating period while the older hens break the kid in. Hope the best for a new home.
A little while ago I read about loss of feathers due to excessive matting...