The roosters haven't had any problems with each other. Of course we didn't know both silkies were roos until a month ago. I am just hoping that this one will grow out of it. I have noticed how he does dance around the hens so I wasn't sure if the pulling on the necks was part of the mating...
I got my chickens when they were 8 weeks old, they are now 22 weeks. 2 silkies and 4 RIR. Well my silkies turned out to be roosters. The smaller of the silkies, Louise aka Lewy seems to be very aggressive towards the hens. He will grab the back of their neck and pull on them. He also will...
My girls love mealworm treats. I have to say I have spoiled them. I decided to have a mealworm farm (cheaper than buying bags of them already dried). I have done some research on how to care for the mealworms - which seems to be easy. I ordered 3,000 mealworms and hope that they will produce...