So I have some stunning roosters. My chicks were supposed to be sexed, but unfortunately many were wrong and I am not able to keep them all, not enough hens. Up for grabs are 4 Rhode Island reds, 1 splash silkie, 1 speckled sussex, 1 buff Cochin, possibly 1 easter egger and 1 welsummer (haven't...
I got sent four RIR (I think) for free with an order from a hatchery. Just because of that, I was immediately assuming they are all boys. Three definitely are but one of them is throwing me off. It has a green curvy tail like I'd expect with a roo (I thought girl RIR were all red and only boys...
I'm sure this has been asked so many times, but please help me sex my silkies! I have four, only two are bearded. 19 weeks old. Sorry if the picture quality is bad. They always look fine until I post them here lol.
Silkie #1
Silkie #2
Silkie #3
Silkie #4
I'm too much of a wimp lol. Although I suppose raising them and killing them myself is probably better than trying to give them away where I live. I live close to a city that is not the nicest of cities and I know there are a lot of reports of dog fighting. So I'm sure there is cock fighting as...
Hey! So I had an order of 9 chicks from Ideal Poultry. They had a really rough and crazy journey thanks to USPS error and none of them survived. Ideal sent me new chicks and added in 4 extras. I knew they occasionally throw in extra cockerels for added heat if necessary but that seems kinda...
I love my buffs! I have two in my flock and they are so gentle. I noticed one of mine has some darker spots in her tail feathers, is this normal?
Pictures are just because :)
Two on the far left
My silkies have arrived!!! I'm sooo excited! I ordered 5 blue and I believe I got 2 blue, 2 black and one splash. Although there might be 4 blue, they look very similar but two of the blue seem to be just a bit darker than the other 2. So how in the world do you sex silkies?
In the first...
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I am getting some new chicks mailed to me in two days! Last time I raised chicks it was cold and we always had a heat lamp on them. Now though, it's crazy hot and I had planned to brood the chicks outside in the coop. They would be stuck in a brooder unable to go outside because I don't...
Hello all! Can anyone tell me some fun things about silkies or why you love them. I'm trying out some new breeds and ordered 5 blue silkies along with several other breeds. They may be blue, splash, black or I think even white. I'm secretly hoping for splash! Anyways, they should be here soon...
OH MY GOODNESS!!! I LOVE my Easter Eggers! I got six pullets but one ended up being a roo. That's okay though because he is gorgeous and probably my favorite chicken. Very curious and friendly. And two of my girls started laying a littler over a week ago. Beautiful eggs!
When they were just...
Oh, also I have been able to keep an extremely close eye on them since we got them so I'm sure this was the first "incident" and he didn't make any contact really. I think he was still trying to figure out exactly how to do it lol.
Okay, so we wanted to get some dairy goats. We decided to start with kids so we could bond and they would be trusting. Well we searched for quite some time and were only able to find one lady in the area who bred and sold Nigerian Dwarves. She only had a newborn buckling available and at this...