My son is looking for a fancy breed of chicken to use for his 4H project next year. He showed his two silkies this year and got blue ribbons on both! He is really interested in the chickens with the long tails or something fancy like that. We don't know a lot about chickens but would love to...
OH thank you so very much....you have relieved a lot of stress for us. Interesting about the baby's and their sex. I didn't know that. So in keeping the little rooster will we have fights such as other breed of roosters do?
I have asked this before but now I have a picture to go with the question so I hope this helps.
This is Meadow. He is my son's 4H project. Silkies are new to us but of all the pictures I have seen of silkies I have not seen any with this type of head. All the pictures we have seen show a full...
I'm not sure. He doesn't seem to be as "fluffy" as the pictures I have seen of silkies but the remainder of his body has feathers if that helps. In holding him there doesn't seem to be an mites and no other bald spots.
My son just bought a silkie rooster (white) for his 4H poultry project. He doesn't seem to be as fluffy as what I've seen here and other on line resources and he has no feathers on the top of his head. Why is this and what can I do to help get those feathers? He is a sweet bird, my son can go up...