Hello everyone, I am 19 years old and I live in western North Carolina. I recently my chickens have started setting and hatching chicks so I have several unsexed bantam mutts for sale!
The father is a sizzle (silkie/frizzle mix) who has a amazing temperament and beautiful coat.
The hens I...
my bantams have just started hatching chicks. This is the second clutch, last clutch all but two died, most were found dead a day or two after and another died in the egg and one died from being too weak.
I had mulitple broody hens at that time so I figured that was the issue.
Now I only have...
Yesterday, we found out one of the two silkie hens laid three eggs in the nest-box. Today I found her already setting on them. I feel so proud, haha. I know a lot of chickens just lay eggs wherever at first, but she knew exactly what to do!
Eggies
Dad pic
Lets face it, pin feathers look mighty satisfying! Or at least to some of us anyway..
Anyway, here is a thread to post pictures of your bird’s or ones you found on google’s pin feathers!
A pin feather is basically a feather that is still growing, it has no or barely of the actual ‘feather’ on...
Hey, I would like to know what my pretty boy Ganon is crossed with? the seller we got him from said a silkie cross but I don't know what with! his Mane is a little unusual.
hello, I bought a silkie cross recently to breed with my splash silkies, and I noticed he has 6 toes on each feet. I am not breeding for show, just breeding to sale and/or keep.
He is absolutely beautiful besides his extra toe.
My question is, will his offspring possibly carry more than 6...
Pasted from my intro page:
"Hello, my name is Kate and I am 18. For my birthday (in april) my stepdad who has owned chickens before bought me a coop and two white splash silkies. Recently we had a tornado that destroyed the chicken coop, but the chickens survived so we bought a new and bigger...
This is not Chicken related, but they are pretty much farm animals and I need them gone, because they live in a long cage in my room but it becomes unsanitary very quickly.
Does anyone want two female guinea pigs? They are 3 years old and healthy. Looking for a serious owner who isnt going to...
Hello, my name is Kate and I am 18. For my birthday (in april) my stepdad who has owned chickens before bought me a coop and two silkies. Recently we had a tornado that destroyed the chicken coop, but the chickens survived so we bought a new and bigger coop/house.
He has also added 4 of his...