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So one day I got bored and decided to see what it would look like if a silkie and a turken mixed... turned out that there are actual breeds called Showgirl Silkies. Since we have a silkie roo and a turken hen, we thought this might be fun to try. My kids all thought that these look hilarious so...

Around this time of year, the coyotes and foxes feast on our chickens, so we always put them in our barn for safety. Our birds have been in the barn for about 3 or 4 weeks now, and we haven't heard the coyotes in a while. We just don't want to let them out again, and then they all get eaten the...

We have a 4 month old silkie, Snowman, who has been acting very strange lately. A few days ago I went into the barn to feed the chickens and I saw Snowman sitting all alone in a corner. (It had just snowed that morning and was very cold!) I picked her up and brought her in my house and warmed...

So I am reposting this because I got no replies to my forum when I posted it the first time:hmm Ok, so I have 6 silkies that are 9 weeks old. They were a straight run. I have 3 suspects for cockerels, Stephanie, Daisey, and Tiny. (Probably gonna have to change some of those names) The other 3...

Ok, so I have 6 silkies that are 9 weeks old. They were a straight run. I have 3 suspects for cockerels, Stephanie, Daisey, and Tiny. (Probably gonna have to change some of those names) The other 3 I'm not too worried about and I'm almost positive that they are pullets.(Stella, Snowman, and...

We have six silkies, that are 8 weeks old. One of our buff silkies, Orange, has been doing this weird thing with her head. She has been doing it for about 2 or 3 weeks, and we don't know what is wrong. Her twitches aren't jolted or fast. When she twitches, her head sways back and forth for about...

Hello! It is day 18 and we can't wait to see what chicks we will hatch! We have a broody Rhode Island Red hen, Roseanna, who cannot wait to be a mama! This is our second time hatching from a broody, but this time we aren't sure of fertility. Last time, we had 3 roosters that we constantly on the...

So, if you have been following my threads, you would know that we have been having some major coyote problems. Our rooster and 3 other hens had been caught. This morning, our most dominant hen that was still alive has disappeared. We assume she has been caught as well.:hitBut our other girls...

Over the past 2 weeks we have lost 3 hens to a coyote. We have never seen the attacks. This morning we saw a coyote and went out to count the chickens, and we saw white feathers. Then we found out that we lost another girl. Our white leghorn, Buttercup. Recently, our white silkie bantam...

So we recently had a fox enter our chicken's ranging area. We counted the chickens and two of them were missing. 2 days later, one of them returned back to the other chickens. But the other (Maracas, an ameraucana) has not returned. There is no sign of feathers anywhere. The first night that she...

I went out to collect the eggs and I found a GIANT opossum in on of our nesting boxes. He ate all of our eggs too. It was almost dark and the chickens were panicking and they wouldn't go into their coop. We called our neighbor who took care of him, but what should I do if this happens in the...

Our black sex link rooster doesnt have a tail. We have raised him since he was a chick, and He has never had a tail, so this is not something due to melting. He also has some yellowish feathers in with his black ones. Is this a problem or normal?

We have a big hawk problem going on right now! We have had chickens for about a year now and we have never lost a chicken to any predator until recently. We just hatched 9 chicks from a broody hen and that is what started attracting this hawk. He is huge and is probably big enough to catch our...

So I was walking outside this morning and come across this strange small puddle. Is it a shell less egg or diariaha of some sort? If it is diarihia I have two suspects of who did it. Either Roseanna our Rhode Island Red because she hasn't been acting like herself lately and acting sort of...

So if you have been following my threads, you know Leah has hatched 9 eggs. They are currently 2 weeks old and all mixed breeds. I wanted to know if you think any are roosters. I only have pics of 3 of them because they move around so much it is impossible to get any good pics lol. Pic 1 is Joey...

So if you have been following my thread, you know Leah has hatched 9 eggs. They are currently 2 weeks old and all mixed breeds. I wanted to know if you think any are roosters. I only have pics of 3 of them because they move around so much it is impossible to get any good pics lol. Pic 1 is Joey...

So if you saw my last thread you would've known leah was hatching eggs. They hatched yesterday. Today at 12:45 we noticed she was standing outside her box, still puffy and looking and them. She is still there now. Did she abandon them? We have been handling them, could that result in her leaving...

So our Cream Legbar Leah is sitting on 20 eggs!! The first group of them are hatching in 6 days, so I was wondering if anyone had any last-minute advice. We haven't candled the eggs since we aren't incubating them and Leah is very feisty, and would peck hard if we tried to grab an egg. So if...

So I have discovered that our cream legbar, Leah, has gone broody! We have decided to let her hatch eggs. I was a bit delayed posting this, but we are currently on day 6 and I checked and there are 12 eggs under her. I dont have any questions or concerns right now, but since this is my first...

We have a Barred Rock rooster, Brooks. He is around 9 months old and suddenly he is loosing his voice. In the mornings his crow sounds pretty normal but as the day goes on it gets worse, and by evening he looses his voice mid-crow. But the next morning it is normal again and the process starts...