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Anyone have experiencing mixing silkie colours? I have a white silkie rooster and the one hen is pictured below. Curious to know what colours I would end up with from them. Is the hen considered partridge? Thanks.

Thank you, that makes me feel better.

Is it okay to have only one silkie amongst my mixed flock of hens? I bought several silkie chicks all of which turned out to be male. One of them didn’t sell but I find him very pleasant and cute. He seems to only try to mate with my two polish hens but can barely do the deed successfully. I’m...

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Does this look like a pullet or a cockerel? About 3-4 months old. I started noticing these showy tail feathers this week but have no experience with this breed. Thanks!

I’m not sure what’s going on with two of my Buff hens. They’re just over a year old. I thought that they were broody and sitting on eggs because whenever I checked on them they were both sitting in the same boxes. However, one of them got up yesterday and I noticed there was no eggs beneath her...

These chickens that aren’t using the roost were actually the ones blocking the ramp for my younger ones to get up! That’s why we ended up putting up a second ramp. They happen to be the oldest, biggest and top of the pecking order. One is my rooster lol. Not sure why they’re doing it. Maybe the...

That‘s a great idea. Would give them a nice grip without hurting their toes too. I like it. Thanks!

Good to know our spacing is alright. We left them at the same level. The front extension is done for tonight and looks like they won’t be getting pooped on as much if they decide to keep using the poop board now that it’s out from the other ladies bums. There is definitely enough clearance to go...

Never thought of those ramps as toe breakers but now that you mention it I could see how that could be a risk. They all use them with no problem yet but they were only supposed to be a temporary solution for our lack of wood at the time as we normally use them for non chicken purposes. The...

My other chickens just walk onto the poop board and easily hop right up from behind. We’re going to try lowering the front roost and pushing both roosts back to add more clearance to the front. If that doesn’t work we will use the second suggestion of lowering the poop board and bringing the...

That would be a simple solution. Will be trying. Thanks for your help!

Excellent idea. I was wondering if the poop board was too high. Thank you very much for your help.

My buff rooster and two hens are sleeping on the edge of the poop board directly under where my other hens roost. They’re getting pooped on. I’ve picked them up and put them on the roost multiple times but they’re uncomfortable using it. My other buff hen roosts and my four other hens roost with...

The only rooster I have is a buff orpington. I’m wondering if he was to fertilize my azure blue or ameraucanas eggs, what colour eggs would those chickens likely lay?

It’s definitely been gradual and light. This is the first time I’ve raised chicks from day olds so knowing this will be very good to know for future reference too. Thanks again!

Thank you for the reassurance! It definitely seems like a molt now but was unsure with timing.

My 18-20 week old Buff Orps have been slowly losing feathers for the last month or so. Nothing dramatically noticeable on my chickens but enough for me to be cleaning their very large run of feathers often. My roosters neck is getting kind of bare and there are big pin feathers coming in there...

I’ve read that they’re a mix of a blue layer like an ameraucana and a high production white layer like a leghorn. Not exactly certain though. I’ve been trying to figure it out too.