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I have a showgirl hen that was broody for about 6 weeks. She got off the nest daily, but was never setting on eggs. Silly girl. Anyway, she finally gave up the nest, was running around with the rest of the flock and about 10 days ago she didn't come in at night. I went out and she was laying...

My little Serama pullet decided to lay her first egg about 3 days after Christmas. I was SO THRILLED.....it was like Christmas for a chicken-o-holic. Well now.....so I have gotten about 12 eggs from her. All good right? NO! Yesterday, I notice she is in the nestbox all day. All night. This...

Sometimes I incubate eggs and raise them in the house in a brooder. I usually let momma (or a momma!) do the work. Well, I got some older chicks from a friends (1chickmagnet) a few days ago. Oh My Gosh! they are so stinkin cute. they are in the barn now, all silkies (well, some showgirl silkies...

I have a little dutch hen that is about 8 years old. have a flock of 30+ chickens, no new in or out in the last 9 months. It has been fairly cold here in NH, but seasonally so....between 20 and 30 degrees for a week or so. I went out tonight to feed and water, and she was on her roost and had 2...

Ok, these 2 ladies were hatched in March. Got them from a MM"exotic egglayer" special, via a friend who got too many. the black one is either a really bad black polish, or a crevocour?? it has NO comb at all. I parted the topknot and none whatsoever. it has had black legs from the get go. the...

I just wanted to show how big the crest is on this 6 week old Polish chick. isn't she cute?! she is always so laid back, she didn't want to stand for her pic.

Ok, a friend got MM's Ornamental Layer Collection.......ans she didn't want 25 so gave some to me (just what I needed!). I know I got an EE, 2 cochins, 2 polish and 2 ??? Here are the mystery birds. the all black on has NO comb yet, she is smooth where it should be just like the polish (for...

I would like some more info on New Hampshire bantams.......anyone out there have any? I am new to the breed, and I am finding it difficult to get a lot of info. I tried the search on this site, and it just brought up a bunch of other topics, with a few miner comments here and there. I just got a...

hens wanted in blue, splash and partridge. I want bearded, and no major faults if possible. In NH, maine or mass. Willing to travel some for nice birds. Also would love showgirl hens in those colors

Ok, I have a pullet (at least I think she is! ) that is this crazy color. I got her and her black siblings as eggs. they parents were in a pen of blues, partridge and buff showgirls and silkies. So I knew they were going to be mixed colors, I just wanted to add some pets to my free range flock...

I thought I had a pretty nice blue silkie cockerel and partridge showgirl cockerel.......that is, until I really looked at them again last week. it had been a month or so, since I REALLY looked at them......feathering, feet, combs, etc. Now I wished I hadn't. my blue roo has tan(red?) bleeding...

I have a Showgirl pullet that is 9 months old. been WAITING (not very patiently! ) for her first egg. I go to bed every night, praying for a gift from my little girl. Maybe for Christmas?

Mine, it got gobbled down by my gratefull flock of free range PQ bantams. The show pens got some too, don't worry!

Ok, so.....my showgirl hen is so sweet....and quiet. Really quiet. I had her in a pen with a showgirl roo and a silkie roo, but they are all young and she hasn't started laying yet. Well, this last week, I keep finding her in the corner by herself-so I thought she was maybe getting picked on. I...

I have several silkies....some show quality and some not. I just like having them around becuase they are quiet, friendly and cute. I also LOVE them for thier broody-ness. Case in point: today, after waiting 21 days for my brassyback OEG to hatch out her eggs I hit paydirt. Well, sort of. The...

Please tell me what you think of my blue cockerel. he was hatched in April....his foot feathering WAS there, but it is broken badly now. I figured out how that pen was doing it, but now I have to wait for it to grow out. I think his wings are wrong, and he has too many hard feathers in wing and...

Ok, experts. Question for you! My 2 showgirls (and silkie in the same pen) all had NICE foot feathering, correct with feathering on the middle toe......LAST TIME I LOOKED. now, about a month later, both showgirls have broken feathers on middle toe so almost no feathering shows, and on the...

and hubby says to use them, and I just can't. they smell gross, and the whites are not white. and they smell gross. I guess i will give them to the girls......without the shells on, of course. what a waster I am!

I am so EGGScited! I got some silkie/showgirl eggs from 1 chick magnet and they are under a broody. Swimmers in all of them, I am so hoping for some little nekked necks. I wish it was tomorrow they were due. I can't stand waiting!!!!

Well, it's a never ending story around here. Had a skunk, got rid of him before he could do anything nasty to the hens. Still setting traps, cuz' I know there must be more. We have a den of foxes somewhere close, can hear them at night. we see the adult fox all the time, cant get a clear shot at...