Anyone else have weird cross breeding going on?
My Easter Egger with a beard & fuzzy cheeks laid eggs fertilized by a black silkie roo.
Two babies hatched and they are adorably unique.
Anyone else talk to your chickens like they should understand you? I have 20. They all have names. I assume they know their names and I refer to them as such. I also have conversations with them like I would a human.
Me: "Does anyone know what time it is? I should go start dinner soon."...
Hey! I have four silkies (2 male, 2 female) that need a home. They're great little birds, they just don't fit in with the rest of my large-extra large flock.
I travel to Berea every 6-8 weeks to see my kids at college. I'm sure we could work something out.
I'm in Kentucky, but I have 4 silkies I'm looking to give away. Two laying girls (one black, one white) and two roosters (both black). They are just under a year.
Where in N. Carolina are you?
I agree with the posts above. Food association and being at their level are key. I have had three groups of chickens now and around two months my first group would climb my back when I sat on the ground. Now as full grown roosters and hens, they'll still do it if I sit down in the grass. It's a...
So, in the most normal way possible, I keep acquiring chickens from neighbors. The latest batch are a group of five; four different breeds. The neighbor told me "I'm pretty sure they're called bluebells." But everything I find about Bluebell Chickens makes me question that.
She's a female for...
No advice needed really. Just need a shoulder.
My roos are 7 months old and have been together their entire lives. They have never had an issue. Not one peck, chase, fight, etc. Nothing. Today out of no where my neighbor calls me to tell me both roos are a bloody mess in her lawn (we each have...