I have a silkie who is staying mostly in the coop. She has even been setting on the other hens eggs. We are a bit concerned she isn’t getting enough food or water. Is this brooding? What should we do? Should we get her a fake egg? My husband took her out today and closed the coop up and she did...
We just can’t figure out what this little one is. We thought it was a silkie but now it has the wrong feathers. We believe it is a frazzle feather for sure. Also do you think this is a cockerel? See the pics and help if you can. Thanks
Hello everyone. I am a new chick mom. We had chickens about 30 years ago but have decided to raise them again. I have 6. 3 Rhodesia Island Reds( we were told) and the other 3 straight runs. We are pretty sure 2 of those are silkies. And we have one frazzle feather that we are not sure about. We...