I’m back! I bought these three Rustic Rocks as pullets, but one is looks a wee bit different than the others. They are a little more than 5 weeks old.
What say you?
Free to a good home: 5-week-old white Silkie rooster. Goes by the name "Excavator" per my 4-year-old. Cannot keep a rooster where I live, but he will be missed. Pick-up on border of Fairfax County and Arlington County.
Free to a good home: 5-week-old white Silkie rooster. Goes by the name "Excavator" per my 4-year-old. Cannot keep a rooster where I live, but he will be missed. Pick-up on border of Fairfax County and Arlington County.
Hello! Today I woke up absurdly early and while I was in the kitchen, I heard a strange screechy call from the brooder. I ran and caught my 5-week-old silkie do it one more time before he got camera shy before I could grab my phone for a video. The sound wasn’t quite how I imagined a rooster...
Hello! I live in Fairfax County and I am a first-time chicken-raiser. I currently have seven 3-4 week old chicks: 3 Rustic Rocks, 2 Silkies, 1 Delaware, and 1 Rhode Island Red (I say currently because if any turn out to be roosters, I'll have to re-home them). This all started because I signed...
Thank you greatly for this write-up. I did the 4H Embryology program with my stepdaughter and had only 3/12 hatch. We were so disappointed, but doing the necropsy outlined here really helped. Using a stronger light in our candling would have helped, as well!