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Yeah I have the whole flock of crows nesting in a huge oak tree every year! When the crows sound the alarm my chickens run into the coop. The main reason they go into the field is because the crows are actively foraging with them! It's really cool! I'm glad you also have that kind of protection...

I actually have little owl nest boxes in my chickens area and they breed there every year! They are extremely territorial, but they are too small to hunt anything smaller than a Serama so they keep all the hawks away. My chickens have actually become friends with the hooded crows. So every now...

Wow, thanks for explaining that in such great detail! I plan on only letting two broodiness hatch a year so I'm hoping one of those two will be either Peep or Cheep :fl I'm going to do some further research on silkies and comparing mine too the breed standard as I might try to show them next...

Cool! I wonder if you're right and depending on gender and age the blue might come in quicker. What colors do you have? Do they go broody every year and if so how many times a year?

To take guess, I'd say around 1 month-2 months. They are quite small but they have all their feathers and almost no more pin feathers.

Yes, I can only keep 5 xl sized hens and silkies are rather small especially the parents of these (hopefully) girls! For their age they are tiny little things! I'm keeping my two little LBC hens, Peep & Cheep, Susan, and Eda. For the size of our coop my flock of mostly tiny hens is equal to...

So quick question...can you sex a silkie from if they have a blue earlobe or not? Peep had a pretty big and bright blue earlobe and I'm worried Peep isn't a hen!!!

He is so cute!!! My two babies are growing so much! I'm pretty sure they are both hens! I got a picture of them both. Peep And Cheep

Ok, thank you very much!

Hello, I'm getting two silkie chicks and I'm wondering if they are male or female? I will put pictures below. Chick 1, I'm guessing a blue female but idk Chick 2, I'm guessing it's a black but I'm worried it's a make!