partridge

I have ranked poultry by noise level according to information I could find. Do you agree? Feel free to post your own rankings. 1. Chickens (Rooster crows are really loud) 2. Geese Eastern Eurasia derived (Africans are loud and super Africans even more so) 3. Guineafowl 4. Turkeys 5...

Hi all, I wanted to know what other peoples preferences for keeping hill partridge. I have a pair myself based in the uk and they are nice and healthy ready for breeding season. What are peoples aviarys, incubation methods, feed ect. As I have found very little documentation on these birds...

Hi all I’m new to this platform and just wandered if there is anyone in the uk breeding common hill partridge? I acquired my pair around 4 months ago and would love to get in touch with someone with some. I would also be interested in how others are keeping them: aviary, food, incubation ECT...

Is the egg that the red arrow is pointing to, a Silkie egg? It’s rather small, compared to the others. It would have come from one of these two chickens. I don’t know the sex of either one. I’m pretty sure naked neck is a roo because I’ve seen him crow. But then again, I’ve read on here that...

Hello! How hard is it to tell female vs male in a silkie? I have two silkies, they hatched may 11. I am just wondering if they should be laying by now or not if they are female. I’ve included a picture of my Naked neck, Ms. Frizzle😍

Hi everyone! Not new to chickens but new to breeds other than BYM or your standard feed store dual purpose/layers. I recently decided to work with silkies as well as one other breed. I want to learn the SOP and breed towards it I decided to begin with a black pen for silkies .. I noticed that...

Hello all! I have a Partridge Cochin, just shy of a year old! She was a good layer through her first winter and spring; smallish brown eggs but very consistent; always 6 or 7 a week. She did go broody in May and stopped laying, but we were able to isolate her and snap her out of it pretty...

2 weeks old and getting pretty heavy

1 week old and a hefty 43g

Hi there, a few weeks ago a well-intentioned family member popped some abandoned partridge eggs underneath the chickens we own in the hope that the hens would sit on the eggs and raise them as their own. They’ve sat on the eggs happily until now, but have started to attack the chicks as they’ve...

Hey everybody. My friend has been trying to get a large fowl Cochin for awhile. She had a very sweet blue girl who sadly passed away due to unknown circumstances. She of course was heartbroken. So she bought a straight run partridge Cochin. Who is now about 6 weeks and I’m pretty positive is a...

Good morning! I have one chick (naked neck partridge silkie) who continuously has pasty butt. I clean her off multiple times a day, they have probiotics in their water, I change the water 2 times a day, the temperature is steady, I have her on an in medicated organic starter feed, and she has...

I know that silkie chicks are more difficult to figure out the gender, but about how long do I have to wait until I will be able to tell? Picture of one of my newest flock members, A naked neck partridge silky named noodle.

Hi all! I'm wondering what you think of this silkie roo of mine. He's got a silver/red/partridge coloring with tan/brown spots on his wing feathers. He's obviously not show quality but I think he's just gorgeous! I've never seen any other silkie that looks like this! Thoughts?

Why is this so difficult? Maybe someone here can see what sex my little birds are... Chukar #1 is the more petite one, the body and head are smaller but it has little bumps where spurs would be. Chukar #2 has a larger body... more block headed but zero spur bump... I asked the vet and they say...

Our girl is 11 months old and doesn't look anything like the Cinnamon Queen Tractor Supply said she was. As a chick she was "chipmunk" coloring (which fits a CQ) but her body shape and feathering does not match. She's also bantam sized. If she had fuzzy feet, I'd say she was a partridge Cochin...

Hi all, So I'm going to post a few pics of my two 7.5 week old silkie chicks and I would love for you to give me your thoughts on the partridge chick! I KNOW the white chick is a roo. He's had a comb and wattles since just a few weeks old. While mama is a show quality hen (blue ribbon winner...

Hi all! I've had a Silkie sitting on a small clutch of 3 eggs for 3 weeks now. 2 of the eggs hatched (one last night, one the day before). I' don't think the last egg will hatch. The other day I could not find it in the nest to check and it had been buried underneath some hay and although was...

Hi All! I’m from San Martin, California and in April I took a Silkie that was hatched from a preschool and now I have an obsession. She ended up being a partridge hen and then I went and bought a blue rooster to have some fun! She has laid her very first three eggs as of Saturday so they are now...

My daughter's high school biology class hatched chicks last week and my daughter brought 4 of them home for me to keep. I'm wondering what breeds these might be? I realize that they may be mixed. One of them is tiny and has 5 toes, I'm thinking it's a silkie. The all black one has a black...