After losing all our chickens to a bobcat, we've revamped the coop and run and are starting over with a new flock.
My question is... Is it safe to have silkie chicks with standard size chicks roughly the same age? Or should I stagger it by getting the silkie chicks first, then wait a few...
Ok, so new Breeder and I may not have a lot of experience incubating and hatching baby chicks, but as far I've had incubated last year 2017 started somewhere in October and hatched 17 healthy chickens. I've purchased a lot of chickens for the past 2 years and I decided that I didn't want to...
My son has 4 chicks total, 1 speckled sussex, 1 buff brahma and 2 splash silkies. The big girls are 4.5 weeks old and the silkies are about 3.5 weeks old. They are in a large furniture box brooder in the living room with a heat lamp and pine shaving floor. It's been getting cool at night...