I hatched this guy from some eggs that were supposed to be silkies (with chance of frizzle/sizzles/and showgirls) off of eBay. He (which I’m assuming he is since the colors have started to show up) is the only chicken with normal feathers. He was hatched all black but has recently started to get...
So my 5 month old silkie/polish cross started to make weird purring/growling sounds and won't move. It's been at least ten minutes. The chicks started to do it too. Should I be worried? Everything was fine before.
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I am looking into getting a couple chicks with crests into our flock in the spring (I'm obsessed with how cute they are:love). The thing is that our town doesn't allow roosters...
It seems to me that my cockerel, 10 months old SilkixPolish, has it out for one of the chicks. The chicks are 6 weeks old, SilkiexPolish. The chick, the youngest so perhaps it is 5 weeks old, seems healthy to me. The chick is generally fine within the flock.
This happened this morning: I...
I've got two broody hens, one went into mama mode once the eggs started to hatch and the other is all about the eggs and doesn't care about the chicks. I have moved Coco (the mama hen) and chicks into a separate section of the coop so they can be together. Gucci the other hen is still on the...