Aw that would be sad to leave just one. But I don't think I have room for 3. Ideally I only want to add 1 (I just rehomed my roo
). But know it's tough for the new one if I just add one, that's why I'm looking for two.
Oh I just realized that the photos are all of just the 4 chickens! I thought you had various sets you were posting about. My bad haha. They are very cute. How many pounds will they get full grown?
Since they are silkie-crosses, I'm not sure on their size. It seems like silkie mixes very a good deal. Their mom weighs about 6.5 pounds & is a big, big Australorp, their silkie roo dad was 3-4 pounds.... so if I had to guess, I'd say they'd probably be about 4-5 lbs full grown. We had another mix (a boy) that was about that big. They weren't the product of intentional breeding, we just had 2 broodies that sat on fake eggs for 5 weeks straight and I started to feel really bad for them. Despite that, I think they turned out beautifully. I just love the coloring on the white/grey ones and their poofy heads and feathered feet. The black one is super friendly and maybe would be okay on her own (assuming she's going to have other chickens in her new home). The brown one is super shy, though and definitely should go with one of her sisters.
Yes they are very cute! The white/grey splash especially. Are they friendly with people and each other? Non-aggressive? I assume so based on the breed crosses. But just checking.
Oh, he's a pretty boy! It's SO hard to watch them grow up and then have to try to find a good home for them. I've had to say goodbye to quite a few -- we have a cockfighting ring near us pretty bad, and they collect roo's from craigslist and use silkie boys as bait
it sucks! Still, managed to find good homes for 4 of our boys and kept 2 silkie roos. We had 4 others in the brood, and they started crowing and starting to get saddle feathers a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately, we had to process them. It sucks! But our dogs and cat are very happy to have good food. Anyway, the big white one hasn't started crowing yet, so I suppose there's a chance he's a she, but he was the first to hatch and definitely has a rooster personality. I'm 99% sure the others are girls by comparing them to the boys in behavior, size, and feather appearance, but there's still a 1% chance I'm wrong. I've managed to reliably sex our other silkies and silkie-mix by the time they were this age, but I also will take any of them back if they turn out to be roos. I realize that might be kind of a long drive, though -- we're near Ventura, which can be 1 -1/2 to 2 hours to LA depending on where you are. They're all very sweet and not at all aggressive. Good around kids, our dogs and our cat and very predator savvy. They've been free-ranging with the rest of the flock since they were a couple days old! They were raised by broodies, so it's taken them awhile to get used to being handled & the brown one is still super shy, but the rest are at the age where they are getting more outgoing & run up to me as soon as they hear the door open.
Oh, he's a pretty boy! It's SO hard to watch them grow up and then have to try to find a good home for them. I've had to say goodbye to quite a few -- we have a cockfighting ring near us pretty bad, and they collect roo's from craigslist and use silkie boys as bait
