I understand, I am always late for work in themorning because I spend so much time in the chicken run watching the new chicks and then when I get home I forget to make dinner as I am so engrossed watching the shenanigans of the hens, roosters and the chicks
Whew!! Glad I'm not the only one who does this!
very cool and prettyMight be able to post more pictures later, but here is the strange comb I got from my Silkie-mostly-bantam mix roo. He's seven months old:
Here's his dad, who is half Silkie, half unidentified non-Silkie bantam hen:
that is a very unique and different but but pretty..... love the color.Okay guys, you ready?
I hatched Teddy last summer, but I got the eggs from a neighbor. Teddy came from a light brown egg, and I saved her life. When she hatched she wasn't under the hen. I told myself that I should leave the hens alone for a little while, but I couldn't help myself. I found teddy lifeless, wet, and cold. I held her limp body in my hand for awhile and I called my dad, and he said that we would burry her etc... But I didn't want to give up. I set her under the hen and came back a couple of hours later, and she was breathing. She started out slower than the other chicks, but she is perfectly fine now.
Teddy is a Silkie/Easter Egger/ Turken
