Help me with the breed mix. It is 1/2 silkie

[queeniechick]

That is fine. I love chatting about chickens.

I don't think it will hurt them, but it have read that they need the extra nutrition of layer pellets to lay consistently.

We leave a light on in winter and they lay all year.

 

[Teila]

Thank you queeniechick, yep, I also love talking about chickens to people who understand just what a pleasure they are

As long as they are healthy, I am not worried about the number of eggs .. most get scrambled or boiled and fed back to them anyway

I am also grateful for the consensus that Tina is a pullet. She was hatched here and after raising her and loving her for 9 months I would be heartbroken if she had to be found a new home. 7 from 9 hatched and 5 were obviously boys. I kept Tina and Suzi as I thought they may be girls. Sadly, Suzi, at 5 months of age was fine when she went to bed one night and extremely ill the next morning, passing away within two hours of sun up

I believe she ate something or was bitten by something on the afternoon free range; I have lost a couple of girls over the years but never anything so quick and for no 'obvious' reason. So, anyway, Tina is the only one I have left from my first hatch so I am very attached to her

 

[queeniechick]

Thank you queeniechick, yep, I also love talking about chickens to people who understand just what a pleasure they are

As long as they are healthy, I am not worried about the number of eggs .. most get scrambled or boiled and fed back to them anyway 

I am also grateful for the consensus that Tina is a pullet.  She was hatched here and after raising her and loving her for 9 months I would be heartbroken if she had to be found a new home.  7 from 9 hatched and 5 were obviously boys.  I kept Tina and Suzi as I thought they may be girls.  Sadly, Suzi, at 5 months of age was fine when she went to bed one night and extremely ill the next morning, passing away within two hours of sun up    I believe she ate something or was bitten by something on the afternoon free range; I have lost a couple of girls over the years but never anything so quick and for no 'obvious' reason.  So, anyway, Tina is the only one I have left from my first hatch so I am very attached to her 

So, sorry you lost one. I have lost a couple and it is heart wrenching. My boss at work laughed at me because I was so sad. People that don't own chickens just don't get it.

Wow, hatching my own... that is something that I haven't done yet. Next Spring I am going to try to mate my newest silkie and let her hatch. Here she is.

 

[colleenptts]

. Anyone know what kind of chicken this is? We call her pigeon

This one is all black .. I've looked online and can't figure it out

 

[PoultryQueen101]

Pigeon is a silver duckwing old english, not sure on the black one

 

[Teila]

So, sorry you lost one. I have lost a couple and it is heart wrenching. My boss at work laughed at me because I was so sad. People that don't own chickens just don't get it.

Wow, hatching my own... that is something that I haven't done yet. Next Spring I am going to try to mate my newest silkie and let her hatch. Here she is.

Oh yeah, it is very sad when we lose one .. the morning I lost Suzi I went into work but I was so upset and in danger of snapping at one of the clients, I went home again! Luckily, while not a chicken person, my boss is very understanding and knows that my pets mean the world to me.

I have had two hatches here from shipped eggs .. they are the most wonderful experience and I love giving my girls chance to become a mumma. My Bantam Cochin, Cilla, has had the two hatches and I am hoping that someone else becomes broody before her so that they can have a chance to be a mumma also. I know I will give in to her as soon as she becomes broody

I so recommend giving a broody chance to become a mumma, it is just so beautiful to see her with both the eggs and bubbies

This one is all black .. I've looked online and can't figure it out

Howdy Colleenptts

Your little black one, does she have feathered feet?


.... Happy chickens everyone