- May 27, 2014
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Hello All,
I got my wife chickens for Christmas, and it has been a blast. we got the chickens in two "batches". First, the day after Christmas we got three Rhode island Reds, and three Barred Rocks. they were the cutest most lovable little chicks They were finally big enough to go outside in April. so i built them a coop and a run. Ill have to figure out how to post pictures. At the end of February, the silkies we wanted arrived at our local feed story so we went to pick some out. but when they told us they were straight run because sexing them is impossible, we were a little weary. We bought six silkie chicks and two Polish crested chicks. Unfortunately the silver polish crested passed away at about 4 days old. it was very sad but, to keep my wife's spirits up, and to help her get a grasp on the turn around poultry tend to have, we went out the next day and got two leghorn chicks, or so we thought. after about a month one leghorn started looking suspiciously like an eagle, no comb, a big beautiful hooked beak, very regal looking. then after about another month, her cheeks started getting puffy and finally, its now very evident that we inadvertently got ourselves an Americauna. and she just beautiful. So we are very happy with our little flock so far.
As for the silkies, two are definitely crowing, and i believe of the 6, 5 of them have the typical rooster head feathers, which is incredibly disappointing because they are all so lovable, and we hate to have to get rid of 4 of them, but buying 48 more chickens just to have the right ratio is out of the question.
right now we are in the stages of trying to introduce the two flocks as peacefully as we can. I made a temporary coop out of an old shipping crate i got from work, with chicken wire on one side butted up to our other coops run so they can see each other. I have been reading on here an awful lot getting answers to all the great mysteries chicken pose to us. but ive come up with a few questions that just have me puzzled and i cant find answers for. Ill post them in the proper area forums though. just figured id say hi in here first.
I got my wife chickens for Christmas, and it has been a blast. we got the chickens in two "batches". First, the day after Christmas we got three Rhode island Reds, and three Barred Rocks. they were the cutest most lovable little chicks They were finally big enough to go outside in April. so i built them a coop and a run. Ill have to figure out how to post pictures. At the end of February, the silkies we wanted arrived at our local feed story so we went to pick some out. but when they told us they were straight run because sexing them is impossible, we were a little weary. We bought six silkie chicks and two Polish crested chicks. Unfortunately the silver polish crested passed away at about 4 days old. it was very sad but, to keep my wife's spirits up, and to help her get a grasp on the turn around poultry tend to have, we went out the next day and got two leghorn chicks, or so we thought. after about a month one leghorn started looking suspiciously like an eagle, no comb, a big beautiful hooked beak, very regal looking. then after about another month, her cheeks started getting puffy and finally, its now very evident that we inadvertently got ourselves an Americauna. and she just beautiful. So we are very happy with our little flock so far.
As for the silkies, two are definitely crowing, and i believe of the 6, 5 of them have the typical rooster head feathers, which is incredibly disappointing because they are all so lovable, and we hate to have to get rid of 4 of them, but buying 48 more chickens just to have the right ratio is out of the question.
right now we are in the stages of trying to introduce the two flocks as peacefully as we can. I made a temporary coop out of an old shipping crate i got from work, with chicken wire on one side butted up to our other coops run so they can see each other. I have been reading on here an awful lot getting answers to all the great mysteries chicken pose to us. but ive come up with a few questions that just have me puzzled and i cant find answers for. Ill post them in the proper area forums though. just figured id say hi in here first.
But, it sounds like you've got a lot of happy birds! I'm also introducing two separate groups of chickens right now. Be sure to check out the helpful links attached. Again, welcome!
and Welcome To BYC! Good luck combining your flock, hope it goes smoothly! Sorry it looks like most of your silkies are roos, if you get impatient you can have them DNA sexed via feathers, if you do 5 or more at the same time this company does them for about $10 each. 
