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I got my first chickens this past March, which turned out to be 12 hens (2 Dominiques, 3 Speckled Sussex, 3 Leghorns, 3 White Rocks and 1 Easter Egger) and 2 RIR roosters. Having had parrots for over 25 years until last year, I've been a bird brain for a long time.
Two of my girls are sitting on eggs right now and I'm excited to see if we'll get any babies or not. 3 weeks ago I succumbed to an
ad on Craigslist from a teenage girl and got 7 half silkie, half Leghorn babies that are now 5 weeks old. I've always wanted silkies so, doggone it, I got 4 silkies 2 weeks ago. So I've had a challenge with keeping the babies quarantined from the older birds and the 2 sets of babies from each other, plus trying to figure out how best to handle the expectant mothers. Luckily I have a Shih Tzu, Betsy, who LOVES chickens and gladly helps me all she can. Yesterday she found a stash of eggs under the bushes, and was LAYING ON THEM. She rose up to sit when I crawled in there with my phone to get a picture and she looks a bit embarrassed because I was laughing SO HARD!!
Here she is with the 4 Silkies (4 weeks old now) who came to my retail store with her today in honor of NATIONAL BRING YOUR CHICKEN TO WORK DAY. Do you all like that? I encourage lots of participation in this event next year!
Two of my girls are sitting on eggs right now and I'm excited to see if we'll get any babies or not. 3 weeks ago I succumbed to an
ad on Craigslist from a teenage girl and got 7 half silkie, half Leghorn babies that are now 5 weeks old. I've always wanted silkies so, doggone it, I got 4 silkies 2 weeks ago. So I've had a challenge with keeping the babies quarantined from the older birds and the 2 sets of babies from each other, plus trying to figure out how best to handle the expectant mothers. Luckily I have a Shih Tzu, Betsy, who LOVES chickens and gladly helps me all she can. Yesterday she found a stash of eggs under the bushes, and was LAYING ON THEM. She rose up to sit when I crawled in there with my phone to get a picture and she looks a bit embarrassed because I was laughing SO HARD!!
Here she is with the 4 Silkies (4 weeks old now) who came to my retail store with her today in honor of NATIONAL BRING YOUR CHICKEN TO WORK DAY. Do you all like that? I encourage lots of participation in this event next year!
