Hi,
Im new to chickens on my own but as a kid Mum had heaps. I used to absolutely despise them because the Rhode Island Reds are a bit loco (I blame it on the fact she feeds them cooked chicken!! Ick) But since getting my own Silkies and Australorp I'm getting a bit obsessed and can see why mother dearest always kept them
I've got 3 White Silkie's; One Hen (Celine) and 2 Pullets (Sylvia & Cilantro), and an Australorp Chick named Chaz
Celine has asserted herself as number 1 in the pecking order and is more of an irritable big sister than mother figure but will soon be living on her own if she doesnt stop digging holes in the yard to roll around in.
Sylvia is the most calm and goes with the flow whereas her twin sister Cilantro is a bit of an oddball (We suspect she was possibly dropped as an egg lol)
Cilly as i call her now likes being sat on by Celine and constantly trying to swim in the water dish. And then there's lil bub Chaz, a noisey lil thing with a penchant for nibbling my Tragus bars and sitting on my shoulder whenever she can. Shes also developed a sleeping pattern of laying on her back, feet up in the air which scares me half to death in the mornings when i think she's kicked the bucket; a prankster 1 week old.
So there's my kooky clan, we're odd and dysfunctional but we function
If anyone has any tips on how to raise lil Chaz the right way that I may have missed feel free to let me know
Im new to chickens on my own but as a kid Mum had heaps. I used to absolutely despise them because the Rhode Island Reds are a bit loco (I blame it on the fact she feeds them cooked chicken!! Ick) But since getting my own Silkies and Australorp I'm getting a bit obsessed and can see why mother dearest always kept them
I've got 3 White Silkie's; One Hen (Celine) and 2 Pullets (Sylvia & Cilantro), and an Australorp Chick named Chaz
Celine has asserted herself as number 1 in the pecking order and is more of an irritable big sister than mother figure but will soon be living on her own if she doesnt stop digging holes in the yard to roll around in.
Sylvia is the most calm and goes with the flow whereas her twin sister Cilantro is a bit of an oddball (We suspect she was possibly dropped as an egg lol)
Cilly as i call her now likes being sat on by Celine and constantly trying to swim in the water dish. And then there's lil bub Chaz, a noisey lil thing with a penchant for nibbling my Tragus bars and sitting on my shoulder whenever she can. Shes also developed a sleeping pattern of laying on her back, feet up in the air which scares me half to death in the mornings when i think she's kicked the bucket; a prankster 1 week old.
So there's my kooky clan, we're odd and dysfunctional but we function
If anyone has any tips on how to raise lil Chaz the right way that I may have missed feel free to let me know
