HDbirdnerd
Hatching
- Apr 21, 2021
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Hi. Completely and unexpectedly new to keeping chickens. We found a stray silkie a couple days ago wandering in the open space behind our yard. We didn't want the coyotes to get it, so caught it and are now trying to figure out what to do with it. Checked with the neighbors - nobody is missing a chicken. I believe it's a male, based on streamer feathers on head and tail, but not sure. Don't know the age, either. My kids have fallen in love, so we were thinking about keeping it, but seems like we'd need to have more than one chicken since they're so social. Is it okay to keep just a single chicken? If so, what kind of housing does a single male silkie need?