Rocky64's chat thread: anything is welcome

[Hens rule]

Yeah my rooster did hate my dog he also attacked me like when I picked up my chickens or even when I went around them. Some of my hens will attack little birds that land in my yard.

 

[Rocky64]

Your rooster sounds like he was a meanie. What breed was he? Haha seems like your hens don't like other birds eating their bugs

 

[Hens rule]

Haha yeah they don't!
My rooster was a Barred Rock, he was a very pretty rooster but he was SUPER protective of the chickens.

 

[LoveThemBirds]

The pullets started laying.

 

[Hens rule]

The pullets started laying.

Congratulations!

 

[Hens rule]

I may get a silkie this spring. How are they? Are silkies friendly?

 

[Rocky64]

Haha yeah they don't!
My rooster was a Barred Rock, he was a very pretty rooster but he was SUPER protective of the chickens.

I had a barred rock rooster before and he was really pretty, he was a big boy too, quite tall and well built. He was super friendly with people and real gentle with the ladies. Unfortunately a fox got him and later got both of his sisters, but I still have his brother( who isn't barred but is completely black) and he's the head rooster now.

 

[Rocky64]

The pullets started laying.

congrats on the new layers.

I may get a silkie this spring. How are they? Are silkies friendly?

Nice, where are you greeting them from? A hatchery or breeder? Silkies, at least all my silkies, don't seem to eat that much compared to my other breeds like ISA browns or production reds. They aren't the greatest layers as a breed, but will give an okay amount of eggs, normally 3 or so a week. I always thought that they lay creamy white eggs, cuz that's what all of mine have laid, but one of my silkie hens started laying pink eggs. It's weird because before she went broody this last time, she laid cream white eggs too, but now they are pinkish. As for friendliness, it depends on the individual, most of mine have been friendly and people could go up to them and pick em up and stuff, but I have one that doesn't like people too well( I think it's because of her previous owners) and I have had roosters that aren't mean to me, but terrorize the other chickens both hens and roosters, needles to say that those two are long gone. And my cousin had a partridge rooster that attacked people, so it largely depends on the individual and how they are cared for

 

[Hens rule]

congrats on the new layers.
Nice, where are you greeting them from? A hatchery or breeder? Silkies, at least all my silkies, don't seem to eat that much compared to my other breeds like ISA browns or production reds. They aren't the greatest layers as a breed, but will give an okay amount of eggs, normally 3 or so a week. I always thought that they lay creamy white eggs, cuz that's what all of mine have laid, but one of my silkie hens started laying pink eggs. It's weird because before she went broody this last time, she laid cream white eggs too, but now they are pinkish. As for friendliness, it depends on the individual, most of mine have been friendly and people could go up to them and pick em up and stuff, but I have one that doesn't like people too well( I think it's because of her previous owners) and I have had roosters that aren't mean to me, but terrorize the other chickens both hens and roosters, needles to say that those two are long gone. And my cousin had a partridge rooster that attacked people, so it largely depends on the individual and how they are cared for

Im getting them from a hatchery at a local farm store. Id probaly get a silkiehen or two and i may get a bufforp rooster. Thanks!

 

[Hens rule]

Merry Christmas!!!