Hello! I am going to get silkie chicks in about a month, is there anything I should know about them?
This is my first time getting bantams too!
awesome!! Send pics!Hello! I am going to get silkie chicks in about a month, is there anything I should know about them?
This is my first time getting bantams too!
Duh, I originally popped in here to update everyone on Winnie, my little hawk attack victim. She's doing great! Looks like she's going to keep the eye (), its been pretty much closed up by swelling, but she had a little slit open yesterday and the eye looked normal (what I can see, anyway). I guess the hawk ripping out her breast feathers triggered something, or maybe it was her rest time, but she's broody now! So, she's currently cooking 6 Silkie/Sizzle eggs. And when she went back into the coop, I was a bit worried the others would notice her eye and single her out. It was quite the opposite actually. She was a tiny terror for a little while, running around pulling on everyone else's feathers. She got in a fight with my roo, Joe, and whipped his booty too. She's in her broody pen now, but when she comes out, everyone gives her mean little butt a very wide berth! So happy my little meanie is gonna make it!
. More than likely just reassertion of her place in the pecking order. 
