NO!I love the first set of white ones. Very cute! Actually they're all very cute.
Ok, I need your help, everyone. Talk me OUT of getting a sebright. The guy I got my chicks from just got in Golden and silver Sebrights, and I seem to have a weakness for something SO PRETTY. I'm saving my space for another silkie or 2, so a bantam that doesn't have great pet qualities like a silkie cannot fit in my coop. But they're SO PRETTY.
Come on-help me out. Just tell me NO.
Thank you.
It's HARD. i saw those chickens and all I could think of is...Ohmygosh they're so PRETTY! But I think I'm going to need to get at least 2 more silkies for my Karma girl-Little Zen looks really poorly today, it's so heartbreaking. I'm afraid to walk around and hold her and love her. She gets so upset when I pick her up. Little Karma is SO quiet, when Zen goes to sleep she calls and calls, and I know she needs company of another tiny little chick. I emailed the guy I got them from to see if he had any more silkies. She's lonely, and I can't have that. If zen dies I'm going to be devastated.
I can have 6 (legally) and no Roos in the town of Crookhaven, er, Brookhaven. I have 3/4 of an acre for the chickens to roam around and the pen is 10x11. I can FIT them, but if I get more, I have to do another silkie or 2 and maybe one more full sized layer. My chick, Diva, one of the EE's is very bold, like rooster bold, so I think she may be a Rue Paul type of Diva, not a Bette Midler type of Diva.From the woman whose motto is "Buy every color": We all need to be mindful of where to put all these CHICKENS!! It's like kittens - they are soo cute, but they grow up to be cats.
I'm freaked out because I have six in the yard, four in the brooder and 15 in the incubator.
Screw the neighbors - is it fair to the chickens? I have a big coop now, but not a huge yard. My limit is 8 and I'm heading toward 12.
As my family says, "If you're the voice of reason, we are in deep chicken poop!"
On a related topic, I'm going to pick up our new kitten tonight. (Irony - the opposite of wrinkly).
What she said. Just remember that to be fair to the chickens they need space to get away from each other when they are locked down in the winter. Let's not create a bad name for backyard poultry either or towns will start banning chickens instead of allowing them. There is starting to be a problem in Portland and SF with peoPle dumping hens that are too old to lay.From the woman whose motto is "Buy every color": We all need to be mindful of where to put all these CHICKENS!! It's like kittens - they are soo cute, but they grow up to be cats. I'm freaked out because I have six in the yard, four in the brooder and 15 in the incubator. Screw the neighbors - is it fair to the chickens? I have a big coop now, but not a huge yard. My limit is 8 and I'm heading toward 12. As my family says, "If you're the voice of reason, we are in deep chicken poop!" On a related topic, I'm going to pick up our new kitten tonight. (Irony - the opposite of wrinkly).
