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[TherryChicken]

Aussiegirl, do you possibly have a black copper maran? I have an ancona pullet I'll be willing to trade you. Or even a wheaten ameraucana or cream legbar?

 

[AussieGirl]

Aussiegirl, do you possibly have a black copper maran? I have an ancona pullet I'll be willing to trade you. Or even a wheaten ameraucana or cream legbar?

Thanks for the reply,at the moment I only want orpingtons. I should have said that in my earlier post ><"

 

[TherryChicken]

Thanks for the reply,at the moment I only want orpingtons. I should have said that in my earlier post ><"

ah ok then

 

[Brookshire11]

2 of my rescue cats have very unusual bonds with dogs.

Here is Kagura with her dog Dawn the Siberian Husky, and Kairi with Fiona the Rottweiler.

Cute Names

Question...do silkies require any special care or can they live with other chickens. The lady I mentioned some time back finally send me an e-mail. She has chicks, silkie, polish and others for sale. I tried to get her to come to the thread but not so far. I sent her another e-mail this morning so hoping to hear back. Silkies are suppose to be good brooders so DH wants a couple if they are easy to take care of.

I had 2 Silkies, 4 weeks younger than my big girls, and after an adjustment period, they got along fine.
My large fowl are Buff Orpingtons, a Barred Rock, and Easter Eggers. My Barred Rock is the most aggressive.
I got rid of the cockerel, but kept the hen. She's my daughter's "constant" and will be more of a pet than a producer. But I also figured she'd pull her weight in the broody dept. Hopefully that wasn't bred out of her in the hatchery. A well bred Silkie might be a better broody.
They are DEFINATELY no the brightest birds...at least in my limited experience, but mine aren't/weren't aggressive in the slightest. Even the young cockerel.
My EE cockerel started getting testy around 8 weeks..you now, just doing his job. But the Silkie was always very sweet and laid back. He deffered to the top hen lol. Oh! and my Silkie is also one of my louder chickens...actually, probably my loudest. If she thinks something isn't to her liking, she'll let you know!

 

[Starfire669]

Quote: I have some buff Orps that are about 11 weeks old at the moment.
Forgot to say my Orps are not show birds. Got them from a hatchery, so they are not of the same quality of your. But I am in San Antonio if your interested.

 

[Brookshire11]

Oh! One of my Buff Orpingtons, Ava, did the cutest thing today.

She would NOT go outside until the chicks came out with her. She just stood at the door squawking until they fluttered out to join her. Then they all went outside. They don't really hang out together during the day, and, while she's probably my gentlest bird, she has never attached to them. She's not even 5 months old yet, and the chicks were by themselves for a little over a month before I even started introductions.

It was just funny and random..lol
@lovingmyhens

 

[tiedyemommy]

Was a long day yesterday, but the chicken house now has a real roof. DH worked his tail off to finish it. No more rained on chickens. Now we have to fix the ground water issue with a ditch and gravel.


Before....November last year.


And as of yesterday. All we had to buy was 8 2x4 and two sheets of clear corrugated. We traded our cousin eggs for life and garden veggies for the 8 sheets of tin. It was used so had to flex seal the holes but hey the price was right.

Lookin' Good!

 

[Brookshire11]

Would anyone near the San Antonio area be interested in a chicken swap? I have two extra black orpingtons from show lines that i dont need. They were born late March and I do have a picture of the sire.

Wish I was closer! I love Orpingtons..I wouldn't have anything to trade though, except $

lol

 

[magpiesing]

I'm not sure if you've already had experience with broody chickens but one suggestion, if you are wanting a silkie for it to go broody, is to have an area ready or a plan for when it does go broody. We had an Easter Egger go broody and I wish I'd had a way to separate her, even an enclosed dog kennel. She kept getting out of her nest and letting the other hens lay more eggs. Her nest, and the 2 eggs we were letting her sit on for a 'trial' got nasty after about a week. We couldn't even incubate the eggs they were so dirty. It also got to be a pain collecting eggs and just not worth it all the way around. Of course, since my 2 attempts at incubating have been a failure, minus 1 chick that hatched, I'm wishing we would have given it a little more effort.

We've had a couple of silkies but never for long term. I love watching their fluffy butts run around. They don't appear to be the smartest of chickens and aren't very predator aware, so you might need to take extra precautions.

Yes... been there done that! That's why we had to separate Becka when she was brooding. Have a nice size dog carrier/crate that worked very well for brooding. Once she was settled in it she did fine and no hens to load up her nest.

That's her with 5 of the 2-3 day old chicks now are 2 wks old so in bigger pen, but will use this method from here on. It may be a bit tight for a big hen though so going to look for a bigger one for when my up and coming hens get broody...or at least I hope they will!

 

[Starfire669]

Cute Names

I had 2 Silkies, 4 weeks younger than my big girls, and after an adjustment period, they got along fine.
My large fowl are Buff Orpingtons, a Barred Rock, and Easter Eggers. My Barred Rock is the most aggressive.
I got rid of the cockerel, but kept the hen. She's my daughter's "constant" and will be more of a pet than a producer. But I also figured she'd pull her weight in the broody dept. Hopefully that wasn't bred out of her in the hatchery. A well bred Silkie might be a better broody.
They are DEFINATELY no the brightest birds...at least in my limited experience, but mine aren't/weren't aggressive in the slightest. Even the young cockerel.
My EE cockerel started getting testy around 8 weeks..you now, just doing his job. But the Silkie was always very sweet and laid back. He deffered to the top hen lol. Oh! and my Silkie is also one of my louder chickens...actually, probably my loudest. If she thinks something isn't to her liking, she'll let you know!

Thanks, with the zoo we have we have had to really reach for some names. Kagura, and Kairi are from Japanese anime. We also have a pup named Phantom of the Opera for his nonstop howling and face mask. We have cats named Midnight, Patches, Kiki, and Shadowcat. Shadowcat is a black cat who is a freaking Ninja. We have dogs named Rascal (from Little Rascals cause he reminded me of Alfalfa), Dawn (because he blue eyes and light copper fur reminded us of the sky at dawn), Cheyenne (she looks like a wold but is a pure bred Siberian), Fiona (who doesn't know shrek? Lol), and Sasha (she came with the name). Some members of our flock are also named, we have Ebony, Ivory, and Daisy duck. The geese are Snow, Jas (not sure if Jasper or Jasmine at this point, lol), Peaches, Cream, Jazabell, Maybel, Gertrude, still have to name the last 1. For chickens only the rooster is named and he is Screwball, because that is exactly what he is. Lol.