I have cancer and cannot spend the time I used to with Miss Minnie Pearl, that "bottom rung of the pecking order" odd little hen in my flock of banties. My husband says we should find a new home for her. Our rooster picks on her and she has never been mated, they treat her like she's not even a...
Oh. I wondered that so we left it unattended and found a skunk had dragged the corpse halfway thru the fence, where it was lodged. So I took it back from the skunk, unsure whether the skunk would leave frightful body parts lying around for my neighbors to find on their porch or where their...
Our silkie hen was killed but only half eaten. Looks like she was picked apart from above, not bitten or gnawed, dry feathers all around her carcass. Sadly only the skyward half of her purple carcass was picked away and we grieve the terrible waste of her beautiful life. Do hawks routinely...
I DO INDEED have a neighbor with silkies needing homes. I do not have any girls for sale, sorry. PM me for Silkies info I can pass on yours to my neighbor! Hers are hatchery pure Silkies.
I have a mixed Silkie cockerel who may want to move to a good home, but only if he can be as spoilt as...
June 30 Mr. Eddie Vedder will be a one year old rooster.
His dad is a blue Silkie, his mom is either red EE or mixed Silkie/black rosecomb.
He is a good pet bird.
He is cold hardy.
He is an excellent rooster for hens, takes good care of his ladies, feeds them, beds them down to lay eggs, puts...
OH! I really enjoyed that video. It's a 9 minutes worth relaxing in front of. The psych student did an excellent job on that video presentation! I hope she got an excellent grade for it!
Too, I think sometimes life is like this. I bet my chickens always were looking me in the eye, I just didn't notice til that day.
Its like that movie Babe the pig, where the dog-mom teaches the piglet "Speak to the sheep slowly and clearly, so they'll be able to hear you". Only its the...
I have an Esther too! She's smart and pretty and TINY so I named her Esther, like the brave little queen from the bible.
I didn't so much train them to do that, but I noticed they have a serious issue with their pecking order. They ALL want the treats in the can, but spreading it around the...
This video was my first attempt at sending encouragement to a coworker who claimed she was worn out by trying to get her sisters' chickens into their coop for the night. At my house it is ridiculously easy to call a chicken and have a little chat.
Am I the only one with chickens who know...