Recent content by CandySilkieGirl

Okay so we had a Rhode Island Red roo for awhile and we hatched out some chicks at the time and got a barred rock from him and our barred hen. This chick ended up replacing the RIR and is now a year old (my baby Chester :) and we had some broody hens recently and threw a few of the eggs in our...

We have two gold sex-links starting to lay eggs so they are the youngest but I am suprised how pushy they are! lol. tHeyre at the bottom of the order for now but i have a feeling they will make their way to the top in no time!

not sure how far this thread will go, but i was curious as to which hen is TOP hen? Who's at the top of the pecking order? :) mine is Lucielle our Polish.

Okay thank you :) how long after a chick hatches should i take it out?

Hi, so iv heard babies need to stay in the incubator until they are dry. So does this mean I cannot open the lid for them to hatch? I wanted to watch the process easier, and on YouTube they usually keep the lid off to record the hatches. I have always kept the lid on during hatches. I was just...

Okay, so my partridge silkie Ziggy never developed leg feathers, she is over a year old and From what research I did people have stated "They are not purebred silkies if they have no leg feathering" I ordered her and 5 other SILKIES from a hatchery and she is the only one who never got leg...

So I'v been curious as to why can a parrot or parakeet learn to talk but not a chicken? Can you imagine a talking chicken!?

So for the first time two of my non-bantam chickens became broody! Well all together my three Serama hens are setting together, one of my silkies started and my polish and Americauna. Now are laying flock consists of 9 hens. two are setting (right next to eachother, there is always egg stealing...

Will do, thank you :)

This is Dusty my little buff silkie it's about 5 weeks old and I'm hoping its a hen since we already have a rooster for the silkie pen and can't keep anymore roosters. I'm pretty good at telling gender in chicks early on but not silkies. So anyone have an idea if its a roo or hen? Thank you :)

So Caramel is one of our red stars and today she died right in front of us. It was morning feed time and everyone was doing fine, eating breakfast, then all of a sudden she acts as if she's been shot. Screaming, flapping her wings falling over then she's dead. What happened?? She seemed...

Okay thank you :)

And Henny Penny

Arcee

Okay one minute (little buggers are hard to catch)