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Look at the way a rooster stands, guards , watches out for hens calls them to treats but watches for danger while the rest eat. Has a Mohawk hairdo . Seems to have more upright posture. I seem to see this at 3-4 weeks except for the hairdo. Also when the big giant hands reach into the brooder...

Not a Sizzle with that comb, breed back to Silkie to get correct comb. We are working on getting Sizzle breed to be accepted. It must have all Sikie traits . Walnut comb not straight or v comb. Since our Sizzles were crossed with Polish(v) or Cochin (straight comb) Frizzed Chickens , we all...

T he mama broody will kick the egg out if it goes bad

This is a smooth Silkie frizzle I have black frizzle Cochin and Polish does anyone in virginia has a few frizzle's Silkie . I am in shenandoah valley

All the chicks the roo has a wild comb and in back of cage Silkie daddy

Mama leghorn

Glad to hear that mine is almost 8 months and still not laying

I have a cuckoo pair would like to add a silke or frizzled cuckoo to the breeding pen. zip 22610 to pick up chicks or hatching eggs in Virginia. Anyone have some?

get a clicker posing for pictures then give a mealworm treat work on pictures clicking treating daily just make it part of your routine. I use an Iphone and hold the button down to snap maybe 20 shots in a row.

you need 2 chickens per family member. find our in your town if you are allowed to have rooster and buy a shed not a tiny chicken coop you need to build a secure chicken run. that means dig a ditch and secure wire underground. I made mine 8 feet high(I have two grandson's 6 ft 5 inchs.) with...

Just heard Penelope American Paint stolen from Judy Lee creator of American paint at the Newnan, Georgia Poultry Show! be on the look out and repost to find this chicken theif Feb 16 & 17, 2013 Chattahoochee Valley Poultry Association 9th Annual Show Newnan Coweta Fairgrounds 275 Pine Road...

scraps from one old lady does not go far, but I give them old canned goods on top of fermented feed to convince the untrained that it is really good. On hot day's, I give them old freezer food in a rubber bowl..warning it is hard to open (knife) frozen zip baggies with the chicken's trying to...

70 good grief I am making egg salad just hard boil dice (I use egg slicer) you can use two knives. and place in sandwich baggies and pop into one big freezer baggie. mix with mayo celery seed salt and pepper and a touch of mustard as needed. also I take a big batch to church dinners. this is to...

I love byc I want badges

thanks I misse3d it last year but asked them to put me on this years list so I am going to call and verify that I am signed up see you there