I have a 2.5 year old hen that seems to have a problem with laying around. She can walk and will run if she feels threatened. But when she is still she lays around (lays down like a regular chicken). She seems to walk and run okay (that is when she is on her feet). There was one time when I saw...
I had two silkies that didn't go into the coop last night (temperatures went down to around 51). It was rainy and damp and still is today. I caught them and dried them off as best as I could. Should I do more, like putting them in the coop and turning on a heat lamp until they dry out)?
I have a white rather large silkie that became the devil incarnate! I had to resort to carrying a stick with me when I would go in the run. This started just as he neared sexual maturity. I was ready to execute him but to my surprise, like overnight, he became as tame as all of the other...
I have two silkies (out of 10) that were born in February. Of the 10 I know for sure than one is a rooster (he crows all of the time). I had assumed that the other 9 were hens. It has been bitterly cold (in the minus single digits) the last four days and I have kept the chickens in their coop...
thanks for all your answers! I've been doing my Xmas baking and had about two dozen broken egg shells that I needed to bake. Just forgot about them:( Glad to know I don't have to waste them. Doing another two dozen tonight.
Diverting is probably impossible. My yard has quite a slope to it. I know I need to dry it out, but I don't want the chickens to be running around on saturated, muddy ground. I do plan on getting bags of pine pellets to spread around until I can get more playground mulch delivered. This last...
We have had quite a bit of rain lately here in Kentucky causing what was left of my playground chips in the outdoor run to be washed away. Now, the outdoor run is pretty smelly. Is it okay to spread lime on the ground after the chooks go to bed and let it get soaked up? Will it reduce the smell...
I, too, have bought the Rural King meat bird crumbles for my silkies....twice! Both bags have literally been nothing but dust. l am going to have to go back to Tractor Supply. Also, I just read the following in a post, "Meatbird food is formulated for fast growth for birds that are intended to...
They are just being picky. Anytime I give them any type of treat (tomatoes, corn cobs, etc.) they have to do a complete "inspection" before one of them will finally make the first move lol!!
Rural King:
https://www.ruralking.com/catalog/product/view/id/26538
Tractor Supply:
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/search/gamebir/game-feed?&srch=gamebir
I shop at both stores but was in a hurry one day last week so I just picked up a bag at Rural King.
It's apparent that I'm going to...
Has anyone fed Rural King's Country Road Meatbird Crumbles Feed to their silkies? I switched from one I buy at Tractor Supply to this and my silkies have practically quit eating. I also add cracked corn and whole oats to try and entice them to eat, but no luck. They are so picky!!
Somewhere on the internet I found a site explaining how to build a folding roost. The roosting bars themselves were perpendicular to each other rather than running parallel to each other. Does anyone have any information on how to build this sort of roost? Right now I have a 9 foot roosting bar...
Does anyone have opinions on what brand of pinless peepers is best? And, can they be put on silkies? I have two silkie roosters who are beating up my regular size hens and cochins as well as going at each other any time they are not separated. I need to put peepers on them as well as some of my...