I had a broody hen that was sitting for 3 days. I was all ready to go get her some chicks to raise after she had sat for a couple weeks, but she’s not been on the nest this morning I guess she gave up with that lol I guess I will get some chicks another time
Thanks so much for replying! I think I can add some silkies. Most of my girls are sweet. Just a few I am worried might not be so nice. But I can put them in mean jail til they can behave lol
Thank you for replying back and telling me a little about them. I was definitely planning on a good number of them. Just not sure how my big girls would treat them. I’m definitely not worried about my Easter eggers, Orpington, or australorps they are all laid back but it’s the Wyandottes that I...
Hello I’m interested in adding some silkies to my flock but I’m unsure of how they do in a mixed flock all standard size. I posted a thread yesterday but didn’t get much advice so I thought I would ask here. Are there special things about silkies that I need to know in advance? I don’t have any...
Since this is a thread about silkies I would like to learn some more about silkies. I posted a thread yesterday asking about silkies but didn’t get much response. I am thinking about adding some but I have all standard size chicks and wanted to know how well they do in a mixed flock and are...
Thinking about adding some silkies to my flock? I have all standard size chickens now though. How well do they do with bigger chickens? Are there other things I need to consider with silkies? I live in Georgia, so are they heat tolerant? What hatchery has decent quality? Any advice on them...
I’m in Georgia and I’ve had chicks delivered in 2 days and also had some that didn’t make it to me til 5 days. They spent the weekend stuck in Atlanta. But I still had 6 survivors out of 9 chicks in that order. So I call them my miracle chicks!