That's brilliant! Chomhghairdeas to you and your feather family!!! I've never met a Silkie in person, but I've always heard how much people love them. I would like to have one, to see what they're like. Do you think there's a Silkie letting agency international?
I'm in northwestern Washington State, in the Cascade mountains, United States. Current temperature is 35°f , not quite 2°c and cloudy.
West Virginia in double digit negatives?? Beautiful state, WV! Almost heaven, right? Bloody cold but heaven!! 🥶:)
Texans are facing crushing physical and emotional emergencies. I would like to know what can be done to help you with your lack of clean water, safe heat and food?
With human suffering so intense it may seem naive to ask if you could use help with your flocks, but this is THE poultry site, so...
I feel so sorry for those people in Texas!! They're completely unprepared for freezing temperatures, snow, ice and power outages. I hope their chickens are tougher than the weather they're getting!
We've got the wild bird disease warnings here now like my family had a couple of months ago in...
Hello! The ladies and I are doing well, how are you doing?
The brilliant construction workers finished putting on a completely new roof on my house just 2 days before our biggest Winter snow so far! Great timing those lads!
We lose power up where I live frequently -- 6 of the last 10 days -- but...
Thanks for your response! She stretches straight forward with a very determined look on her face. Oh, and she was doing this during our nightly getting ready for bed routine.
She's looking at the molt from the worst is past. Her feathers are getting fuller and shinier.
I mention this because...
One of my Hens stretches out her head and neck like she's got something stuck. Is this a good diagnostic symptom? I'm using apple cider vinegar in the girls'water. They have a constant supply of soluble oyster shell grit & insoluble granite, water etc.
Any ideas?
What an interesting and informative article!!!
I have given my girls plain, natural yogurt and they seemed non-committal on the taste. Your article's advise has inspired me to take action and try my hand at fermented foods! They help my digestion and absorption in a big way.
The photos are very...
A friend has 2 tuxedo-siamese unwanted kittens that will be ready to leave their mum in about 5 weeks. I'm going to adopt them and probably spoil them. Someone has to eat all of the organic catnip I grow!
I just wish I could have sad goodbye to her before she went on to her next life.
😣 I don't know what I would do without my 4 Ladies!! My hens are acting especially silly today, trying to cheer me up.
I had an emergency surgery Friday. Then, when I got home my cat Leo died. She was 15yrs old and had a heart failure.
She'll be sorely missed. She was my 05:30 alarm, my...