Hello! I'm new here! :D
Just thought I'd pop in and share my recent sourdough successes. I started baking sourdough in 2022, but after baking flop after flop, I gave up.
However, I recently decided to give it another go, and I'm so grateful I did. :celebrate
Look at this beautiful product...
So, I solved the mystery.
I accidentally sold one of my older silkie hens, not the pullet! Even though the pullet is only 4 months old, she's the same size as the older hens.
So it is the silkie pullet laying the tiny white egg, which solves everything. I caught her in the nesting box...
Yes, I do know that. However, all my EEs have been laying for a year now, and none of them lay a white egg. Unless for some reason one of them didn't start laying until they were quite old, and by some crazy chance they're the only EE I've ever had to lay a white egg? Plus, why is it so tiny...
Hello! A couple of weeks ago I started getting tiny white eggs in my nesting box. I thought at first that it was my four month old Silkie pullet laying them, since it's the same cream color my other Silkies lay. But I sold that pullet and I keep finding them!
My three silkies can't get up into...
The broody hen was completely fine, thankfully. It was simply that her crop was very full. She raised all five of her chicks successfully!
Sadly, a little while after she started laying again, her back toe got severely infected and swollen. I did surgery on it twice, but it was too late and was...
No, this is absolutely false! Please do not cuddle or hold your roosters, unless you want them to turn into monsters.
I have had a total of three different roosters, the first one I cuddled every day from a tiny chick. He turned into a monster and flogged my mom badly. The second I cuddled as...
Yes, that one with the large red comb is for sure a rooster. I would never trust someone selling you 100% hens when they are that young. Some roosters take longer to develop.
Some of those other chicks may also end up being roos, so keep an eye out.