Recent content by marmaset

This is probably a silly question but at what age do roosters become of age and same for the hens. How long before the eggs are fertile? I bought my grandchildren 3 silkie chicks for christmas and luckily only one turned out to be a rooster. He as started crowing and the hens have just started...

Hi everyone, you have all made the news down under with your huge amounts of snow. I feel for you all. Back to my problem, one of my girls ( I have 4 in total) is being given a hard time by No.1 hen and although she knows her place at the bottom of the ladder and keeps out of the way of No.1...

Hello to everyone, I'm new to this forum and have recently purchased 4 ex batt Isa browns. They have adjusted to their new surroundings very well and are repaying me with 4 lovely eggs a day. They are not roosting on the perch I put in for them, but all cramming into one nest box of a night...