Pro - Does anyone else's nest boxes get soaked in rain?

[Gloss-Hen]

Hello, yet again I have decided to yet some more chickens ( what am I like). so one saturday I'm going to pick up a partridge silkie cockerel and 2 white silkie pullets. I am hoping to breed silkies as i've fallen in love with them

Ever so excited

[chick wiggle]

Exciting! Looking forward to the pictures (is that subtle enough? )

[KarenW]

So exciting getting new girls (and boy ) I've wanted a silkie since we first got chickens, finally got her yesterday, 3 years later! Silkie chicks are gorgeous too, lucky you

[mollyripkim]

Lucky you, you must be so excited, I would love a cockerel too but don't think my neighbours would like it too much! You'll have to post some photos for me to drool over

[Gloss-Hen]

The person I'm getting my chickens off has sent me a picture of the boy but I haven't seen the girls yet. The cockerel is stunning

[Chortle Chook]

Good on you for having a boy - I can't wait to see him. I lurve my Silkie cockerel. He is very handsome and such a gent When he goes to the great meal worm factory in the sky, I'll get another as he really adds something to my little flock.

[Gloss-Hen]

Glad silkie boys are good. I am one more day closer to getting them. Dare i ask, how loud is your cockerel chubby chook

[Luvachicken]

It's almost Saturday

[LolaLayla]

Are you getting bantams or large fowl? I have two gorgeous big white silkie girls

[Chortle Chook]

Glad silkie boys are good. I am one more day closer to getting them. Dare i ask, how loud is your cockerel chubby chook

I don't find him very loud at all and have heard others that are much noisier and shriller (one of my neighbours has a very shrill little Pekin cockerel). However Dill does have rather an odd, slightly strangled, crow. He does a sort of 'cock a do' but never adds the 'oodle do'.

 

At first I found his little voice a bit annoying early in the morning because he does not just crow the once but will crow off and on in the early morning, from about 5.00 am at this time of year (though never as repeatedly as some I have read about). I have now become completely used to it, and so, luckily, have my neighbours (I live in a Victorian terraced house). One of my neighbours said that right from the beginning when they looked out of the window he was so pretty that they felt they could forgive him for waking them up.

[Gloss-Hen]

OK thank you chubby chook he should be alright then

[Gloss-Hen]

Got them the partridge silkie is called freddy but not sure what to call the girls

 

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[Cheeky Chooky]

Bless 'em Congratulations