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    Beware Lancaster Fancy Fowl

    How long has it been since you paid him? I paid via paypal, as well, and could not get a refund, as just over 90 days had passed before I contested the charge. Pretty incredible, since $30.00 of the $120.00 I ate was shipping on the non-existant chickens. So sorry, and can you believe, his ad is...
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    Lancaster fancy fowl help please

    I had a very similar experience, and am attempting to get a refund, although it is past the date for Visa to allow this, however, with all of Michael's good intentions talk, and fairly prompt return phone calls it took me a while to wise up. He told me my chicks were in the incubator and he...
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    Beware Lancaster Fancy Fowl

    I haven't read all the way through this thread, but my experience with LFF has been poor - empty promises and disorganized. Supposedly sell "show quality Silkies" but since they don't deliver on any other promises, such as actually having any birds to sell and ship after taking my money, I...
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    Silkie thread!

    That's great! So how many chicks hatched so far? Is she still dedicated to sitting on the remaining eggs? So cute that they are all different breeds!
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    Silkie thread!

    You have a great starter flock of gorgeous unusual colors! I'm glad you mentioned a silkie breeder who has such beautiful birds. I was going to ask on this forum if anyone has recommendations for breeders. I'm quite far from CA (Virginia!) but I'll contact her and see what she can recommend. I'd...
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    Silkie thread!

    My understanding is that the comb in a pure silkie should be a very dark reddish/black - "Mulberry" colored. And no hooks on the feathers, so none that are smooth in the sense of feathers that are held together all down the spine of the individual feather. But they can look smooth if the strands...
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    Silkie thread!

    Perfect babies Chickee! What amazing colors!
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    Silkie thread!

    Thats great news! Glad all is going well, Arrowroot must be very proud Should be fine to move her nest to the ground tomorrow. It will be funny to see how she acts with the others. Mine did a lot of fluffing and bluffing to keep the others away, then she settled down and let them get a little...
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    Silkie thread!

    But all in all, I would think that moving her down to the ground as soon as you can after the hatch is the way to go. The babies wont be able to get back to the nest if they fall out (possibly getting chilled), and the momma will be quite distressed. Could you slide something like thick paper...
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    Silkie thread!

    Hi There Annalog, I'm excited to hear about your hatch! My silkie is doing just great with her two babies, who are already quite big (2 weeks old). My experience is that the little chicks will be up and about after about day 2 - leaving mom's side more and more. I wonder, how hard would it be...
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    Silkie thread!

    Aww. Lovely! They grow so fast don't they?
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    Advice needed on breed options

    Well, I'm sure you have more experience than me, but I'm partial to silkies, and my daughter (age 8) is too. They are great layers, cold tolerant and so sweet, especially when mature (they were skittish babies). They are gentle and easy to hold (light and docile, much less prone to wiggle/flap...
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    Silkie thread!

    Marshmallow is perfect! I might steal that someday - I would love to get a white silkie eventually. It is so funny and a little embarrassing - we have six blue silkies (since April), and we truly cannot tell them apart. There are two outliers - a Roo who is a lighter grey, and a hen who is...
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    Silkie thread!

    I would have to say, after just having our first hatch, that it is absolutely magical! I hope you have good luck with yours! That is great that she is sitting on just a few eggs. That is one area in which I went wrong. I let her gather 10 and that was way too much. I put the water away from my...
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    Silkie thread!

    Thank you, and AWESOME news!! Splash is my favorite color silkie! I'm so excited to see what she looks like later! Our blue chicks were all light grey when they were babies, now some are almost black, some are light grey. This little chick's sibling is a light grey with yellow tones also, much...
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    Silkie thread!

    Hi Silkie folks, I have a question about our new chick. Our two grey ("blue") silkies made this little peep: What gives? I love that she is a different color from her parents, but...how did that happen? Can any silkie color randomly pop up or is this yellow/grey color a recessive color trait...
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    Silkie thread!

    My silkie just finished brooding and hatching out two chicks (out of 10) three days ago. She was very quiet, and did not leave the nest AT ALL. She was eating a tiny bit at first when I wasn't around, and would stick her butt out of the nest to poop. After a while, she stopped pooping, which I...
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    Wow - that is really cool - I will do that next time! I did have a weird mother's intuition that the eggs were too dry, as one contributor to my low hatch. It is winter and I (ahem) put a space heater to blast through the window of the coop. I really agonized over this decision, but she was...
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    Crazy Chicken Lady? SURE, I'll take it, and well, THANK YOU!

    P.S. Are you a photographer? Your pics are beautiful, all around!
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    Crazy Chicken Lady? SURE, I'll take it, and well, THANK YOU!

    Oh my gosh, I'm in the exact same boat! We have loved our chickens running free and wild, but we have seriously been thinking about creating a new area for them. Our yard has never been in good shape (we bought the place 3.5 years ago and it had never been tended to), but now that I'm out with...
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