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Late at night around 10:00 or so all the other chickens are in the coop, except for 1, she stays out until I come to put her in the coop. She has been doing this for the last week, and it's keeping me from putting an automatic door on. Why is she doing this? By the way - she is 3 years old and...

I want to make it where my silky chickens cannot get onto the patio and stay only in the grass (because they make a mess on the patio). My dream is to have them stay in the courtyard grass with a nice (no run) coop and they will free range out there. So I am asking for any possible suggestions...

I have been busy researching how to bathe my chickens properly, I have 3 silkies who could use a bath! I need advice on what kind of soap is safe to use! Something that won't dry out their feathers because of removing the oil. Also any advice for bathing a silky will be appreciated! Thank you...

My sweet silkie was free ranging and ate a hair tie and swallowed it before I could get it from her... Will she be ok? Can it go through her digestive system?

Okay, I have 4 silky hens that are 9 months old and I am rebuilding thier coop to be a pretty nice size. I am still in the process of building it and it will be finshed by my birthday. I wanted to get some chicks or even adopt older hens or other fowl, any advice about how to introduce them or...

My Silky, "Star" has been laying everyday. Star started laying 9/23/12 and lately has been laying pretty much every single day, and I know that its her laying them because I see her do it everyday. The eggs that she gives me are very normal, so far no any odd shapes or marks. She is eating layer...

We have 4 Silky hens, our backyard is one acre and we have a fence around our backyard but we are afraid that they are gonna fit through it. So we are going to move thier coop back there, So will we have to put fencing around our coop? We don't have run, as they are free ranged.

We have 4 Silky hens, our backyard is one acre and we have a fence around our backyard but we are afraid that they are gonna fit through it. So we are going to move thier coop back there, So will we have to put fencing around our coop? We don't have run, as they are free ranged.

Lucy laid her first egg this morning! How soon do we need to start oyster shells?

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Factsheets/Focus_On_Shell_Eggs/index.asp

What is the ratio of Silky rooosters:Silky Hens ???

I have 4 month old silkys and I know alot about them exept I have never thought about having eggs until now.. even though they have a nest box heehee!! I know I sound like I dont know anything about chicken but really belive me I DO! I just kow that BYC would be able to accuatly answer these...

Can I have some advice for garage to outdoor coop?

This was designed to look like wedding church or a old time school house....

I have four Silkie bantams that are currently four months old and thier daily scedule is that they go out and free range at 12:00 just after I wake up and then I gather them and then they come back into thier coop/brooder in the garage at 9:00-10:00 when it turns dark outside. So they are used...

Went into the gararge today to find racoon tracks. It did not get my chickens though, creepy thing to find though.

4 month old silkies Please tell me which number chickens are hens or roos Thankyou! CHICKEN #1 : Hen or Roo CHICKEN #2 : Hen or Roo CHICKEN #3 : Hen or Roo CHICKEN #4 : Hen or Roo

Pick your Favorite bantam!

What age will silkie roosters start to crow?

Do Silkies get along WELL with Polish hens? I got 4 silkies and I am thinking 1 or 2 could be rosters, so I would have to get rid of my rosters. I am thinking that I could replace the rooster(s) with 1 or 2 other Polish HENS?? Would this be okay??