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Hey everyone! I was wondering if it would be okay to sneak baby chicks under my hen, while she’s in her nest. Could she raise them? She’s a silkie and my other chickens are silkies. Would they be safe if I did that? Or should I just raise them myself?

I want to add onto my flock. Right now I have 5 silkie chickens. I just want to know what would go good with my silkie chickens. I am going to buy them more in the spring time. Also could anyone point me to some good places to buy chickens? I don't really want to buy from Tractor Supply, because...

I wanna do potatoes during the fall-winter months. How do I pick good ones, and how do i make them grow eyes. I was thinking about getting store bought ones, since they are cheap. If you have any helpful links, please give me them. :) Thank you!

My silkies are just getting to laying age. I ended up with 4 roosters and 2 hens. (Tractor supply told me one thing, I got another. LONG story,)Would my chickens be okay if I added some other type of hen chickens to the flock? What kinds of hens could I add? What would work the best with my...

I don't know what type or chickens I have. I know they are bantams but I don't know what type. I bought them from tractor supply and the people there aren't very friendly. At mine at least. Some chicks have grayish coloring under their baby feathers. They have five toes, black legs, they have...

I heard that feeding eggs to chicks would be a good. What exactly does it do, what age can they be fed, and should I feed them scrambled eggs all together? What do they actually do for the chicken?

I just bought some chickens from tractor supply, and they were spry but one of them was slightly sluggish. (DAY 2)When I was hand feeding them I noticed the sluggish baby's butt had something on it. I looked at it and it was poop all on his butt. It was very hard (I mean it was pulling on his...

Are there any precautions I could take in order to keep chicken health? Is there any home remedies i could do? Is there any cheap methods I could do to keep up their health? Can someone point me to a website or something?

I am in the process of getting chickens, and I have a quick question. I have an old dog pen that already has strong fencing around it, but I am going to reinforce it so it would be tougher for snakes and other animals to get it. The pen stands to be 7-8ishFT high and it is under a tree. (The...