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The friend of a friend found a starving (literally almost to death) kitten the other day, but her family is allergic so she couldn't keep it. My friend (whose family is also allergic) brought it up the four-hour drive on her way home, and I took in a kitten so emaciated that even with the...

In case you haven't tried it, GO to Whole Foods right now and get a Chantilly cake. It's absolutely to die for! I got a free sample at the first-ever-grand-opening of a local farmers market and since then I've scoured the internet and the library's entire cookbooks section in a desperate...

So today I was gone for four hours and left the chicks in their only partially secured run with the understanding that my roommate would keep an eye on them and keep the dogs away. Well, apparently that didn't happen. Not only was nobody watching my 9-week-olds during their third day outside...

Fly. For silkies, they're pretty good at flying. In particular, the black/lav split has taken to escaping. While sitting on my lap, s/he suddenly looked around, peeped loudly once or twice, and then took off fluttering madly for the floor. That was two days ago. Today I came back from work to...

So I'm going to get chicks on Thursday, and I'm a bit worried about the car ride. It's an hour and a half from the breeder to my house, and I'm already planning on bringing them a small dish of watermelon so they have something to eat (and we used to take it on cross-country trail rides to keep...

I'm getting 6-week-old silkie chicks on Thursday and the breeder is telling me to get medicated chick feed for them, as they have been started on medicated chick feed. However, the people at my local feed store say that chicks don't need to be started on medicated feed, and that they should be...

I finally managed to find some local (enough) silkies on Craigslist (these ones in particular) and the breeder is also selling me a blue splash chick that's the same age as these. I'm so excited! Now I have to get that watermelon box instead of the box I already have for the brooder! Now I get...

I'm looking for 5 silkie chicks within driving distance of Hillsboro, Oregon. In order of preference: white, lavender, buff, grey, or black. Will pick up and pay $3 to $5 per chick.

Shank's Hatchery is located in Hubbard, Oregon, and that makes them close enough for me to go pick up chicks instead of crossing my fingers on our postal service. =/ Anyway, does anybody have any experience with Shank's birds? Specifically their silkies? Also, if you happen to have pictures, I'd...

I keep finding hatcheries that have great reputations and no standard-size silkies.. and hatcheries that have silkies but I've never heard of! I'm looking for white, buff, splash, and/or black day-old chicks. Where do you get your pet-quality silkies? They don't have to be show quality - I don't...

Sorry, I'm a little confused.. When someone says that they have hatching eggs for sale, does this mean that they ship eggs, which you have to incubate before they'll hatch? Or does it mean that they send chicks in that 48-hour time period where they don't need food or water? I've looked online...

The title says it all. I'm just now finally talking myself into taking the plunge on this (I live with other people and don't want to step on toes, so I'm paranoid -- one of my roommates read over my shoulder and says, "You're not stepping on toes, get over it"), and I'm wondering if chicks are...

So, I'm thinking of getting hatching eggs and putting a screen over the top of the box to keep the cats and dogs out, but I have some questions about potential heat sources. Has anybody ever used this product ? If so, would you recommend it? Alternately, what specifically have you used, and how...

So, about 1 1/2 - 2 months ago I suddenly had this flash in my brain: "I should keep chickens." I had absolutely no idea where it came from at the time -- but probably Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. This was very out of character for me -- I don't like eggs at all and I don't...