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Thanks! Very few people breed Silkies around here. I seem to be the only one in my area. Every year, by word of mouth, I get requests for chicks and fertilized eggs. They are the perfect chickens for children. I'm surprised more people don't seem to know about them.

All the breeds listed here, and you forgot my SILKIES! I have been raising Silkies for about 6 years now, and have 28, I started with 6. I hatch chicks out every spring. I love them. I think they look like fuzzy bedroom slippers! I find them docile, gentle, quiet, and just downright lovable. My...

Lost another hen today. About 4 years old. I have started Cocid in the water, I just hope it does enough good fast enough. How can I know, without sitting there all day, that the chickens are drinking enough to make the medicine effective? At the end of the day yesterday, the usual amount of...

I slept on the problem last night and thought about symptoms in the past few weeks. I remember seeing bloody stool and am ashamed to admit I didn't think much about it. I remember thinking 'That's weird. I wonder what that's about?' But it was a busy time and I didn't research like I should...

Heat is not a problem here, it has been a cool summer. It seems to be the older hens that are affected, the chicks are the healthiest. Thanks for the info. Fowl Cholera is said to affect the roosters first, and my rooster wasone of the first to go. I read thru both descriptions, and...

Well, thank you very much. The back of the package was not clear. And I am more comfortable making up a fresh gallon a day rather than making a stock solution. Any clues on what my Silkies might have a problem with? Anybody?

I have some sick Silkies. I have a flock of 22 hens and chicks. 9 chicks from this year born in April and May. I lost a hen 2 weeks ago, and 2 days ago I lost my beautiful rooster. For about 2 weeks, 1/2 of the flock have had olive-green gelatinous poop. I have also found black tar-like poop and...

I have also had the 'broken yolk' problem for some time now with my Silkies. This has gone on for several years through hot summers, cold winters, mild spring and fall. Scratch, no scratch. Supplemental light, no light. Vitamins and electrolytes in the water, no vit or electrolytes. Oyster...

I wouldn't worry. I have a flock of Silkies, 18 right now in the winter, but it can be as many as 40 in the spring after chicks hatch. One of my black hens, Violet(shy Violet, that is), has always been a loner. The flock goes left, she goes right, all by herself. She's the last one to go to the...

The feet look like it...

Leftover fish from dinner last night that I mixed with white rice, ground flax seed, mashed green beans and a shredded carrot. My husband came in while I was mixing it all up and asked if it was for dinner. I replied that I was cooking for the chickens- he told me the chickens were very spoiled...

Thanks for the 'treats' chart! I am a VERY new chicken owner- less than a week, in fact, so I need all the help I can get. I have 5 Silky pullets and 1 immature Silky rooster and 6 laying pullets- all 12 are youngsters and not laying yet. I was originally looking for info on scratch feed. I...