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    Rooster debacle. Silkies.

    Hello! over the winter, I got three silkies and I was told that the large one was a rooster and the small two were hens. One of the smaller ones is a couple of months younger than the other two. It’s looking like the smallest one is maybe getting a rooster comb and yet the one I was told is a...
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    Accidentally had humidity too low! All hens but 1.

    Thank you. What an odd occurrence then.
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    Accidentally had humidity too low! All hens but 1.

    I’m just posting this because this happened by accident. Could totally be a coincidence. So I’ve been hatching eggs for quite a few years and the last 2 hatches I realized my humidity was way too low because my gauge was apparently broken. Luckily no chicks got stuck in their shell but the last...
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    Hatched June 8 Silkies - Hen or Rooster?

    Thank you. People were telling me they were both boys and I didn’t know how they could tell.
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    Hatched June 8 Silkies - Hen or Rooster?

    I saw a post earlier about combs in telling if young Silkies are going to be hens/roosters. I am stumped on exactly what the way to tell was. Both of these sit low like hens and had big rounded puffballs prior to dunking their heads in water RIGHT before the photo smh. It looks like they both...
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    My Girl Macaron: broody, skinny, negative 9 degrees.

    Is there anything else I should be doing for her nutrition or medicine wise? Any other care?
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    My Girl Macaron: broody, skinny, negative 9 degrees.

    No there's not.. they are all huge and very active and not tame.
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    My Girl Macaron: broody, skinny, negative 9 degrees.

    She is not broody anymore but now it seems too late? I cannot lose her! Someone mentioned bringing her inside but I'm not sure if it's good for her to be alone until spring...
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    My Girl Macaron: broody, skinny, negative 9 degrees.

    I also want to say last summer she hatched and raised 11 chicks but it was warm out, ALL eggs hatched -- she was an amazing mom.
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    My Girl Macaron: broody, skinny, negative 9 degrees.

    Ok, Macaron is my princess. She is a short statured chocolate cuckoo orpington. I got her 3 years ago as a pullet. We have a whole flock but she is mine. I'm sure you understand. She started going broody when winter was coming. She had JUST molted and I made her an apron so the rooster wouldn't...
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    New chick: swollen butt area, scaly skin, no feathers

    Thank you. I wondered if something odd happened w her abdomen when hatching also. Vet said she has favus so currently treating it
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    New chick: swollen butt area, scaly skin, no feathers

    After soaking her a bit I noticed her skin is flakey all over. None of the others are like this... what is it? What do I do?
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    New chick: swollen butt area, scaly skin, no feathers

    They are a couple of weeks old I think but this one is much smaller.
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    New chick: swollen butt area, scaly skin, no feathers

    Please help. I can’t find anything about this online. I just got some silkie chicks. All of them are healthy except one has some issues. It’s half the size of the others and it’s butt was pasty. I washed it off but adding the photo of how it looked for an idea. It wasn’t pasting the cloaca...
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    Help!! Chick pip but no internal pip?? White sack inside!

    Yes it moved. But I feel like at this point it would have hatched? I don’t know. I’m afraid it won’t make it since my broody isn’t keeping it warm.
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