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Does anyone have any fertile hatching eggs for sale near Jonesboro? perferably silkies?

Hello Everyone! I'm from Jonesboro as well! I'm looking for some hens if anyone wants to sell! I like silkies, frizzles, houdans, or any "pet" type of chicken!

This is my ~3 month old silkie. Can you tell me if it's a roo or hen?

Hi, Could anyone tell me if my almost 4 month silkie chick is a roo or hen? Im dying to know!

She is still doing good. She is eating a lot more than I thought she would. I am having my grandma make her a saddle. I dont have any roosters so im not too worried about that. Im worried about her trying to dust bathe so I thought the saddle would help keep dirt out of the wound. However, I...

Thank you, CMV for all your help. She survived the night. I gave her sugar water and sprayed the wounds with the Vetericyn last night and again this morning. I put some food in the cage for her just in case she got hungry and she did! Some of it was gone this morning so shes still eating.

Okay. I am going to use the Vetericyn to clean the wound just because it has a spray cap and I don't have a turkey baster. I gave her plain water earlier and she drank a bunch of it. I am trying to get a bigger cage tonight so that I can give her more room. Plus, im afraid she will spill her...

Thank you sooo much! *sigh of relief* I just got back from our Tractor Supply. I bought things that I thought would help. I read from another post that someone used the Electrolyte powder for the water so I got some of that. However, she was very healthy before this so I may just start with...

I am beside myself! My 2 hens roam freely in our backyard with our 2 dogs. They have done this for about a year now and all of a sudden my dog attacks one of my hens! I have no idea why. She has a open wound near her tail and her back feathers have been pluck out by the dog. As soon as I...

I am really really new to the whole incubation process! I have been thinking very hard about what I could put my eggs in so that it won't be such a mess after the hatch. I've been reading on the internet that it can be really messy and I am sort of a perfectionist with my stuff. I like to keep...

Update: Just want to update for future people who may have this problem. My hen seems to be doing really well. I am now TOTALLY against heat lamps. They did just fine the following day when the low was 4 degrees. I think the plastic sheeting and tarps that I wrapped the coop in made a big...

I went to check on my chickens this morning and noticed that my Houdan hen was missing feathers. At first I thought my other hen was picking on her since I just recently bought this hen, but then I saw that there were feathers stuck to our red heat lamp. Apparently, my husband either put the...

Ok, thanks for the tips. Ive ordered one of those hygrometers. I just wish I would have known that before I started the incubation process. I hope they arent ruined because of too much humidity. I think I over filled those water channels. I was assuming the more humidity the better but boy was I...

I know this is off topic but im new to incubating eggs and im confused. I have some silkie eggs in a brand new LG (still air) incubator, day 2. It didnt come with a manual and ive been reading that some people are taking those red plugs out. Should I be doing this? I dont have a hygrometer but...

I adopted a Houdan hen last night to accompany my Frizzle hen. I named her Penelope so that's what I will refer her too. I guess I'm just not used to looking at a different chicken or just my little knowledge on chickens, I'm not sure, but she looks unhealthy to me. My frizzle hen is just now 6...