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    Please don’t make the same mistake as me

    My broody hatched 5 babies last week who are all doing great with her. We had some of her other eggs in the incubator (originally the 5 eggs were in the incubator and she laid two others thay she went broody on- we switched the incubator eggs and the broody eggs so she would hatch more) two days...
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    Silkie chick possible neurological issues or is it something else?

    I posted yesterday with a video of my poor lil silkie chick who hatched yesterday morning. She was displaying symptoms of what appeared to be wry neck, or like it had choked or aspirated. Every time she would try to fall asleep she would wake up after a few seconds in a fit like way, walk...
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    Please help my day old silkie appears to be gasping for breath, is tilting head back and stumbling about. Is it choking? Video included

    As stated in the title, this poor adorable creature is suffering and I have no idea what to do or if anything can be done. It may also be the cutest chick I’ve ever hatched or seen :(
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    Got water ONTO pip hole!! Help!

    It’s actually not my first hatch (hatched the parents of these incubating babies!) but I tend to go a year or more in between so it always feels like the first time! Especially when something unexpected happens. Thanks for your reassurance! I was just worried the water may have sunk in to the...
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    Got water ONTO pip hole!! Help!

    I was adding water into the hole on my incubator to increase humidity. It’s been a weird few days in my chicken world. I staggered eggs in the incubator from my hen and rooster to see if they’d hatch. The first one hatched two days ago and I sold her today (so she wasn’t lonely any more). I...
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    On my chicks first ever night the heat lamp died:(

    She was absolutely fine and I sold her today!
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    On my chicks first ever night the heat lamp died:(

    I already left for work, do you think it’ll be fine in the incubator for the day at 99-100 degrees? She just hatched yesterday
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    On my chicks first ever night the heat lamp died:(

    I was silly and decided to test out if my chickens eggs were fertile. We have a rooster but they’re all still young and the hens just started laying so I wasn’t sure they would be. I put 5 eggs into the incubator, 2 at the same time, 3 spread out over 5 days. Of course they all developed and...
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    18 week old silkie, hen or rooster?

    Well I’m confident the chicken in the last picture is a hen. I’m just wondering about the one in the first three photos. How can you tell?
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    18 week old silkie, hen or rooster?

    Hey! I hatched 5 silkies in the spring. Two of them were 100% roosters, started crowing about 3 weeks ago and were rehomed yesterday. I have three left, two of which I’m sure are hens, but there is one that could go either way. My other roosters were not friendly towards me while all of the...
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    Update on my silkies- any gender guesses now? Approaching 9 weeks old

    Number one Number 2 (99 percent sure Tina here is a Rooster) Number 3- also thinking rooster Number 4 (Tofus face is hardly visible lol I REALLY HOPE she’s a she) number 5 and the last-
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    What gender would you guess for these 5 silkies (5 weeks old, one black, one buff, 3 white)

    Number one^ Number 2^ Number 3^ Number 4^ number 5^
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    What color are my silkies likely to be?

    I have 5 silkie chicks. The one I’m most curious about is the one in the middle. Appeared mostly white/grey at hatch and in this photo. She/he has gotten bigger and appears to be feathering out mostly white. Could it be splash/paint or can a white silkie be born with grey fluff? Also feel free...
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    Ended 2022 BYC Calendar Photo Contest - We Need Your Pictures!

    That’s strange. They’re known as one of the friendliest breeds!
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    A very successful hatch!

    Say hello to my new baby silkies! We successfully hatched 5 out of 6 eggs (one was still drying in the bator during this photo shoot following an assisted hatch) This was our second attempt this year after losing 8 eggs last time- 6 of which made it to lockdown. Needless to say we are very happy:)
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