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we have one silkie cockeral, a salmon faverolle and a buff sussex (both hens) our cockeral seems to biting the salmon faverolles legs a lot causing her to run away making clucks, we thought it was a sign of him ordering them about, however, hes not done this to the other hen at all. Our salmon...

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We have 2 salmon faverolles and one black silkie that are two weeks old, we would soon like to know to the sex of them as we can only keep the hens. does anyone know signs to look out for to tell their genders?! thanks!

hi we got our chicks a couple of days ago, now a week+a half old. One of them had poo stuck to their bum *(vent?) so we removed it, but she has a big bald patch therre.. is this okay? Am i doing something wrong or is she ill?! help please

hey thanks for all the great replies but i read somewhere that the chemicals in the nail polish is very bad for them/ kill them!?

our chicks are one week old and they did the exact same yesterday! we found it hillarious, however when our friends came round we tried to make them to do it again- no luck!

we've got our chicks that are 1 week old:D, they seem to run up to me when they see me but dislike being picked up and flap their wings, however i heard by handling them regulary tames them? has anyone got any other ideas to contribute to taming them? Also, this may sound strange/silly:P, but...

we got our chicks yesterday when they were just a week old, they're settling in well- we have one silkie and two salm faverolles. we wish to name all three, but when having two identical we're having trouble telling the defference. I've looked at their wings, claws, personality and everything...