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    Chicken wants to sleep outside.

    I just checked on them but didn’t see anything. All three were sleeping. I have noticed that my oldest chicken’s comb & wattles have been pale since last week. I thought it was due to not laying. She hasn’t had an egg in months. She had a couple lash eggs at the beginning of the year, which my...
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    Chicken wants to sleep outside.

    No, but I’ll check. How would you get rid of them if there are any?
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    Chicken wants to sleep outside.

    I have 3 chickens, two of which are Silkies. These 3 have been together for a year with no problems, and none that I'm aware of now. They all sleep in the nesting box in the coop. I went to check on the girls one evening, it was getting dark, and I found one of my Silkie's huddled in the...
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    Sexing silkies!

    11/03/2016 - It's a girl! She laid her 1st egg yesterday. She started the submissive squat about a week ago.
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    Sexing silkies!

    I have a 7 month old Beardless Silkie. There have been no signs of crowing. I did find a tiny egg a few weeks ago, but only have 1 older hen that lays eggs, so I'm not sure if it might be hers. Do felmale beardless get combs and wattles? It doesn't stand upright like the pictures of other...
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    Sexing silkies!

    I'm a newbie to keeping chickens. I found a stray chicken in the neighborhood and started feeding it and decided to keep it so it wouldn't get hurt. I recently got 2 Silkie chicks to keep her company. I wondered if you could tell their sex, as I can't keep a rooster in the city limits? They are...
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