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    Silkie thread!

    I don't think she broke anything because nothing seems out of place! We are planning to take her to the vet tomorrow! I read somewhere else that she could have dislocated something. Do you think that's possible?
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    Silkie thread!

    Hello! I just returned from a weekend at a music festival and I checked on my chickens. My beloved silkie hen (Sweetheart) somehow injured her foot. We suspect she got it stuck in between a couple boxes. She has lost the use of her left leg! I put her in a box with food away from the other...
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    Silkie thread!

    they are right next to a heater and our house is constantly heated in between 72 and 76 degrees ferenheit is that warm enough?
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    Silkie thread!

    Hi, One of my beloved 9 week old chicks just died (RIP Maybe) and i do not know what the cause was. I started off with three and now have two. they are living in a box in our kitchen with a feeder full of medicated chick feed and clean water (in a feeder also) they have bedding (wood...
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    Silkie thread!

    thank you so much!!! i will definitely try that!!!
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    Silkie thread!

    i got three silkie chicks that are about 9 weeks old the other day and i want them to grow up very cuddly! should i handle them lots or will that just scare them away? i have previous experience (not with chickens) where when i was 6 we got a dog and i cuddled it so much it was scared of me! it...
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    silkie sexing

    Hi! Today I got 3 silkie chicks approx. 9 weeks old and I'm not quite sure what gender they are! Any help would be great! I am hoping for all hens but I'm not sure! # 1 #2 #4 This is also my first time having chicks or chickens so any help would be appreciated!
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    Silkie thread!

    I get my 2 silkie chickies on monday!!!!!!! i'm stoked!!!!! i got creative and turned my old playhouse into a coop and my big doll house into laying boxes!! any suggestions about how to make them feel comfortable? or how to feed chickies!!!
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    Silkie thread!

    thanks you guys!!!! very helpful i will totally use that info!
  10. Ckicken Lover

    Silkie thread!

    I am hopefully getting a couple 4 week old silkie chicks soon! I was wondering if anyone has any tips about taking care of them! (example: feed, handling , general knowledge, etc.) If anyone has any tricks to sexing them that would be lovely! thanks!
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