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    Changing the chicken law! (Glen ellyn, Illinois)

    thanks! I was looking into making a Facebook page, hopefully I get enough people who are interested!
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    Changing the chicken law! (Glen ellyn, Illinois)

    I am still on the lookout for people who want to allow chickens in Glen Ellyn ! Count me in as a supporter!
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    Silkie thread!

    I have two silkies, a black and white one. I was always sure that the black one (who is about two weeks older, they are both about three months) was a rooster, and one morning he began making a crow-like sound. But he hasn't done it since. My white one is much smaller in size, and showed hen...
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    Electric fencing

    Would it keep out any diggers and weasels?
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    Electric fencing

    I am moving my chickens from my backyard to my farm, and found a coop that will fit all four of them. There are all sorts of predators on the farm like coyotes, weasels, owls, hawks, raccoons, ect. I thought that putting electric fencing around the coop would work well to keep critters out. Does...
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    Silkie thread!

    . What were the colors of the silkies parents? I'm wondering go see what possibilities my chicks might turn out to be.
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    Silkie thread!

    but she would have two other hens. Would she eventually forget about the roo?
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    Changing the chicken law! (Glen ellyn, Illinois)

    Hello! If you know glen ellyn, then you know that if is more of a classier toen and of course won't allow chickens due to some old grumpy people who are against it. But I am determined to change that. Down my block there used to be a chicken owner who hid them very well, and I only found out...
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    Silkie thread!

    I am pretty sure that I have a black Silkie rooster, and him and my white Silkie are inseparable. But I'm afraid I will have to give him away if he crows. Could a chicken die of sadness from losing her mate, of whatever they are? Silly question but I'm new
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    Annoying

    I was in your same position literally two months ago! I wanted chicks really bad, and worked hard and studied about them. But my parents kept doubting me, until I made them promise me to take me to go get some chicks. Of course, when we finally got them, my parents were shocked that I had went...
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    taming your keets

    so sorry! Now I'm not sure what to do because I only have one guinea now, and I need at least two
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    taming your keets

    so sorry to say but she has passed away before I could do anything more:( rest in peace my beautiful young guinea hen
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    taming your keets

    EMERGENCY: my month and five days old guinea all of a sudden won't walk, eat or drink. We dipped her beak in sugar water, and she drank a little but the next time we tried, she didn't drink. She seems to be getting worse and kind of paralized?? Please help! First time raising a mixed flock of...
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    Please Help! Sexing white silkie chick

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/6877364/width/200/height/400 https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/6877362/width/200/height/400 Here are some pictures of my white silkie. I'm hoping for a hen if anyone can take an educated guess on what sex this chick is from...
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    Think my buff plymouth is MALE?

    Are you talking about the tan one?
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