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    Sexing your Silkies (PICTURES AND TIPS - Updated July-5-12)

    Oh these photos are a couple weeks old so they are indeed 10 weeks in those.
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    Sexing your Silkies (PICTURES AND TIPS - Updated July-5-12)

    They are 12 weeks this week. i also think the grey one is a female, she is always hiding under the black one and is more shy and calm. The black one in the other hand is super tame and jumping on my back and chilling there.
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    Sexing your Silkies (PICTURES AND TIPS - Updated July-5-12)

    Cockerels or pullets ? Im sure that the black one is cockerel since he crowed. But im not so sure about the grey one. What do you guys think?
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    cold climate coop

    i would like tips for building cold climate coop. we are talking -30 degrees celsius (-22 degrees Fahrenheit for you from the US ). i was thinking if it is possible to convert a playhouse to a winter coop. we also have some room in a shed that could be possibly converted to a coop. i would like...
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    chick scratching and screaming

    yeah i inspected her and didn't see anything unusual.
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    chick scratching and screaming

    Ah okey. thank you ! but do they get all the way to the tail ? and he/she only started doing it when i brought them inside.
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    chick scratching and screaming

    yes, they were on some stones where there is ants.
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    chick scratching and screaming

    Hi guys! i have currently 3 silkies who are 3 weeks old. i have let them run outside almost every day for a couple of hours and then bring them inside back to their brooder. Today after they came inside i noticed one of the chicks scratching its tail and feet and screaming. the others are not...
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    Red naval area

    I just had another of my chicks hatch and she had the cord still attached and ripped it off. I think its not bleeding tho. Should i do anything.
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    After hatching

    okey, thanks for your help! there is only pipped as of right now and she is taking her time so i have plenty of time to think about this. i read somewhere about that blowdrying thing, i think it should work. and thank you for the welcome :hugs
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    After hatching

    Its one of those cheap chinese 7 egg incubators, some people have problems hatching with that but its working for me:) i will look into that thread. What you think abou the blow drying thing ?
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    After hatching

    so what should i do ? the incubator is so small that the chick cant probably even stand up.
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    After hatching

    I know you are supposed to keep the chicks in the incubator until they are dry, but as my incubator is so small and there is barely room to move i would like to know if its okey to move them to the brooder straight away. Maybe even blow dry them just in case?
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    no hygrometer

    okey. i hope so. thanks for helping!
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    no hygrometer

    yes, they seemed alright.
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