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This turned out exactly as planned :lau

I plan on building a small temporary coop/run inside the larger run, and then letting them "see not touch" for a few weeks. It's amazing how fast these chicks are growing compared to how slow the silkies grew.

Silkies in the half built run and the chicks roosting in the brooder! When do y’all move chicks outside? At this rate the chicks will be the same size as the silkies in a couple of weeks.

98F according to my car.

I am having a problem with 5 Silkies that refuse to use the ramp at all. They wont go up or down the ramp. I left them in for about a week or more when I first put them out, and then opened the ramp, the only ones that leave the coop are the ones that fall out :hmm. I have tried sitting them...

Hi All! New to raising chickens, but im hooked already. We live in the Aledo/Fort Worth area. 5 silkies ( 6 months) we had 6 and our favorite ( my profile picture) passed away in a mysterious fashion in the coop overnight. So in natural order, we went and got 5 more of assorted breeds to...