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    Which ones should i get?

    lol my silkies are like that but my other chooks love to be held. did you buy them as chicks? I reckon the plymouth barred rocks, they will at least give you 200+ eggs a year, plus they are friendly and very pretty.
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    Which ones should i get?

    are they the only ones available or the only ones your interested in? If you can you should think about Australorps. Really friendly, not flighty and lay extremely well.
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    Teaching chickens to go in at night on their own

    i agree - a couple days in the coup should fix things! I had the same problem and I put my hens in the coup for a couple of days and now they do all the work for me!!!
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    Silkie making alot of noise!

    My silkie was free ranging yesterday and suddenly stopped and started making this really really loud "cluck cluck cluck PEKARGH!" it just kept repeating it really loudly for about 20 minutes then it stopped. Any ideas what that means? Im not sure if its a hen or a roo, but when I posted a pic...
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    What sex are my silkies?

    Cheers people!!! I guess ill have to wait and see..... are there any other ways to tell besides the crowing? If they are roos ill have to sell them. I really want a couple of silkie hens but i want to hand rear them so they are good with people, Ive heard you can get shells DNA tested to...
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    What sex are my silkies?

    I really hope not!!! we are not allowed to have roos, at what age do Roos start to crow?
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    What sex are my silkies?

    Hey I was just wondering if it was possible to tell the sex of a silkie from appearance? Heres a photo of my two, they're about 3 months old???
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    Bullying

    I have quite a similar situation too!! just bought 2 Isa brown pullets last week and introduced them to my Australorps and silkies. It took them a while to roost with the others but they eventually got it, the pecking continues tho. Straight away the Australorps and Silkies started to peck the...
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    Two scared Silkies!

    Ah thanks so much for your help! I will keep at it!! One more question, how old are silkies when they start to lay? CHeers!!
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    Two scared Silkies!

    GOOD LUCK!!!!!! poor little duckiling it sounds like persistance is going to be the real winner here! Does anyone have any ideas what a silkies favourite treat might be? Ive tried all kinds of veggies but they wont touch them.. I could try worms? I havent tried egg yet either.
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    Two scared Silkies!

    have you ever had any experience with silkies? Ive read they are normally quite socialable. Also do you think I should build a seperate coup for them in the run? because they seemed really terrified of my Australorps.
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    Two scared Silkies!

    Hey all! I just bought two adorable 3 month old silkies. Im not sure if this is normal but they are terrified of people, they hate to be touched and scream when I pick them up. Ive never had this problem before as my other chooks have been hand raised from chics.. Is this something they will...
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    Is my coup big enough?

    Ahhh brilliant!!! I should clarify though, thats the size of the run and coup together, does that make a difference?
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    Is my coup big enough?

    I have a coup 5m x 6m so 30m squared.. I think its about 275 square feet, is that big enough for 6 chooks? Cheers!
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    Have 2x13 week Australorps, Can I add wyandotte to flock?

    Also the area is 25m squared so 269square feet, is that big enough for 4 hens and one bantam?
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