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    Silkies outside? Help!

    Ok, thanks. Mine are on a table in a wire cage in the barn but I still think they will be ok. First time chicken owner so probably overly worried.....
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    Silkies outside? Help!

    Hi, I have been reading the posts and there seem to be a lot of different answers to my question. I have 4 7 week old silkies. They look to be feathered......it has really dropped at night here between 35-43 degrees. They have been in my barn in a cage with a heat lamp on them but I have...
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    New older Silkie

    Hi, I currently have 4 silkies I raised from chicks, they are 7 weeks old now (not certain of gender yet). We are almost done thier coop and they are ready to go outside. A friend of ours found a single adult silkie hen abondoned in a park. Of course they gave her to us. They are...
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    Silkie Gender??

    Ok kind of hard to see these pictures but I hope this helps.....see how their heads are different? Boys and girls? I can't get the darn picture to turn but whatever....you can kind of see the points on the bottom one. What do you think?
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    Silkie Gender??

    I will try tonight when I get home. Thanks again and I will post the pictures
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    Silkie Gender??

    The points are grey, like the "flat" tops of the other two chicks, same type material, not feathers.....I figured they are two young to sex but then I noticed the differences in thier heads....but the chicks with the "flat" tops (no points) are the larger of the chicks.
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    Silkie Gender??

    Hi, I am way new with chickens...........we have 4 5 week old silkies and I know it is almost impossible to sex them at this age. I have noticed that two have a "flat" head above the beak between the feathers and the other two have points standing up. Does this mean I have two roosters or is...
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    Chest bumping

    Hi, I am new to chicks and chickens. I have a silly question......we have 4 silkie chicks and cannot determine the sex yet as they are only 3 weeks old. They have been chesting bumping and challenging each other to sort of "stand offs." Is this common behavior for females or does this mean...
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