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    YO GEORGIANS! :)

    Greetings, Georgia chicken keepers. I'm looking for bantam Cochin babies. Must be healthy, from parents raised well. Does anyone know a reliable breeder or hobby farmer with bantam Cochins? Many thanks in advance! Note - I'm in Atlanta, will edit the profile to correct, been here over a year
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    Comment by 'hylla' in article 'Three Cedars Silkies'

    Are you still raising silkies?
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    YO GEORGIANS! :)

    I'm in Atlanta (formerly Sonoma, Cal.) looking for excellent temperament Silkie pullet preferably from Catdance lineage. I'm also interested in bantam Cochin pullet. Please let me know any recommendations of breeders within a couple hours drive of Atlanta. Thanks!
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    Northern California - great Silkies, bantam Cochins, rehome emergency

    These are fabulous two year olds who must be moved off their farm quickly. They are all trained, named, fed organic, gentle as pets. I've raised the chickens at Green String Farm in Petaluma. The farm owner wants to get rid of the fancies now. Pictures available. Email [email protected] or...
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    Sponsored Post Want to treat your chicken to something tasty?

    Rob, the two white silkies, April and Alana, need to find new homes. I'm afraid the Green String Farm owner wants to eliminate all in that pen. He already had all the free range chickens I bought slaughtered when I was away this week.
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    Still here in Sonoma and Petaluma, CA

    The system doesn't recognize me because I haven't posted in a while, so this is a reminder Hello and an INVITATION to anyone in the North Bay (45 mins from the Golden Gate Bridge) to visit me at Green String Farm and see our amazing trained fancy chickens and our free range laying flocks, a...
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    Official BYC Poll: How many chickens do you have?

    464 as of today, but CoCo Chanel the terribly aggressive cockerel will be "gone" shortly so 463. He actually killed a pullet this week which is an even worse offense than trying daily to kill me.
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    DRUNKEN hens!!

    With newly hatched chicks it takes two weeks after the shot for the vaccine to become effective. That means that for the first two weeks they can't be with older birds who might carry the virus. Conversely, if the hens get shots and the chicks hatch before the hen is protected, they need to be...
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    why dont my chickens love me?

    This really should go without saying, but clipping a chicken's wing is an unnecessary, damaging thing to do, and certainly will not be forgotten by the chicken. You want them to like you? NEVER chase chickens. That makes you the predator and can not be undone. Put an old towel or something...
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    If you could recommend one book....

    RAISING CHICKENS FOR DUMMIES ! Are you all who have the older books getting set in your ways? This book out last summer is the one we at the farm recommend to all chicken owners, new and old. It is clear, straightforward, easy to navigate in an emergency or hurry - and most important - it...
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    CONTEST: 50,000 BYC Members? Guess the HOUR & Win!

    2/22/10 4pm
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    Neighborhood Watch Takes Stand on Backyard Chickens - Brentwood CA

    • Pet waste: chicken owners should be held to the same standards are dog owners. Chicken poop 1000 times a day. Manure sinks.The fact that someone said that chickens poop 1,000 times a day means they are making these supposed "facts" up. And people aren't walking chickens to poop, so the mess...
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    Do Silkies NEED a roost inside their hen house?

    Thank you to all and thanks for the welcome! Marcy napped for almost two hours on me today and I thought of holding a mirror by her face to be sure she was still breathing. Of course she is fine and I am in Silkie heaven from the cuddles.
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    Do Silkies NEED a roost inside their hen house?

    Thank you, PossumQueen. All the other chickens roost. There are RI Reds, NH Reds, Delawares, Barred Rocks, Ameraucanas, Sex Links, California Whites, few Seabrights, Buff Orpingtons, Marans, Wyandottes, Barnvelders... couple Cochins. The Silkies have their own coop and run and we will let...
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    Do Silkies NEED a roost inside their hen house?

    Would the silkies use a platform a foot or two off the floor of their coop? I'm thinking that would convert the area that currently has useless perches to a space they might like.
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