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    Golden Polish with Nerological problems? Any ideas?

    Now my wifes favorite hen Violet (Barred Rock/Murans) is acting very slow, head bobbing, and is blind in one eye, and the other is going quick. They are both under 1 year old, but I have several that are over 1 year. If its Mereks do the rest stand a chance? How can I tell if it is mereks?
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    Golden Polish with Nerological problems? Any ideas?

    Our little Frodo is a golden polish, she has always been a bit weird as she has a very long neck and sleeps with her head upside down and between her legs. She has been getting even more strange tho, she started walking backwards with her head between her legs, then she started walking in...
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    Is it possible for a 24 week old to go broody? HELP!

    Just give her the eggs and let her set, the others will sometimes help babysit the eggs and might even add to her collection so watch for that too, make sure you mark the fertile eggs with a pencil. (she will not care;))I have two broody hens one one egg right now
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    When is the right time to introduce...

    I put the nesting boxes in when I built the coop, then they were already there. I was amazed to see my hens use them fairly quick after laying their first egg. I was worried that because they were the only chickens I had thew might not know where to put them, silly owner, chickens know what...
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    One egg, Two Hens, Who will be the mommy? New Pics!

    The funniest thing about this whole mess is they just want to share the same box and be broody, they keep trying to go to different boxes and sit on other eggs, I have to keep a close eye on them with the one egg they have or else they are gonna wind up killing this baby before it hatches. It is...
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    One egg, Two Hens, Who will be the mommy? New Pics!

    I dont understand why I would let the polish raise the chick if she was not the first to go broody. The silkie is the one who has been doing all the work here, the polish just wants to finish the job already started. They do not physically fight over it they both stay together in the nesting...
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    Can I eat my eggs??

    I have never eaten the first eggs from my chickens just because they usally have a blood spot in them, but after the first one your safe to eat away!
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    One egg, Two Hens, Who will be the mommy? New Pics!

    I have a Silkie who has gone broody again. We took her eggs from her for several weeks but we finally gave in after awhile. Now our polish hen decided to go broody while babysittingwhile silkie was eating and dusting. Problems now is the Polish hen will not allow the silkie to have her egg back...
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    How many of you can do this with your silkie rooster?

    He will be 1 year old soon. We had a polish roo with him and the polish let him care for the silkies while the polish would care for all the rest of our hens, but our polish got mean and had to go to a new home. We got a Barred Rock roo and he is huge compared to the rest of our chickens but he...
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    My silkie likes pine shavings she puts them on her back. Why?

    He is actually very tempermental and will jump at legs sometimes but likes to be held. We have a few that dont like to be held, it just seems to be part of their own personality, we have a huge rooster that loves hugs, we have a fussy favorelle that hates to be touched. We have 4 babies 2 like...
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    How many of you can do this with your silkie rooster?

    We named him Puppy originally but that was before we knew he liked to be held like a little baby. He will actually sit like this for a long time. Isnt he cute?
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    My silkie likes pine shavings she puts them on her back. Why?

    Most of our hens will put shavings on their backs when they are laying eggs, not sure why but they seem to think it helps. What is really funny is I can hold my silkie rooster like a baby. He will let me lay him back and cradle him in my arms! He is a goofy bird
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    Can anyone donate silkie eggs for school?

    I am still looking for some help with getting some silkie eggs, even half a dozen silkies and the rest cochins or something would be very helpful. I know there are people out there that are willing to help. Please?
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    Can anyone donate silkie eggs for school?

    Yes I will pay for the shipping, I know a lot of the times people sell their eggs for less then the price of shipping. If someone woyuld be willing to donate the eggs I will pay for the shipping. I am in Northern Minnesota if that helps to figure the cost out. Just let me know how much it is and...
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    Can anyone donate silkie eggs for school?

    Our 6 year old boy is in kindergarden and his teacher is going to be incubating some eggs in April and we are supposed to provide the eggs, the problem is our roo must not be very fertile cuz our broody could not hatch eggs from our chicks. We would prefer some silkie eggs. They would be more of...
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