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How long has it been since you paid him? I paid via paypal, as well, and could not get a refund, as just over 90 days had passed before I contested the charge. Pretty incredible, since $30.00 of the $120.00 I ate was shipping on the non-existant chickens. So sorry, and can you believe, his ad is...

I had a very similar experience, and am attempting to get a refund, although it is past the date for Visa to allow this, however, with all of Michael's good intentions talk, and fairly prompt return phone calls it took me a while to wise up. He told me my chicks were in the incubator and he...

I haven't read all the way through this thread, but my experience with LFF has been poor - empty promises and disorganized. Supposedly sell "show quality Silkies" but since they don't deliver on any other promises, such as actually having any birds to sell and ship after taking my money, I...

That's great! So how many chicks hatched so far? Is she still dedicated to sitting on the remaining eggs? So cute that they are all different breeds!

You have a great starter flock of gorgeous unusual colors! I'm glad you mentioned a silkie breeder who has such beautiful birds. I was going to ask on this forum if anyone has recommendations for breeders. I'm quite far from CA (Virginia!) but I'll contact her and see what she can recommend. I'd...

My understanding is that the comb in a pure silkie should be a very dark reddish/black - "Mulberry" colored. And no hooks on the feathers, so none that are smooth in the sense of feathers that are held together all down the spine of the individual feather. But they can look smooth if the strands...

Perfect babies Chickee! What amazing colors!

Thats great news! Glad all is going well, Arrowroot must be very proud Should be fine to move her nest to the ground tomorrow. It will be funny to see how she acts with the others. Mine did a lot of fluffing and bluffing to keep the others away, then she settled down and let them get a little...

But all in all, I would think that moving her down to the ground as soon as you can after the hatch is the way to go. The babies wont be able to get back to the nest if they fall out (possibly getting chilled), and the momma will be quite distressed. Could you slide something like thick paper...

Hi There Annalog, I'm excited to hear about your hatch! My silkie is doing just great with her two babies, who are already quite big (2 weeks old). My experience is that the little chicks will be up and about after about day 2 - leaving mom's side more and more. I wonder, how hard would it be...

Aww. Lovely! They grow so fast don't they?

Well, I'm sure you have more experience than me, but I'm partial to silkies, and my daughter (age 8) is too. They are great layers, cold tolerant and so sweet, especially when mature (they were skittish babies). They are gentle and easy to hold (light and docile, much less prone to wiggle/flap...

Marshmallow is perfect! I might steal that someday - I would love to get a white silkie eventually. It is so funny and a little embarrassing - we have six blue silkies (since April), and we truly cannot tell them apart. There are two outliers - a Roo who is a lighter grey, and a hen who is...

I would have to say, after just having our first hatch, that it is absolutely magical! I hope you have good luck with yours! That is great that she is sitting on just a few eggs. That is one area in which I went wrong. I let her gather 10 and that was way too much. I put the water away from my...

Thank you, and AWESOME news!! Splash is my favorite color silkie! I'm so excited to see what she looks like later! Our blue chicks were all light grey when they were babies, now some are almost black, some are light grey. This little chick's sibling is a light grey with yellow tones also, much...