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    Silkie Beak turning white

    Wondering was going on with my silkies beak- one photo from June looking normal. The other from today. She’s on high quality layer pallets and has access to grass. She had a toe nail fall off at the base this week so I’m wondering what’s going on
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    Will my 8 month old silkies cope with 2 degrees Celsius over night?

    It’s winter in New Zealand and my two dear wee Silkies have never taken to their omlet chicken coop. They prefer to sleep on the ledge outside. And use the Omlet for a very expensive laying box. The ledge they sleep on is covered by a roof and has ply wood on two sides. It has started to become...
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    My silkie won't go in the hen house

    Hey, I’m having this precise problem! Paid lots for an eglu that they sleep on the doorstep to rather than go inside. Did they catch on in the end?
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    Silkie Chicks hens or Roos

    Hey guys New Silkie owner attempting to sex my lovely 7 week old chicks. I have a suspicion that the fully white one (Lavender) and the grey one with a large comb (Nori) are roo’s. Based on behaviour. Keen to hear what you think! 1. Name. Lavender. Fully White, large comb. 2. Name. Nori. Grey...
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    October hatch "Grow-a-long"🐥

    Awww gorgeous My flock of silkies hatched on the 21st Oct and now I’m playing guess their sex for their 7th week birthday. I am fairly certain the grey one with large comb is a roo- he’s been doing some silent crows 🙀 What do you guys think? The grey one with the comb is called Nori, the...
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    4 week old silkie sexes

    I’m finding the other one he fights with harder to tell (his names Lavender 😂), this is him in the middle.
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    Raising silkie chicks

    Same! Five babies that have turned into teenagers overnight. Now 4 weeks old and personalities are coming through strongly
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    4 week old silkie sexes

    Hey there I realise the general consensus is that silkies are notoriously hard to sex, however, we have a clutch of 5 chicks that are now 4 weeks old. Two of the chicks have been consistently chest bumping and easing their wings at each other since week 2. The rest of the flock have small...
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    Extended Brooder size 2 week chicks

    Thank you! 🥰 They have been such a joy so far- I’m completely chicken obsessed now
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    Extended Brooder size 2 week chicks

    Agreed, I have been taping up the sides when I go to work. However yesterday, while I was refilling their food, one jumped right out and onto the floor 😂 We both got the fright of our lives. Babies growing up!
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    Extended Brooder size 2 week chicks

    Thank you so much for your detailed response. I have since taken the wall down between the two areas and taped all the sides up on the box. Hopefully they don’t jump out today while I am at work. We are finishing creating their coop and I agree, it’s probably time they were able to explore...
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    Extended Brooder size 2 week chicks

    Hello there! I have recently incubated and hatched 5 silkie babies who are now a very rambunctious 2 weeks old. They are doing a lot of stretching of their wings and freaking each other out so I decided to double the size of their brooder. However now they seem to not be able to find the heat...
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