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    Are Silkies fine dining for Hawks???

    I have 6 Easter Egger hens and had three silkie roosters. My chickens are allowed to free range. Last summer I lost the first silkie to a red-tailed hawk. Then in winter, another silkie rooster was taken. Today the last of the boys (pretty sure it was a hawk because I thought I saw one...
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    Ended Official BYC Caption Contest Photo Submission Thread #1

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    Ended Official BYC Caption Contest 12/30/13 - Picture by Ruby Mia

    Someone woke up on the wrong side of the nest!
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    They may say flock, but they're more like family! :)

    Family bath time on a sunny November afternoon. Violet (easter egger) and Lily (Americauna) make room for one more.
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    A Roo or Two?-First time chicken owner needs your thoughts!!!

    Yes-That's Clover...maybe a Clovis? Lol. My friend is going to take one of the three roosters thankfully. WAY to many roosters in the henhouse!
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    A Roo or Two?-First time chicken owner needs your thoughts!!!

    So poor Fern's (Fernando) throat was slit by a hawk. He had developed the redding of the waddles and I think he died defending the girls. Poor Clover was heartbroken so I decided to get her another rooster...I ended up getting two because they were free to a good home. A week later HER...
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    Relentless Hawk...Help!!

    Yeah I thought daytime was safer too...My poor silkie roos throat was ripped open at 4:20ish today by a ****** hawk. I was just outside a few minutes earlier with the flock. Grrr...my husband is determined to keep the BB gun out from now on. My poor silkie hen is devastated!!!
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    Thanks! Great odds considering I picked them up at a day old and were supposedly pullets.
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    Favorite thing YOUR chickens do!

    My favorite thing is how sweet and lovable they were. I had no idea when I bought chickens in May for the first time that they would become pets not livestock. I picked them out at a day old so I guess we're bonded. My chickens run out to greet me every morning and want to be patted and...
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    They are 7 weeks old. Here are my girls (?) all named after plants. Would appreciate your thoughts! THANKS! *LENA-Super sweet and loves attention/patting HONEY-timid but sweet *LILY-A suspected roo-I think I see the "up" tail feathers people are talking about. Dominant but NOT aggressive...
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    A Roo or Two?-First time chicken owner needs your thoughts!!!

    Clover-bigger and more docile of the two Fern-Smaller and very antisocial...this picture was so hard to get! I finally had to grab her and hold her because she kept running away
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    So much to learn about chickens. This is my first flock...I love these girls-they come out to get patted EVERY morning and night. So sweet. What are you thoughts on the sex of my six pack based on color? I'd appreciate the advice. PS-I've already determined reading this forum that this are...
  13. Sold as Ameraucanas-I suspect they are EE...I love these babies just the same!

    Sold as Ameraucanas-I suspect they are EE...I love these babies just the same!

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    Eggers

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    A Roo or Two?-First time chicken owner needs your thoughts!!!

    I have recently purchased two splash silkies from a girl who thought that the two chickens were female. I've done a lot of online research and realize that sexing silkies is difficult. For awhile I've suspected that the "gal" in the top photo might be a roo. This morning the 3 month older...
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