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    any guesses on 8 week old silkie before DNA results come back this week?

    sent off Blood and feathers for DNA testing but thought it would be fun of anyone wants to guess. I'm sort of prepared to be told it's a roo because that comb is, well, thiiiick.🫣 currently she is holding her own after being a sole hatch with mama and rest of flock. just under 8 weeks. born...
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    Silkie Guesses?

    what sex was it?
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    6 week old silkies, Roos??

    Did you find out their sex yet?
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    5 week old silkie chicks hen or rooster?

    aware this is a ridiculously old post 🫣 can I ask what sex the buff ended up being? have one looking similar. currently obsessing over others similar looking chicks.
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    constant damp run. Need help.

    End result. Trust the process.😍
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    Opened egg I thought was a goner! Help

    you have started to assist and normally with these in order to hatch you need to fully assist....BUT not till it looks ready. I can see visible veins, this means it's not yet absorbed yolk and will die if you help it. once you see no veins you could try to poke a hole near where you imagine the...
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    what colour silkie chick

    my silkies hatched their first baby. She looks partridge but a lot lighter than her mum partridge was as a chick. I believe dad has partridge silver genes with a bit of gold leakage. my neighbour hatch two of their off spring and both are also partridge marked which is why I now believe roo to...
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    constant damp run. Need help.

    I can confirm that the deep litter method is working. I have not poo picked at all, just added more hemp/leaves as needed and let the chickens do their stuff. I turn it with a rake occasionally. It is now still slightly damp, and in a composting state. We are currently in a cold snap where...
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    is he Columbian?

    It wasn't that group, but i am a member and know exactly which members you mean!! 😅 they almost all said cloud was a hen too. (he did look a bit henny) a day later he crowed and hasn't shut up since.
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    is he Columbian?

    It wasn't a colour I was familiar with and had always called him silver partridge, but was corrected on a FB page. He does have some attributes of Columbian but I think he may be more of a grey mix. here's a better pic. He is pretty unique regardless.
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    is he Columbian?

    Someone recently said he was Columbian. I'd never heard of it in silkies but when I googled he does seem to look the same. What attributes make a columbian silkie and would you say this information is correct.
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    What colour Bantam Pekin?

    I have 3 Pekin pullets one is blue one is partridge and then there's this little pretty lady. Does anyone know what her colour would be considered or have any themselves with similar colours. I'd love to find more like her. looks almost ombre effect.
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    frizzle polish barbu d'uccle cross

    now 15 weeks. Thinking I scored a pullet with her.
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    Is Hotwheels a Hen or Roo? Frizzle

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    Is Hotwheels a Hen or Roo? Frizzle

    Love this little guy. Cross between a tolblunt polish frizzle and barbu d'uccle. 15 weeks now. I'm thinking hen but don't want to tempt fate as I know frizzles can sometimes suprise us.
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