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    Silkie Questions

    Rooster crow at about the time they're one year old. Hen lay eggs around 9 to 12 months. They usually stopping peeping at 10 to 14 weeks of age. Usually people only groom chickens for show but, since silkies are really fluffy the more likely to get dirty, you could give them a bath when they're...
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    Scales on comb?

    can you post a picture
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    why does my chicken act like this

    no i do not have a rooster. thank you for the reply
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    why does my chicken act like this

    Hi, I have a 3 year old RIR hen. Only since she was 2 and a half she started to lay eggs. But she acts like a cock she crows and cock fights anyone but her fellow hens. The wierd thing is she is at the bottom of the pecking order and the rest of my hens dislike her. I just want to know why she...
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    What color are these Silkie chicks?!

    The top three look like Partridge silkies. The other one looks like a blue silkie.
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    Changing egg colors

    sometimes as a hen ages the color of her egg lightens, but if they'er still young i have know idea why they are lighter.
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    egg bound?

    Here are some threads discussing treatment of eggbound chickens: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=26414 https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=24840
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    what breed is she? i'm confused

    she kind of looks like a Narragansett Turkey to me
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    RIR Rooster has a whitish like fungus on wattle. Help?

    it might be Favus which is a chronic skin condition. I have heard people use athletes foot cream to cure not sure if it works though. Hope he get better.
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    What vaccinations are needed?

    here is a place that sells vaccines for poultry www.jefferslivestock.com
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    what is wrong with my chickens

    okay thank you
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    what is wrong with my chickens

    Hello, I recently moved and the people we're staying with won't let us have chickens so they're at my friends house for a while. Anyways her chickens and mine aren't laying eggs and mine are two and three years old and her are turning one. We originally thought they had worms so we de-wormed...
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