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    Is high quality feed worth the money?

    Predator attacks are just the worst with silkies and I am so sorry about yours. After several tragedies I've been confining mine to the coop & run area while constructing chicken tunnels they can use to safely traverse the yard.
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    Is high quality feed worth the money?

    Ask more for your silkie chicks, especially if you're the only one in your area selling them. I fell in love with the breed and was going to pay crazy prices for shipped chicks until I stumbled upon a local guy. I think he charged $7 for bearded/crested and honestly I would have been willing to...
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    HELP! (Emergency) Chick dying

    Hi, how did things go with your chicks? Did you find out what was ailing them?
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    Chick Singing Egg Song

    (white chicken with speckles/splashes)
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    Chick Singing Egg Song

    Update: Moby is a boy, and is apparently the spitting image of his papa.
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    Chick Singing Egg Song

    Moby is now at 16 weeks. Still no crowing!
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    Future Flockleader

    Blueberry is no longer available; he has been placed with his forever family.
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    HELP! (Emergency) Chick dying

    I just came across an old post that mentions some similar symptoms. Based on this I've deleted my original "this worked for me" story. Good luck.. And please let us know how things go. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/help-chicks-shaking-head-and-then-passing-away.684509/post-9260649
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    HELP! (Emergency) Chick dying

    Not sure if this will help you but when I had an ill baby chick that wouldn't move, eat or poop (and did not have any sign of pasty butt) I wrapped her in a hand towel and used part of a qtip to feed her water saturated with savachick electrolytes (really, really concentrated) and sugar. I fed...
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    Future Flockleader

    Blueberry availability is now Pending; he will be meeting his prospective family shortly.
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    Silkie Cockerel

    Kernal is no longer available; I'm pleased to report that he has been placed with his forever family.
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    Chick Singing Egg Song

    A leaf LOL :). Moby is really fluffy and it's been hard to get a good face/beak pic with the feathers pushed BACK. I'll keep watching, and will stay hopeful that this one is a pullet. Time will tell.
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    Chick Singing Egg Song

    Thanks! I'm hoping for a pullet, too.
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    Chick Singing Egg Song

    My Silkies are 14 weeks old--too young to lay eggs. I was surprised last week when one of the biggest chicks, which I have always thought could be a boy, sang the Egg Song. Is this indicitive of a pullet, or do boys practice the E.S. as well? At the time of The Song, everyone was chilling out...
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    Future Flockleader

    Location: Port Orchard, WA, USA Rooster's name: Blueberry Breed: Silkie (bearded) Weight: not sure Age: 14 weeks Size: Bantam Blueberry is one of my favorite chickens. He's inquisitive, likes catching (and eating) bugs and just crowed for the first time two days ago. Unfortunately I have...
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