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    Comment by 'rachlore' in article 'Trictle's Chicken Coop With Plans'

    How many chickens and bantams would be able to fit in there? It's an amazing coop by the way! Love the paint color and added touches.
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    Review by '' on item 'Silkie'

    I was shocked at how easy they catch on to routine! We have a separate run from our coop and we've taken to carrying our silkies to it, but then we had the idea to have our babies walk to the run by themselves. It works like a charm and we just supervise as they walk in then close the gate...
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    How do you show silkies?

    This thread was so helpful! I was actually debating about showing my silkies or not and this was a deal breaker. My babies are only 2 months old now, though, so what would be the right age for showing them? No one really mentioned that.
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    3 White Silkies young ---Houston, Texas (and surrounding area to the West)

    $15.00 each. $45 for all three. These loving girls have been hand-raised since birth and are very kind and gentle. They were born on April 28th, 2013 and will be 2 1/2 months old on July 9th. They are all non-bearded and white and we have an NPIP certificate numbers for them. There is a possibly...
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    Help!! Is this a Hen or a cockerel

    Also, I think you meant hen not chick in the title. Chicks are baby chickens that can be male or female.
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    Aggressive Roo

    Roosters can be VERY aggressive and sometimes that's in their nature. You can always, like WalkingOnSunshine said, put him on Craigslist. Or tie him up in a bow and give him to another farm for homemade dinner (just joking with you here:D). I say just get rid of him- the sooner the better.
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    is this nomal?????

    Reading this makes me wish my neighborhood allowed roosters! I never knew they could be so kind and loving toward the hens. Often times the only stories I hear about them are bad and how they "break the eggs in the nesting boxes" or "are so aggressive toward visitors and the other chickens"...
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    Our Silkie needs a friend!!

    I have six baby silkies and I'm entirely new to the breed also. I've heard that if you want to cook them for meat purposes then they are considered a chinese delicacy! Who would've known? Silkies lay basically every other day if that helps. Silkies make wonderful mothers also, and it has been...
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    Bantam Laying

    I have six silkies at the age of a month and 1/2. I know that most hens start laying eggs at 5-7 months but I was wondering if the same goes for bantams? Do they lay sooner because they're smaller or later because they need more time to develop? I would really like to know when to expect their...
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    Is our roost wrong?? Need advise!

    Chickens will roost in the highest and most comfortable place in their coop. I'm pretty sure that eventually the chickens will start roosting there when/if they need them.
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    how many more chickens can i fit?

    Honestly I don't know. I think it really depends on how much space you want your chickens to have to move around.
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    What is this chicken thinking?

    "HEY! GET OFF MY YARD!"
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    Lullabye?

    When ever my chicks make a lot of noise I always sing to them to calm them down. It really works!
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    Clean food and water finely

    I have heard that the nipple waterer has the con of not enough chicks being able to access it at one time but the pro of staying clean. I use not a water dish but an actual chick waterer- the kind that has a bottle like container on top of a shallow bowl/plate thing. It's hard to explain but I'm...
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