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    Silkies for Sale Cape Cod area MA

    And, by the way, the answer is just for curiosity. I'm interested!
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    Silkies for Sale Cape Cod area MA

    I thought so first, but after you responded I looked it up and found some are tinted (light brown to cream) https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/silkie-egg-color.885746/
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    Silkies for Sale Cape Cod area MA

    Hi! Thank you for your quick response. Do you know which type of silkie - what color eggs?
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    Share a half dozen day olds just outside of Boston, Mass?

    Hoping to add to my brood with Fall chicks. Local store has chicks, but state minimum is 6 when purchasing from store. Anyone else interested in a few new day-olds soon or pullets later on? I'm in a small town SW Boston.
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    Silkies for Sale Cape Cod area MA

    Hi There! I'm local and am looking for newly hatched. Might you have any available soon?
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    Hen died yesterday following short sudden illness - any ideas?

    Hi Rachnicko, Corid is an anti-parasite powder or liquid that you can put in the drinker to dose the chickens for prevention or treatment of coccidia, a common parasite naturally occurs in soil/the environment. Chicks are extremely susceptible and adults can get it as well. It can pass from...
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    Hen died yesterday following short sudden illness - any ideas?

    I'm so sorry to hear that you lost your Stella. I was on to post an almost identical story about my 8-month old Egyptian fayoumi that passed away early this morning. Only signs were lethargy and only taking water. I am trained in mammalian necropsy and vertebrate dissection, so I'm thinking of...
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    My chicken layed a huge egg

    Oh, the poor hen's vent! Ouch!
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    New Member: Match breed to each pullet?!

    Thanks! Happy New Year to all!
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    New Member: Match breed to each pullet?!

    Ok, that makes sense. I ordered 3 Whiting Blue, 3 Whiting Green and the balance were Ameraucana... so yes, all of them are tinted egg layers - some green, some blue, some olive. And it seems the mystery is no longer (among us)! Just a few, short, cold months until we know. As for names, the...
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    New Member: Match breed to each pullet?!

    Wait!? Are Whitings also easter eggers?
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    New Member: Match breed to each pullet?!

    Best image of feet/tail of F
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    New Member: Match breed to each pullet?!

    Best image of feet/tail for C
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    New Member: Match breed to each pullet?!

    B has the tiniest comb (or maybe no comb?)
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    New Member: Match breed to each pullet?!

    Thanks! I have so much to learn! I would have sworn the arrowed Whiting in the upper image was an EE!! It doesn't matter that her comb is much bigger than the other Whitings?
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