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    To wash or not to wash eggs?

    It is true about the bloom, the protective layer, but I like ours washed and refrigerated out of habit. All in all, you do what you're comfortable with.
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    is this a young roo?

    Thank you.
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    is this a young roo?

    Is this one on the left a young roo? They were born in Feb.
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    HATCHING begins TODAY! 6/29/10 page 4 update Silkie eggs

    Just wanted to let everyone know, Poof hatched 9 out of 14 eggs on July 3rd. Eight lived. I have already traded 4 for a mini rex jr. (rabbit) and some hay. Isn't barter the best?!? Yolkie, the one we kept out of the last hatch, is getting big and I'm not getting my hopes up too much, but I think...
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    HATCHING begins TODAY! 6/29/10 page 4 update Silkie eggs

    Congratulations!
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    anyone know what this is??

    It sure is pretty!
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    6 week pullet backing up/upside down

    Perhaps it's a tick?
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    Chickens and rabbits in the run together?

    I had two silkies in the rabbit pen for a while and they helped keep it cleaner by scratching through dropped poo and eating spilled food. They all got along great until the rooster figured out he could roost on top of a cage and he pooped on a rabbit. I moved the silkies out after that. Just my...
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    corn fed

    Sorry you were disappointed with your birds. Yellow skin color has to do with breed, not feed.
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    HATCHING begins TODAY! 6/29/10 page 4 update Silkie eggs

    My hen "Poofy" has gone broody again. I forgot how many eggs she has this time but last time she hatched 7 out of 9! Lost one the first day, kept one that my youngest daughter named "Yolkie", and sold 5. I'm looking forward to another batch of little cuties! Who needs a bator when you've got a...
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    New silkie babies are just the cutest lil' things....

    OOOOOOHHHH! I LOVE thebuffs! I want some,
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    What do y'all do with the dirty shavings from your coop?

    I bet those red worms are a great treat for the chickens too!
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    how else can i make my chickens love me???

    I second the RED folgers can idea. I have used both the red folgers can and the blue maxwell house can and they do notice the red faster. I sometimes have the opposite problem with the Cornish X's. How do you get the meat birds NOT to be so friendly? lol, they'd be so much easier to process if...
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    What do y'all do with the dirty shavings from your coop?

    Definately compost! I can't even begin to describe the difference chicken and rabbit manure have made in my garden. Rabbit manure, by the way, can be added directly to the garden, but chicken manure must be composted first. Good luck!
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    Poof, my Silkie hen, hatched out 7 chicks today!

    I hope these pics go through. Sorry about the blue tone, the sun was shining through a tarp. Poof and her mate Lacey Boy are both white Silkies.
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