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    Silkie Chicks and Rooster

    My 4 chicks are almost a month old and I'm wondering if it is ok to let the hen, rooster and chicks all be together now??? I've kept him out of their pen so far. Thanks! They are very active, the hen is feisty to me and he seems protective, even if separate. This was the hen who had a lot of...
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    Japanese Bantam lost her Balance today. Need Advice. UPDATE

    I had joined and asked a question about my Silkie hen who had just started laying a couple weeks ago. She was straggling around, unsteady on her feet, wings hanging, panting. I gave her antibiotics, she laid her first soft-shelled egg. Well in a few days a hard egg, and every few days the...
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    Substitute for oyster shells and grit????

    HI, thanks for the reply! I don't think it is heat, as it's not that hot, and that wouldn't explain her inability to walk for many hours. Who knows? I'll look for that company in the PH. And will see if another eggs comes soon and its condition! Rod
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    Substitute for oyster shells and grit????

    Can you use egg shells from store bought eggs? My Silkie just laid her first egg = soft-shelled. I thought she was gonna die yesterday and last night so gave her antibiotics. She laid the egg today. Her wings were hanging, she could hardly walk, and last night she was lying in the box I put...
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    Shell-less egg and free ranging

    Re: Sick Chicken? or First Egg? HI, I'm new here, from the Philippines. Used to raise chickens in Kansas as a kid. I bought a pair of Chinese Silkies (Wu gu ji) a few weeks ago. She (Wu We) suddenly yesterday was dragging, her wings hanging, stumbling around in their little pen (3 1/2 x 3...
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    Baby chick names

    I have a Silkie pair (Wu gu ji is their Chinese name), so the cock is Wu Wi, she is Wu We, and the little ones will be Wu Wu's. She laid her first egg today, big and soft-shelled so it broke. Yesterday I thought she was a gonner, as she was staggering around, wings hanging, panting. I got...
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    Hi, newbie here!

    Re: Sick Chicken? or First Egg? HI, I'm new here, from the Philippines. Used to raise chickens in Kansas as a kid. I bought a pair of Chinese Silkies (Wu gu ji) a few weeks ago. She (Wu We) suddenly yesterday was dragging, her wings hanging, stumbling around in their little pen (3 1/2 x 3...
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    Sick Chicken? or First Egg?

    HI, I'm new here, from the Philippines. Used to raise chickens in Kansas as a kid. I bought a pair of Chinese Silkies (Wu gu ji) a few weeks ago. She (Wu We) suddenly yesterday was dragging, her wings hanging, stumbling around in their little pen (3 1/2 x 3 1/2 feet on the ground) looking...
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