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    Silkieowners Member Page

    Hi everyone my name is Tara i'm 25 years old and live in Victoria Australia. I own 7 silkie hens,1 silkie rooster,1 cochin cross and 2 barred rocks. My mum has chickens too she has 2 light sussexs and 3 buff orpingtons. I also own 1 hand reared green cheek conure,1 hand reared cockatiel,1 hand...
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    my silkie and bantam buff orp chicks

    Hi everyone here are some pictures of my silkie chicks and bantam buff orpington chicks. The 2 bigger chicks in with the orps are 5 weeks old and the others are 4 weeks old. The other picture of the chick on its own is 7 weeks old. Also a picture of the aviary there in.
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    dislocated or something else

    Hi everyone i have a 2 week old bantam buff orpington its leg seems like its twisted or something. What i find werid is one day it was walking normal then the next its leg was turned side ways.It is on sand with hay on top. I had 1 other bantam buff orpington had the same thing my dad put it...
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    my parrots

    Hi everyone here are some pictures of my parrots and soon to be parrot. MoJo my female green cheek conure Aqua my male blue quaker My soon to be sun conure unsexed still being hand reared at the breeders
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    Does anyone else not like silkies?

    i love my silkies here we seem to be getting more eggs from my silkies then we are from the sussex,buff orpington and barred rocks.
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    ***SEPTEMBER HATCH-A-LONG come join in***

    well i have had 11 silkie chicks hatch and 9 bantam buff orpingtons so i had a good hatch, even tho 1 chick died and 3 eggs were quiters.
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    Egg didaster

    don't throw it out i had 2 chicks survive thee inside of there eggs were coated in blood. The first egg the hen pecked it and the top of the egg was open, there was a fair bit of blood people said the chick would die but it didn't its now a week old. I had to help it out of the egg same with the...
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    ***SEPTEMBER HATCH-A-LONG come join in***

    Mrs. Fluffy Puffy : Quote: OKAY - YOU HAVE TO TELL ME WHERE YOU GOT YOUr 7 BANTAM BUFF ORPINTON EGGS FROM!!!! HI i got my bantam buff orpingtons from a lady in ouyen victoria australia. Got some exciting news its only day 19 and i already have 3 bantam buff orpingtons hatch and 1 silkie...
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    ***SEPTEMBER HATCH-A-LONG come join in***

    Hi i have 7 bantam buff orpingtons and 17 silkie eggs in the incubator due to hatch on sunday the 5th of september so there on lockdown now.
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    got a problem here

    well the little chick tryed getting out of the egg which caused more bleeding. It was so tired and weak i helped it out. It has asorbed all its yolk but the inside of the egg was full of blood. So god knows what had happened. When i got it out it was moving pretty well trying to get up. If it...
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    got a problem here

    Hi everyone i got a major problem here, I have a broody silkie hen sitting on 6 eggs which are due to hatch today. I went in there to check on them to find mama has pecked the top off the egg off one of the chicks. Eg it was bleeding the chick is still alive. I brought it inside and have put it...
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    Urgent! Please help! Graphic pics...

    Can i please say that this bird needs her wound sitched up. I had the same thing happen to my buff silkie Thunder she had a hole in her breast the size of a 10 cent coin. The vet put betadine solution in the wound then sitched it up. She is recovering well i put betadine on the wound for only 2...
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    Can't find all the eggs under my broody! day 10 pics

    the same thing happened to my broody silkie she had 7 fertile eggs under her then one day she had 6 under her, I don't know what happened but all the other 6 eggs are fine and are still under her. The same thing happened to my white broody silkie she had 8 eggs under her she kicked most of them...
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    *** AUGUST HATCH-A-LONG come join in ***

    my blue/silver shen sitting on 6 fertile eggs are due to hatch this saturday its wednesday night here.
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    Jack Russell around Chickens

    Hi i wouldn't trust a jack russell around any small animals. I fully trust my golden retrievers and my chihuahua. My aunties jack russell cross fox terrier on the other hand she gets that look in her eyes once that happens she won't listen no matter what you do. Picture bellow is what my auntys...
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