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My silkie chicken hatched four eggs. All four are now five months old, and I have seen each one of them lower it's head, fluff out it's neck feathers, and fly at each other in rooster fights. Does that mean definitively that they are all boys? Do young hens ever show that kind of behavior? I...

Quote: All of my chickens are 13 wks. Am I right about the sexing I've guessed at so far? I will try to get a better pic of Rocky tomorrow. I have been looking but no eggs yet, that I can find. My Blue Marans Baby came from an Alabama breeder, who (I'm told) crossed a Copper Marans rooster...

Quote: Just today my white Silkie Pooh, who I think is a rooster, is showing defeathering on the top of his head. If he's getting hurt because I have too many roosters, I think it is time to find him a new home. But is he a rooster? And is that a typical result, or is it probably something...

I have five friendly pet chickens. From the top, I think my Mottled D'uccle is a hen because she/he gets along well with Baby, who I believe is a Blue Marans Rooster. I have three silkies, two of which I think are roosters because they have a dark knob of skin above their beaks. Baby is the...

I'm no expert, but what I've heard is that pine shavings are good, and old towels are better. Some people say they eat pine shavings, and I've heard they do eat sand and it can stop them up. If you don't mind washing, old towels are probably the cheapest and best way to go.

Thank you for the advice! Sorry to hear that I killed my chickens with my ignorance... Poor little guys.

I bought 9 baby chicks from a local seller. 3 have died in less than two weeks. I had 2 Marans, 4 silkies (bantam), and 3 D'uccles (bantam). Two of the D'uccles have died and one of the silkies. One of the D'uccles, Digger, was the first to die; I think was 'pasted up.' Had runny bowels and...