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    Update On My Blind Chick =( * She's Gone *

    I also hatched 2 yes 2 white silkies that have no eyes! They are now 2 months old and doing fine. I have a hen that seems to produce these chicks. I always found the others dead in the egg. With the hatch of these 2 I have taken her out of the flock and given her her own house and run. The...
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    Gender on Silkies (I know, not an exact science)

    I love my silkies! At one week we have a 90% sucess at a leg check most of the girls show a "finer leg". At one month the Roo's are a bit longer in the neck. Now this is a fun oddity at 8 weeks or longer carefully aquire a neck feather and wet it - the boys tend to be thiner, stiffer longer and...
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