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    Pullets Stopped Laying

    My hens stopped laying a while back and was totally confused by it, they seemed heathly and happy I had checked for mites continuosly and was sure I didn't have any, whenever I cleaned the coop I checked everywhere and i also checked at night with a torch and there was no signs at all, however...
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    Silkie cockerels or pullets?

    I have a friend with a black hen with gold leakage, similar to yours, it is definitely a hen as has raised a clutch of chicks x
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    Please show off and tell us about your crested birds

    I have silkies, Dutch bantums, pekins and polish, whilst you shouldnt have favourites the silkies have my heart xxx
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    Silkie gender guess

    Thanks so much, I will be delighted if it is, but I am so in love with the little darling it really doesn't matter x
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    Silkie gender guess

    I will certainly try, x
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    Silkie gender guess

    Just curious and i what you lot think little pipin might be, it makes no difference to me as he/she is staying regardless, hatched 12 June, thanks in advance for any guesses xx
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    Advice please

    Thanks you, I actually don't mind if they don't lay, as they are more pets than anything else, I was concerned that maybe there was something wrong with them but they all seem happy healthy ect. Xx
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    Advice please

    Well I have checked the entire garden and seen no signs of eggs any where, obviously can't guarantee that some other animal isn't stealing them but previously they have always led in the nest box, technically we are still in summer here in the UK but tbh the weather has been rubbish, in terms of...
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    Advice please

    For the last couple of weeks my hens have all stopped laying, I have 5 silkies and then a range of younger hens that are not old enough to lay yet, ,the silkies have always been pretty reliable layers apart from when they have been broody, but for the last 3 weeks no eggs at all, I have checked...
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    Dutch bantums

    I have a small group of Dutch bantams, they currently have a coop and large run, I would love to let them free range like my Silkies, however every time I have tried to let them out they disappear off to the neighbours or the church yard behind our house. I just wondered if anyone had managed to...
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    New to Silkie and Polish chicks

    I currently have my broody silkie hen day on polish eggs so I’m interested to hear that chookchicken says they are cuddly as my friend that breeds them says they are very flighty, my silkies on the other hand are extremely friendly love a cuddle, a bath and blow dry and are completely non...
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    Advice please

    Thank you, this is a great reply and exactly what I was hoping for. I will let him have his way. She has hatched other breeds so She won’t mind if they act strangely.
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    Advice please

    Thanks x
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    Advice please

    So my silkie hen has gone broody. My husband is fascinated by polish chickens, so my question is this. If I let my silkie hen hatch some polish eggs, obviously she will hatch them and care for them but I have resisted having polish because I’m not convinced our set up is ok for them, we have a...
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    Is this safe for chickens

    Has anyone used this? Xxx
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