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  1. NightsInWhiteSilkies

    what could this be? photos included.

    I emailed the woman who I bought my silkies off of and she is a wonderful woman on here named Kelar who breeds show quality silkies this morning. Heck I emailed probably about 5 people this morning in a panic. haha. I wanted to post her reply to it in case other silkies owners are new like I am...
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    what could this be? photos included.

    My only concern is yesterday I noticed her which she is a silkie and two polish were all just scratching away and picking around their neck and body area. I thought it was unusual and thought maybe they were overly preening themselves. Im going to look at those other links you posted. Thankyou...
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    what could this be? photos included.

    Ive looked her over and there is no bugs of any sort on her. im going to treat all of them just in case with 7. i use de in the coop regularly but recently switched the coop from pine shavings to sand and didnt put any in there but that was just yesterday from switching it over to sand.
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    what could this be? photos included.

    I know she lays her eggs but wont sit on them at all. In fact I still have one sitting there from in the evening she laid but didnt pick it up this am and she was walking around and not interested in it. But thats really good to know they will do that if they go broody. Wow. Thankyou!
  5. NightsInWhiteSilkies

    what could this be? photos included.

    I recently had a spell of capalliria worms which I gave them all safeguard and am waiting to give them their second dose but will use valzaban instead. This morning I was petting one of my silkies and was looking her over to make sure no bugs were on her. I was rubbing her belly and noticed a...
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    Going camping for the weekend, what to do with chickens?

    Look on craigslist and you can find dog sitters and some who will come to your house and clean their poop and what not and take care of the dog at the house. There are agencys who have folks working for them who even run background checks on folks to make sure their not a criminal. Theres pet...
  15. NightsInWhiteSilkies

    silkie jumps up in coop until she lays and egg. is this normal?

    Ive trimmed their wings so they cant fly. Yes, there is 3 hen boxes in there for her but she always lays either in the main coop area or out on the ground in the runner area sometimes. But she will always go into the coop and jump up and down and pace for about an hour or two before she finally...
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    silkie jumps up in coop until she lays and egg. is this normal?

    Anyone know if this is normal? My concern is what if she hurts her legs or something doing this?
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    How much DE do you put down?

    Too funny!!!
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    silkie jumps up in coop until she lays and egg. is this normal?

    I have a silkie who goes into the coop and will pace back and forth but she will go to the wall and face it then jump up as high as she can almost hitting the ceiling each time for usually about two or three hours until she lays her egg. Is the jumping up normal for a chicken when their laying...
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    How do you put down a bird?

    Ive read a bunch of the cull threads earlier this morning as I was contemplating having to cull my chicken on here and this is probably a more informative way to cull that is painless. There is a few options but read it and there are some that seems the least painless to the chicken. Goodluck...
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