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  1. LazerClaire

    How cold is too cold for silkies?

    They stayed out in the igloo doghouse coop I have last night, it got down to at least 38. They were with 2 big chickens & 2 regular feathered bantams with the 2 silkies. I have the a wind block in the door and ventilation holes at the top. They seem fine today.
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    Avoiding soy, canola, & cotton seed in chicken feed.

    I am looking for a chicken feed that is affordable but doesn't contain canola, soy or cotton. I am not averse to bone meal, blood meal or fish meal. Unfortunatly all of the feed mills who would be willing to make such a feed for me would require me to buy a ton. For 6 chickens this is not...
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    Moldy feed & the chicks won't eat the new feed. Advice please!?

    I had to buy a different mix of chick starter because I found mold on my feed. But they won't eat the crumbles I bought. Normally they nearly empty there food dish in a day but today they barely touched the new feed, they were outside so they ate something, their crops were full & I had given...
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    Ungrateful chicks!

    So I buy 5 chickens at 4 bucks a piece & spend time with them daily. Treating them to grubs & meal worms. Then a week ago a friend gives me a little runt chicken, by far the eldest of my group. She hasn't learned that my hands bring forth treats. So who is the friendliest? The new little runt...
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    Hi everyone, are my little silkies going to be splash silkies? Here's lots of pics for you!

    These are my little gals, Nona & Alma. I had ordered D'uccles but this is what the feed store gave me! So I'm having fun watching them grow, they are so sweet & I love them. But my only source to know what I have is BYC, thanks for your input. This was the second day I had them, this is Nona...
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    Are my chicks too young to be outside on their own all day?

    They range in age to just under 4 weeks to 6 weeks. They're in a small cage made of hardwire cloth, it's enclosed on all sides, but it is not affixed to anything. I left them with food & water & a little box they can hide in. It is in the 90s but I put them in a shady spot. Is all day alone like...
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    One of my Silkies has a strange & crooked breast.

    The breast seems extra large & grows to one side. I'm assume its the breast, all of my chicks have a similar lump in the same spot in their chest but this girls seems large & crooked. Everything else seems normal as far as this beginner knows. I was worried about marek's but the eyes are not...
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    /Hen or roo? Old english game hen bantam silver duckwing or easter egg bantam.

    I was sold this chick from a feed store & was told it was an easter egg or ameraucana bantam. But in another thread people suggested it was a silver wing game hen. So I don't know what to think. I have reason to doubt any thing the store told me as they insisted some silkies they gave me were...
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    Is my little easter egg bantam going to be an egg layer or a roo?

    Thanks for any input!
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