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    Put Chicks Outside Too Soon.

    i had 6 one-month-old chicks (Bantam Cochins and Silkies) which I made the mistake of thinking were ok to put outside in our smaller pen, which we wittily refer to as the Juvenile Detention Center, which allows them to get bigger before I introduce them fully to the flock. I have regular...
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    New Chicks Can't Walk!

    I had 12 chicks hatch over the weekend, so they are 3 and 4 days old currently. Six were bantam Cochins, and they are all healthy and fine. the other six were Silkies, and all but two of them are also fine. It's the two I'm very concerned about. Although they appear perfectly normal (no...
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    Sudden Death In Lethargic Hen...WHY????

    OK, so my one yr old Cochin hen had been very lethargic for two days (not moving around, sleeping a lot, not eating), but I just chocked it up to this brutal Georgia heat. Then, to my shock and extreme sadness (she was my favorite), on the third morning after this behavior began, she was dead in...
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    I Helped My First Two Chicks Hatch--Big Mistake! Help!

    Ok, so, this is my first hatch. I had 6 Silkie eggs and 6 bantam Cochin eggs in my Little Giant. Today was day 19, and first thing this morning I had two Cochin eggs peeping and pipping. I was so stoked! But I tried t busy myself and just check in on their progress every hour or so. However, by...
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    HELP? What Kind Of chick Am I?

    I'm assuming it is a wyandotte, but what color? BBS? BLR? What?
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    Over-Dominant Cochin Hen....Suggestions Please!

    I have a small backyard flock of 8 hens consisting of three 3-mo-old Silkies, one 3-mo-old Frizzle, one 3-month-old Ameraucana, two 4-mo-old Buff Cochin bantams, and my super dominant 2-yr-old white Cochin bantam. The problem I am having is that my white Cochin co-habitates fine with the rest...
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    Need Expert Help! Are My Little Silkies Roos?

    I have three 3-mo-old Silkies. I had hoped they were all hens as our city ordinance forbids roosters. However, I am seriously starting to worry that my buff and blue Silkies are little roosters. Not only do they chest bump and hop over each other all the time, but they are both developing little...
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    Loving My New Chicken Nipples

    So, after some hesitation, I ordered a six-pack of chicken nipples after growing tired of changing dirty water several times a day. They arrived in the post today, and I immediately turned a pail with a lid into a new watered, with three nipples on the bottom. It took my chickens all of thirty...
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    Will My New 2 Yr Old Cochin Hen Stop Pecking My Three-Month Pullets?

    Got a 2-yr old white Cochin hen to add to my flock of three-month old hens (Silkies, Frizzles and an Ameraucana). She pecks them--HARD. Will this stop once she's used to her new environment, or did I make a mistake by adding her? :/
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    Cochin Hen Laid Me A Fertile Egg!

    Help! Today I bought a trio of white Cochins (two hens and a roo) but only kept one hen for myself (I gave the other hen and the roo to a good friend). I brought my hen home and she went straight to the nesting box and laid an egg, which I'm assuming is fertile since she's been mating with the...
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    Successful Night After Predator Disaster

    So, my husband spent an entire month building the chicken tractor I designed and begged him for, while the Silkies I had bought slept snugly in our Shih-tzu's dog kennel. Then finally the coop was complete....excitement all around! Unfortunately (in hindsight), it just so happened that my...
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    "Sexing" Chicks (INCLUDING Silkies!!!)

    So, I've always been told that it is extremely difficult if not impossible to sex Silkie chicks. In fact, when I first got my Silkies, I was told there was no way to know what the sexes were until they started crowing or laying eggs. HOWEVER, today I met a lady who claims to have a...
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