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    Bald lump on hen's chest

    I have silkies and they are laying regularly now. However, I was petting one of the hens in the nest today, and felt a golfball size lump on her chest. It's kinda soft....it's also bald on her chest. The rest of her is fully feathered. Any ideas? Is this the crop? Also, I have one hen that...
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    Taking eggs from hen

    I have silkies, and they are laying like crazy right now. However, sometimes when I go out in the evening to collect eggs, one or more of them are laying on them. I don't want them hatching eggs, or even getting broody. I have been having to reach under the hens to take the eggs. Am I going to...
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    Nasty evil Roo.....

    I love all my silkies, but one of my Roos is getting weird. They are all about 7-8 months old now. I know they are protective of the girls, but what's up with him launching himself at me when I reach to touch one of them? Scares the tar out of me!! I have several roos, but only 2 that seem to...
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    asexual roosters?

    I have 11 silkies that are about 6 months old. Of those, 5 are roosters. Only 2 of the roos have seemed to become "real" roos and act studly. The other 3 seem to not have developed the walnuts on their heads, and don't really act like roos. They are just sweet and bother nobody. Is this...
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    eating eggs

    One of my silkie hens has started leaving me an egg each day. I have no need or desire right now to try to hatch them, and have been gathering them and putting them in the fridge. This is likely a stoooopid question, but can we just eat them like a regular egg? Do people eat silkie eggs? They...
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    Lifespan

    Does anyone know what the natural lifespan of a silkie is? Mine are just pets. Is there a difference in lifespan between hens and roos?
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    Obese chickens?

    Here's the deal... I have 11 silkies that are spolied rotten. They are just pets, and will hopefully only leave me when they die of old age. I don't care if they never lay a single egg....I just love having them as my babies. I was looking at them the other day and wondered if they can get too...
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    The taming of the Silkies

    I have my 11 spoiled silkies and love them to death. I am in their pen several times a day with treats and conversation. They get the best of everything. Here's my question: Do they all hate to be touched or petted? Mine love to come up to me and peck at my fingers and sometimes jump in my lap...
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    scratch grains

    I feel sort of stupid, but what are scratch grains and should I be feeding them? Also, my silkies are around 14 weeks old now, and I still have them on grower/starter feed. At what age should I change them to something else, and what should I put them on? I've heard several different things...
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    Silkie size

    I have 11 silkies that are about 12-13 weeks old now. I have never had silkies before, and am wondering when they will reach their full size---or when do they stop growing. Also, if they lay eggs in the future, what do you do with them if you aren't going to want them to hatch into chicks? Do...
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    Too many roosters?

    I have 11 silkies that are about 9 or 10 weeks old. I am discovering that about half of them appear to be roosters. They are confined to their coop and pen, never free ranging. Should I expect problems with them getting along? So far there have been no major problems, but they are still young. I...
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    Baby monitor in coop

    After losing a silkie and being forced to care for a badly injured one, I installed a baby monitor inside the coop so I can hear anything that may be happening. This is great! I am sitting here listening to crickets outside the coop.....this thing is sensitive enough to clearly pick them up. It...
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    Chickens killing chickens??

    I have a dozen 7 week old silkies. Use to have 13, but the other day I came home and found one dead (rooster) and another one (hen) laying outside in the rain wounded and dying. The roo was in the corner of the building with the side of his neck ripped open. The others were all sitting on him...
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