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    stopped eating and drinking!

    I have a 5 month old red silkie rooster that has been vaccinated for marek's virus as a chick, and he has stopped eating and drinking. I treated for coccidia, checked for mites and poultry lice. It appears he may have been bullied when I put him and his siblings into my juvenile coop with a...
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    Hole in the ground and two dead chickens

    This summer I have lost 2 birds. 1 an adult silkie rooster and the other a 7 week old white sultan. Both in different coops and both were found on top of a hole in the ground that was not there 12 hours earlier. The hole is barely large enough for a ground squirrel and the interior of the...
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    Thanks for all the advice I received on hatching!

    Thanks to everyone who replied to my threads about incubating and hatching! Over the last 36 hours we had 6 of 7 eggs hatch out healthy little peepers!
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    Wiggling eggs!

    I have 2 days left on my incubator and the eggs are wiggling! What happens if they hatch while I am sleeping, or out of the house?? Should I be getting up at night and checking on them at this point?
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    first time silkie owner

    I just brought home 4 silkie chicks! Very excited but I am looking for any advice on caring for them. I have a flock of 12 hens and 1 rooster already and want to know if there is anyting about silkie care that is different.
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    To candle or not to candle?

    This is my first time incubating eggs. I purchased the best incubator on the market (brinsea advance) and all seems to be going well. Today is day is day 5 and I have tried candling with a led flashlight and really can't see much. They are all light brown and dark brown in color. Am I better...
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