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    Ventilation - my insulated coop is too tight!

    I'm hoping someone has some suggestions about adding ventilation to an insulated coop - it's snug and cozy, the water doesn't freeze even during -15c nights, with only the girls' body heat - but the walls and ceiling are wet, and beginning to grow white mold, which I'm havning trouble keeping...
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    Young Roosters Free to Good Homes

    Young Roosters Free to good homes! 1 beautiful Rhode Island Red 2 handsome Buff Orpingtons 1 sweet Ameraucana 1 fluffy buff Silkie They're healthy, handsome, not aggressive at all. I just have too many boys for my small flock!
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    If Silkie raises "big chicken" babies, will theygetalong later?Q added

    I know, I know, this question has probably been asked a hundred times over, but I did search and couldn't find an answer, so here goes - I have 2 silkie hens and a Banty roo. I plan to let them hatch some eggs in the spring. The question is - I'd also like to add a few "real" chickens to my...
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    Do Broody Silkies EVER give up????

    I have two little Silkie hens - one has been broody for over three months now, and the other is going on a month. I don't mond them sitting if they want to - I gave them plastic eggs to sit on and I take their real eggs from them every day. Just wondering if I will ever see them outside...
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    my little rooster came home yesterday! But not his hen. :(

    I don't know if anyone will remember, but a while ago I posted questions about a little crippled bantam hen and her roo that I wanted to adopt from the local feed store. (They have a childrens park with animals and a play area). Anyway, I went in yesterday with sister to show her the little...
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    Thinking of adopting "crippled" chicken - looking for advice

    I know that there are no definate answers here because noone can see this chicken and I haven't been able to examine it closely, but just tossing this out and hoping for opinions/advice. Our feed store has a park out back with a playground, some goats, ducks and chickens. The animals are kept...
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    3's a crowd in my flock - would more birds help?

    Realizing that this is probably a silly question, you folks are the only ones who won't laugh at me so I'm going to ask anyway. My "flock" consists of 3 silkies - 2 hens and one rooster. The rooster seems to have married one of the hens - he breeds only her, herds her away from the other hen...
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    Do Silkie roosters tend to be aggressive?

    After reading many stories of nasty roosters, I'm beginning to doubt my decision to keep one - I have two small children and would like to let my hens and rooster free range if it is safe. Are Silkie roosters likely to get nasty? He is only about 5 or so months old so far, and is showing no...
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    My rooster found a great home!

    YAY!!! I know I've been driving you crazy with questions and comments about these roosters of mine, and thank you to all who responded and answered! But everything is ok now! My extra roo will be going to his new home tonight - a 160 acre organic farm where the owner wants to build a flock of...
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    Found a home for a rooster, now I'm sad

    I am so ridiculous - I've been trying for two weeks to find a home for my extra "accidental" roosters, and now I have someone coming in the morning to take one or both of them, and I feel sad and almost panicked at letting them go. Especially Gordie, my shy white guy. It's best for everyone...
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    Do chickens segregate according to color?

    Just wondering if my birds are strange or if I can fix this... I have 6 Silkies - 3 black hens, 2 black roosters, and one white rooster. The five black birds totally ostracize the white guy, and the black roos pick on him and chase him. He is a very shy, timid guy and tries very hard to be...
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    Question about Rooster behaviour

    Please excuse my silly questions - I am very new to the chicken thing, though I'm loving them to bits! I accidently have 3 roosters - my brother gave me 6 Silkie chicks which he swore were all hens - so I'm trying to find homes for 2 of them. I have a favorite rooster that I have decided to...
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    Ridiculous question

    I know, this is a ridiculous question, but I'm not sure, and I can't lind the answer anywhere...do silkie hens have combs? And do Silkie roosters fight when they grow up? I'm very new to this chicken business! Thanks!
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