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    We have chicks! Now what do we do?

    My lovely little silkie has hatched out 3 little chicks so far, another egg has a pip, and no action on the last two. How long do I give the last eggs? How long can chicks go without food, if the mum stays sitting? Also they are in a run with a rooster and another hen, should they be okay...
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    You can't incubate and hatch eggs that have been bub the fridge can you?

    It's at freezing here over night, so the eggs would get really cold once they have been laid. Would they still hatch? I have just got my first half dozen eggs and can't come to terms with eating them. I keep wondering what the chick would look like. I don't have an incubator anyway. Or a broody...
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    Excited! Frame for our second coop is coming today!

    And then I can pick up our two new brown silkie hens, yay!
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    Slipping chicks under a broody hen?

    Okay, so I am way ahead of myself here, I have grand plans of showing buff silkies but at this point I only have a half grown roo! Anyho, if I was to finally find some hens and one if them happens to go broody, is it possible to let her sit on say 3 eggs, and then put like 10 in an incubator at...
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    Roosters and harems and stress levels.

    I have an overload of roosters. I don't want to find homes for all of them and was thinking of having two roosters, with hens, in two seperate coops. If the coops are in close proximity and in constant sight, would the two roosters be constantly stressed and busting to get at each other? I have...
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    Out foxing Foxy Loxy.

    I live in a small country town, we have a back yard that has 8ft colourbond fencing on 3 sides and wire on the fourth that is mostly covered in ivy. We have had many fox attack before and lost our 3 isa browns. Recently we have gotten 4 polish bantams. They are in the same coop but it has been...
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    Our coop.

    I love our little coop! There are a few things still to do, like water proof the nest boxes and put some wire netting under the coop to ward off foxes. So happy with it. I love the doors, it is super fast to clean out, love it! It's just not sound proof so I have to lock spike our rooster in a...
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    Silkie she or he?

    Anyone want to hazard a guess as to the gender of my two silkies? Also what colours would they be described as? The white and black one we got from an auction and was sold in a box of 'pullets' so I have no guess on age. The brown is around 3 months, give or take a few weeks. I brought her of a...
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    Will 'operation get along' work?

    Back story. I was at a chook auction 2 months ago. I came home with a polish rooster. My husband was not impressed and I scrambled to get a pen together. My 3yr old son and I totally fell in love with him. He would fly up and perch in the window sill while I did the washing up. Follow us around...
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    Quarantine, how long, what signs to look for.

    We have just purchased a silkie to help incubate our polish eggs. We have her sepetated from the polish, but she is all on her own. How long should she stay in quarantine and what signs of illness should I be looking for? Also when I so introduce her to the polish, do I do it through a fence...
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    Hoping for chics in spring!

    Hi! I'm australian, just though I would warn you! We have 4 polish chooks, a rooster and three hens. The opposite of show quality, but we are hoping to breed some chicks. There is a chook auction on tomorrow so I am going to try my luck in finding a brown silkie to help hatch the eggies.
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    Polish pony tail?

    One of my polish hens has a rather large mop of feathers that is limiting her vision. What is better, to trim the feathers or to gently tie them up with a hair band?
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    Polish bantams and breeding chicks. Do I get a silkie?

    Hi everyone! I'm new here and was after a little advice. We recently went to a poultry auction and brought a polish bantam rooster. It was a spur of the moment thing but we have really fallen in love with him. We have now gotten him 3 polish hens and they all seem to get along really well. I've...
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