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    Which hen laid this egg?

    Today I found one tiny egg next to usual small white egg I collect from white bantam silkie. I have 5 month of silkie which should lay bigger white egg than small white shown in the photo according to a neighbor who split the silkie with me. Only breed of hens that could lay colored eggs are 9...
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    Non bearded white silkie gender at ~5 month?

    My chicken experience is limited to 2 bearded silkies hens so far. So to me, large comb and waddle equal likely roo is engraved in my head. The breed of silkie I got appears to be non bearded slike broilers. I could see obvious comb and waddle early as 7-8 weeks on some which I gave away. A few...
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    Does anybody grow NON-bearded broiler silkie hens???

    If so, would you kindly post a few photos of showing waddle/comb? I tried to google but 99.9% of the photos are that of fluffy bearded silkies. I have heard that non bearded silkie hens have prominent waddles compared to bearded silkie hens. Out of 10 sr silkie chicks, I got rid 7 silkies due...
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    How and when to add new chick/chickens to existing 4 hens (1 3.5 year, 3 3month)

    I had 2 white silkie hens. One of them died to a predator. So one hen named Ari lived my itself for about 2 years. We added 8 2 month silkies eventually and she kind of did things herself mostly. We gave away 2, then 3 more silkies that appeared to be roos. Ari seems to be getting along pretty...
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    Bearded vs nb silkie question

    So far I only grew 2 bearded white silkie hens so don't know much about silkie other than basice info. About a couple months ago, I ordered bantam silkie chicks (supposedly 90+% will be bearded) from JM Hatchery which seems to be smaller hatchery concentrating on fewer breeds. So 8 1/2 weeks...
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    When can my silkie chicks join a lonely hen out in the coop?

    I had 2 silkie hens which I kept indoor at night till they were 5-6 month and lived in a smaller coop that I bought and built outside since then for past 3 1/2 years. One died due to an hawk attack last summer. So I got more and currently have 8 chicks. They are being raised indoor like the...
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    To get fertile eggs from 2 silkie hens...

    We have 2 pet silkies. My son wants to get fertile eggs from them which is not possible. So I thought about providing my 2 very productive silkie hens (about 12 eggs a week) to the guy I bought them from and let him keep them for a week or so and split the eggs (he sells chicks) or borrow his...
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    Silkie gone missing in the house!

    We have two silkie hens that just started to lay eggs. Today I got a text from my wife telling me that one of the silkies (alpha female type that is adventurous and likes to roam) gone missing inside the house when they came back home leaving behind 3 poops. We searched everywhere and can't...
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    Silkie laying 3 eggs???

    We have 2 6 month old silkies. One of them looks and behaves like a roo and we were 90% sure it was a roo while 2nd one looks and behaves like a hen but we were not sure it was beta male or hen. This morning, my son ran into our room telling me and my wife that our silkie laid an egg in the box...
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    A pair of 13 week old silkie gender?

    I bought them straight run when they were 3 weeks old locally as pets. I read and saw a lot of silkie posts and pics to guess what gender they might be. They always stay together move together. Only time I saw them turn back on each other was when I gave them small grasshoppers and tiny geckos...
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    Silent crowing silkie roo?

    I have 2 silkies that are about 10 weeks old. One of them started silent crowing if there is such thing. It looks like it is crowing but there is no sound. And it has no problem chirping away with 2nd silkie. I kind of figured at least one of them, if not both, would be a roo. So is this a...
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    Watery poop- cause for concern?

    I have 2 almost 10 weeks old silkies I picked up locally when they were 3 weeks old. They almost always move around together and their diet is nearly identical. One of them always poops big pile of dark drier poop while the 2nd one poops smaller watery poop that is light brown in color which...
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    Long live the silkies!

    I grew one chicken in my entire life. I bought a chick when I was still in elementary from a chick vendor near school (this is really long time ago, mind you). It grew well and one day it was gone. My grandma told me it ran away. I was sad to hear that. Fast forward a few decades and out of...
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