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    What is this?

    I’m new to chickens and have just gone through the first moult with my 3 hens. All fine, all looking great. Then recently I’ve noticed that one has lost feathers from the top of her head. It looks the same as when the other hen was being picked on and they pecked her feathers out, but this...
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    Sexing Silkies

    Hello, I know you get asked this a lot, and I know it’s difficult to tell with silkies but I thought I’d give it a go! Can you help me sex my two silkies please? We bought eggs for our broody pekins to hatch and we have 2 silkies. For a while one seemed slightly larger than the other, but now...
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    Possible Roos?

    Our two chicks (3 week old silkies) have started play fighting quite regularly, where they jump up at eat other with their feet and flap their wings. Does this mean we have 2 roosters?! I can only keep them if they are hens and I've grown so attached already ☹️ Do hens play like this too?
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    Pekin and Silkie Treats?

    Hello, My 3 pekin bantam hens and 2 silkie chicks (3 weeks old) LOVE dried mealworms. I also recently managed to grow cucamelons for the first time (the look like grape sized watermelons and taste like limey cucumbers). I was very excited about finally getting to try them but it seems the...
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    When to stop worrying?

    Hello, I currently have 2 chicks under 3 broody hens (they all coparent very nicely and all going well). They are 6 days old. We started with 6 eggs, 4 hatched and 2 chicks died within 24 hours of hatching. I made sure they had everything they needed, mums were keeping them warm, all seemed...
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    The chicks came out!

    The chicks (now 5 days old) came out today and had an explore, while very closely watched by their 3 mums. Cute little first adventure :)
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    Coop and Run Thoughts?

    I'm brand new to keeping chickens and DIY! I bought a coop with attached run and painted it, then bought a child's playhouse and painted that. I've joined the 2 with aviary panels to form a run. The idea is that the chooks will use the playhouse and run on rainy days, and the whole garden...
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    New Member Intro!

    A little bit about me (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am brand new to chickens. I got my first chickens 2 months ago. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I have 3 chickens and 2 chicks (3) What breeds do you have? I have 3 pekin bantams (black...
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    Chicks leaving the coop?

    Hello, I recently got my first 3 hens (pekin bantams) who all went broody almost instantly! This wasn't part of the plan so tried to break them, but when we couldn't we got them eggs to sit on, which have now hatched. The chicks are now 3 days old and the mother hens still seem happy enough to...
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