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    Silkie issue -wry neck? Something else?

    I have an 11 week old silkie. This morning, it appears like she is having difficulty lifting her head. Any picture I get of her just looks like she’s pecking the ground. She seems to be moving ok, no signs of injury, but she’s not lifting her head properly. It looks almost as if she’s tripod...
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    Partridge Silkie Gender? White silkie, too.

    I have a “huge” flock of two 8 week old Silkie chickens. I’m hoping they are both pullets, but I know it’s a crap shoot and I know Silkies are very difficult to tell the gender. I’ve heard that you can tell a partridge silkie’s gender earlier than you can on any other color. That being said...
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    Differences between boy and girl partridge silkie

    I have a two week old partridge silkie chick that I highly suspect is a cockerel. I’ve been told partridge silkies the easiest and earliest type of silkie to determine gender because the feathers are different in male and female partridge silkies. I can’t seem to find an example of the...
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    New Chicks and “Imprinting”

    We’re super new chicken owners and I’m sure we’re doing just about everything wrong. We have two 10 day old silkies we got at 2 days old. The partridge silkie is acting in ways that make me think it might be a cockerel. While the first day or two it would dive under the other silkie when we...
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    Brand new to chickens

    We’re brand new to chickens - we got our first two Silkies yesterday. They are a splash and a partridge two day (three today) old chicks, bought from a private breeder. We’re hoping they are pullets, but we understand that Silkies are difficult to sex, so we’re in the wait and see mode. During...
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    Salmonella

    we just got our first chickens, which are 3 day old silkies. We have two. We bought from a private breeder who practices biosecurity, but does not vaccinate. We have a 2.5 year old little girl who is pretty good at following instructions, but she IS 2.5. Her poppa is worrying about salmonella. I...
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