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We know very little about chickens in general but have been reading and trying to soak in so much on this site! We had a nice year with our 5 hens. We love getting the fresh eggs daily and our small children couldn't get enough of carrying one of our two silkies around in a basket. We...
Feel free to tell me this is a really bad idea but also, please tell me anything I can do to make it better for them.
I rarely have to bring my oldest daughter to Kindergarten but I have to tomorrow. I though it would be a nice surpise to bring the new mom and her babies into the class room -...
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Mom #2 (she's done all the work since the day the eggs were laid)
Not a great picture under the red heat lamp but she's a white silkie
I've learned a lot by reading these boards!
I have 4 chicks that are a week old now. They are with their mom (actually a silkie who hatched them, but they weren't her eggs!) in a secure area but I can tell the mom really wants to come out of confinement. I'm afraid to leave the door open...
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We recently had a silkie hatch some eggs that were from our Gold laced Wyandotte, the only rooster we have is a black silkie bantam. There are 4 chicks and at 1 week old all look the same except one has black legs and the others have light colored legs. They are yellow with really...
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We recently had a silkie hatch some eggs that were from our Gold laced Wyandotte, the only rooster we have is a black silkie bantam. There are 4 chicks and at 1 week old all look the same except one has black legs and the others have light colored legs. They are yellow with really...
Hello - Do chickens have "seasons" or if at anytime a rooster is left alone with a hen can you assume her upcoming eggs will be fertile?
More info. in case it's needed:
About 9 months ago we got 5 chicks just to raise for eggs and then 2 silkies because we thought they were cute. In the...
We have a silkie who has hatched 4 chicks (not hers) and they are all in a small closed off area and seem to be doing well. I was wondering when it is safe to hold the chicks and also how and when to let them out into the big wide open. We have 5 other hens along with a few goats and cats that...
Hi - We are trying to figure out what is happening and if we should expect more chicks. We have a silkie who has been sitting on 12 eggs (not hers) and 3 of them hatched on Sunday and one more on Tuesday. This morning she completely rearranged her living space! She made a new nest (just...