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    Blue or Blue/splash silkie pullets

    I am looking for at least two blue or blue/splash bearded silkie pullets for my boys. Preferable breeder quality. I am in NY. I have some very nice quality boys and am looking to breed some nice girls to them for my project pen. Let me know what you have and prices/shipping. Thanks!
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    Fratricide

    I have a flock of 26 rir, sex links and barred rocks that are 17 weeks old. There were 7 roosters in that flock. Today I let out all the girls to freerange and left the boys in the coop/run so the girls would not have to worry about being jumped all the time while they were out. I sat out with...
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    new silkie coop

    Here are some pics of the new silkie coop my daughter and her fiance made for me for mothers day. Not bad for a first timer! I will finish the wire around the eaves today. It is 4x6 and the silkies have access to underneath.
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    Our Woods style coop

    We built a woods style coop with most of the wood roughcut from the pine trees we dropped last year. Dh read the book and built it. Slight modifications were made as it is an 8x12. It is working well!
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    Sick barred rock hen

    Mean Marge is not quite right. She is a little over a year old now and has been,up to two weeks ago, a big, beautiful girl. Her comb flopped over one day. A couple days later, while out freeranging, she stood stock still for some time, not moving, not doing anything. I have noticed that she...
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    wry neck in silkie chick!

    I have a 7 week old silkie chick with wry neck. It started out of the blue and and poor thing has its neck twisted down under it. I have been treating her for the last 3 days with poly vis sol (3x a day), vit e caps(400iu 1x a day) and vit b drops. I hold her and support her neck so she can...
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    No skills, no plans, no problem! My little coop!

    I have no skills and just kept looking at pics of coops I liked. Built this coop last fall and the run in the last two days. It is 3x3 and 4x8 respectfully. Right now it houses 6 silkie babies who are 8 weeks old. 3 will be moving out as they are boys. I still have all my fingers and toes...
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    Mothers Day came early!

    I got 5 new babies yesterday--silkies!!! 3 partridge/lavender split, 1 black and 1 porcelan. They are soooo cute! DH wasnt thrilled but he will get over it. This was my mothers day gift to me. I will post pics later. my silkies!
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    Boy or Girl???

    Here is a pic of Mumbles: I am trying to figure out if she is a he. Heard strangulated weird sounds the past few days from the brooder box. I think my little girl is a boy!!! Attempts at crowing??? Mumbles sounds like someone is killing him/her!!! Input please!!!!!!!!!! Sorry for the...
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    How early do roosters crow?

    Okay--I have a black silkie who is almost 8 weeks old. Up till now I assumed that Mumbles was a girl. However, I have heard this weird, strangulated noise coming from the brooder box the last few mornings and this morning it dawned on me that it could be a crow. Could it be that my little...
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    Hen with discharge/dirty butt

    I have a 1yr old glw hen whose butt looked terrible. She had feces caked on the feathers and an awful smelly white discharge coming from her vent. I couldnt stand it anymore and gave her a bath in warm water and dawn. I managed to get most of the feces out and can see that much of her fuzzy...
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    Bathing chicks?

    I have a silkie chick that is just over a month old and she has a little poopy odor to her. The brooder is clean but she makes very stinky poops and therefore she smells a bit. Can I give her a bath with mild shampoo and blowdry her afterwards? I would like to freshen her up a bit as she...
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    Got Rain???

    Holy cow!!! First we get lots of snow this winter and now we are getting lots of rain dumped on us today into tomorrow. The chicken run looks like a swimming pool. Thank goodness I spent the afternoon yesterday completely cleaning out the tractor and putting fresh litter and de down. The...
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    My only hatched baby silkie

    Here is a pic of my only silke to hatch out of 4 eggs. Little but fiesty! I am on a mission to get some friends for it!
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    Day 20 and no pip

    So this is day 20 and still nothing happening. They are all (4) silkie eggs and were all moving when I candled them before locking them down. I do have them in a cut down egg carton with the pointy end down. I check them frequently and notice that they are in different positions at different...
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    Eggs in lockdown now!

    My 4 silkie eggs just went into lockdown!!! I am so hoping they all hatch! They are going to be my pets so I dont care if they are perfect, just hatch!!! The wait is going to kill me. Anyone else in the same boat??? This is my first time hatching.
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    Different rates of development in incubator?

    I was wondering if it was possible to have eggs develop at different rates in the same incubator. I am using an lg that I bought used and set 6 silkie eggs I got off ebay 10 days ago. So far the temp readings have been consistant in that on the right side it reads 99.5 to 101. The left side...
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    Just got my eggs!!!!!!!!!

    Got my silkie eggs today that I won on ebay and got 2 extra. I am so eggscited as this is my first time incubating!!! I hope all 6 hatch. My incubator has been running all week in anticipation. They go in at 9 tonight. Please send me good vibes as I am so nervous!!!! Thanks for letting me...
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    Newbie and silkie eggs

    So I won 4 silkie hatching eggs and should be getting them on friday or saturday. I bought a used little giant incubator and and egg turner and have everything plugged in and running. It is a forced air and my temp seems to be holding around 100 with the humidity between 40 and 50 percent. Is...
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    Hot Sauce

    I have been reading about hot pepper being given to chickens to warm them up and kickstart egg laying. I have been mixing hot pepper and black pepper into my chickens oatmeal concoction once a day and they seem to like it. I was wondering, however, about homemade hot sauce, or hot sauce in...
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