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    Our first Silkie hatch

    Just wanted to show off my two new little silkie babes. I have a hen that will only sit on her eggs for two or three days and then abandons them so we decided to incubate three of them. Two out of three hatched.. I’m not sure what happened with the third. It was completely developed but never...
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    Is this an air cell

    Our Silkie chickens have been laying so well that we have plenty stocked up for eating so decided we would try and incubate a few. They were started on 7/31 so this would be day 2. I know you’re supposed to wait to candle I was just curious if I could see anything...
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    Agressive Silkie Rooster

    4 of our Silkie chickens are around 7 months old. We have 3 hens and 1 rooster and then we have three Silkie “chicks” around 4 months old (unsure of sex but so far no distinct rooster features) Our 7 month old rooster has hit puberty and become occasionally aggressive towards us, the kids, and...
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    Lost two ducklings to a hawk

    We have free range chickens and ducks. They’re locked in their coops at night and let out in the morning when the sun comes up. The last two days I’ve lost two ducklings, one each day. The first day we didn’t know what took the duckling. Raccoons usually don’t come out in the middle of the day...
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    Hen to drake ratio

    Backstory: we bought two ducklings. One Cayuga and one Khaki Campbell.. or so we thought. We were pretty convinced they were both female until recently.. our brown one turned out to be a drake so now we have one hen and one drake but I’ve heard it’s better to have more hens than drakes for the...
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    Duck Id please

    She’s always had the white neck ring but recently started getting the iridescent green colorings on her wings ... I know she’s a Khaki Campbell but is this normal Khaki coloring or could she be mixed with something else
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    Rooster or Hen? Silkie bantam ..

    I’m about 99.9999% sure what all 7 of my silkies are except this one. It doesn’t look like the other hens but also doesn’t look like my rooster ... it’s the only one in the group that likes to pick occasional fights though... any guesses?
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    Bullying

    Backstory: I have six silkies, all the same age, all came at the same time. we got three more about three weeks later, turns out that only 1 was a silkie and the other two were black australorps. We ended up giving the australorps away.... great birds but big birds and we were worried about not...
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    New ducklings

    Anyone want to guess what kind of ducklings we have? I have an idea but I’m new to ducks and not 100% sure.
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    Cockerel or Pullet?

    Hei Hei (white) is older so should be easier to guess, Hedwig (brown) is a few weeks younger so might be a little harder. Sexing silkies is new to me and difficult when they’re young from what I hear but I’m pretty sure I have 3 cockerels including Hei Hei and hedwig (if a male) and 4 pullets
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    What are we?

    Backstory: we bought six silkie bantams, all white and wanted a little variation in color so we decided to wait until more came in to get two more. We ended up getting three more, but turns out only one of them is a silkie. We have absolutely no idea what the other two chicks are (new to...
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    “True” silkies or silky mixes

    I have two chicks that are growing at a rate of almost double they’re other brooder mate. Their feathers also aren’t as fluffy and instead of five toes they have four. I know they can still be true silkies with only four toes. It doesn’t matter either way, just curious to what everyone’s best...
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    Crazy chicken mama

    Hey y’all. I know what you’re thinking ... “wow she’s obsessed with her chickens.” Yes. Yes I am. If you have an Instagram and want to follow life with our silkies on our little backyard farm, with lots of cute pics, give us a follow @silkieliving
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    Delayed Silkie Chick

    So I’m pretty new to raising baby chicks. I have two sets of silkie bantams. 6 that are roughly 5-6 weeks old and 3 that are around 3 weeks. They’re separated for now because of the age and size difference. My three younger chicks started at pretty equal sizes and now two of them have doubled...
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    Delayed silkie chick

    So I’m pretty new to raising baby chicks. I have two sets of silkie bantams. 6 that are roughly 5-6 weeks old and 3 that are around 3 weeks. They’re separated for now because of the age and size difference. My three younger chicks started at pretty equal sizes and now two of them have doubled...
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    Silkie chick runt?

    So I’m pretty new to raising baby chicks. I have two sets of silkie bantams. 6 that are roughly 5-6 weeks old and 3 that are around 3 weeks. They’re separated for now because of the age and size difference. My three younger chicks started at pretty equal sizes and now two of them have doubled...
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