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  1. SilkieMitch

    Chicken’s Choice?

    I know that size of coop is important. My 15 chickens free range all day, and they have two coops for night time—one small one that was built for the five Silkies (3.5x4 ft with a 4x5 enclosed, predator proof run underneath that they can enter anytime) and one 8x8 coop with no run (but they are...
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    Time Needed to Insure a Certain Bloodline

    Ugh, I totally rewrote the title to this post three times, and I still don’t think it explains what I want to ask. Searching for it was useless since I can’t figure out what the actual words would be, so I’ll just jump in and explain my question! In the future I’d like to breed my Silkies, but...
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    Chicken Cliques?

    Not a worry so much as a curiosity... but do any of y’all have chickens that move in “cliques”? All my chickens are within a year old of each other but were raised in three different batches. Two of those batches live together (the full size chickens) while the other batch (the Silkies) are in...
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    You Dirty (Splashy) Bird, You!

    My parents have come to stay with me in the country since the whole COVID thing started, and yesterday my mom walks up, looking worried, saying she thinks one of my chickens has been rolling in charcoal from the bbq. I am not sure what the heck she’s talking about since there is no charcoal...
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    I Can’t Get Their Rear Ends Out of the Run At Night!

    Help! I cannot get my Silkies to go into their coop at night! They free range during the day, and they go into their enclosed run with no problem in the evening, but they want to stay in the run, not go in their coop! I have tried adding a light in the coop to lure them up, I have added an...
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    Tough Little Mister Nice Guy - Pullet Proof?

    Edit: I realize now that this should really be in the “what gender” section, but I don’t know how to switch categories (or if you can)! Sorry! My cockerel just started crowing (what a proud daddy I am)! I have what I am 70% sure are four Japanese Silkie pullets and one silkie cockerel (all 21...
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    Handling Advice for My Fuzzy Friends

    First time flock boss here! I have five 13 week old Silkies who are such awesome birds. I let them wander the yard several hours a day with me watching carefully over them to keep them in safe areas and scare predators away. They are very friendly, and they will walk all around the lawn chair...
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    Father of Five (Silkies!)

    Hey everyone! I’m new here at BYC and new to chickens in general. I have a cabin on Lake Palo Pinto , Texas where I live with my sweet chihuahua Willa, and I just recently built a coop and acquired five silkie chicks from the amazing Dunham Farm in DFW—four whites and a blue, pet quality. They...
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