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    My 17 week silkie just threw up water and died

    I noticed yesterday that one of my silkies out of a batch of 17 was hanging back from the rest and looked as if she could be hiding. she had an empty crop at night before this and I didn’t think much of it until today I noticed the hanging back and she wouldn’t come out with the others. I...
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    Issues with trap water drinker and treddle feeder

    In my stupid errors I have bought both of these items on eBay. You can see the prices so I thought they weren’t going to be a buy twice item… the trap drinker worked the first time we used it then when refilled and tried to use again all it does is continuously pour out water from the bottom...
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    12 day old chicks what colours will these silkies be

    I have 13 baby silkie chicks They are 12 days old. So blessed that they all hatched and are thriving (so far !!) What colours have I got. What are they likely to change to? I feel like some of the yellow chicks are turning lavender
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    Very loud silkie chick and pics of my chicks

    I have 13 silkie chicks my first hatch and got 100% success They began to hatch Sunday evening and most were out on monday I have seen them all eat and drink and I keep petting them etc and they seem happy and it’s hilarious to watch them especially when they get little bursts of energy. One of...
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    Day old brooder questions ;splayed leg, bedding,not drinking

    Hi all First time with new chicks They are a day and a half old This is my brooder I’ve got this water hopper today and they aren’t drinking out of it yet , I’ve tried to show them and dip their beaks in and such They are definitely pecking at the chick crumb One or two seem to be getting...
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    Chicks less than a day old and seem cold under the heating plate

    Hi I woke up this morning to 9 chicks and 1 on the way 3 more are chipping. The 10 chicks we have moved into a cardboard long brooder box and put in the heating plate I purchased It feels warm to the touch The chicks are huddling underneath it alot They look cold and I don’t know what to do...
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    UK vaccinating day olds HELP

    I have rang about 30+ places (local vets and st David’s poultry ) and also messaged about 10 different hatcheries. I can’t get the day old vaccine against mareks Newcastle disease etc for my soon to hatch chicks. I am in Staffordshire UK. I am willing to travel I’m hatching out silkies and...
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    Day 17 of Incubating and hatching first time

    Hi all I’m on day 17 of incubating silkie eggs so far I have had to practice a dry hatch method (due to first time and borrowed roll x incubator which didn’t have the water attachment and when I poured water into it it just came straight back out of the hole ) the eggs look to be doing well...
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    Video of my hens behaviour. 2 picking on the other 2

    I have four silkie hens 2 are laying and 2 aren’t They were introduced in pairs The grey and white silkie are picking on the black and buff silkie (more so the black) to the point where they use each other to cover their faces underneath each other’s wings and poke their beaks through the...
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    What type / brand of incubator is this

    Hi can anyone guess what type of incubator or brand this is? It’s got rollers and quite large Should I add water Going to switch it on soon
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    My first hatch from my deceased favourite rooster

    I lost my favourite rooster who was only a year old He was frequently mating with my two hens who are laying eggs I have 7 eggs as of now I lost the rooster early Wednesday morning 2nd June What would you do? How long should I leave it before I put the eggs in the incubator I have borrowed...
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    There’s a different problem with each cockrel & mites

    Both of my silkie cockrels have issues The white one has had a back neck for ages which comes and goes I just generally think he’s an unwell bird. When you touch the affected area it feels like crackling sensation. The last day he’s now limping and lost balance and seems to be sitting with both...
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    Inbreeding question

    If I have a rooster and 4 hens. And the rooster was from x place and 2 hens were from y place and the other two were from z place (miles and miles apart) If I had chicks from these original 5 chickens and they were hens - Could they mate with the original rooster and produce ? Therefore only...
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    Nipping charging silkie

    I got two silkies a week ago One of them is being nasty. Not like anything I’ve seen from a chicken before! I thought it must be scared coming from a concrete enclosure to now a large back garden and obviously having a rooster... It runs and pecks at my dogs aggressively so they cry... if the...
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    My first ever egg!! Advice please

    I have just found my first ever egg!! From my silkie chickens. She laid it under a swing. It has definitely only just been laid a couple of hours ago. I’m not 100% on which out of the two older hens it was... and my cockrel is mating with both multiple times per day. ideally I’d like to raise...
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    What is this in my roosters foot? Causing bleeding

    I have noticed abit of blood about in the coop over the last week or so I have now seen the potential cause of the bleeding My rooster has a strange thing in his foot almost like another toenail or a piece of something in there ?
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    My chickens are mating but no eggs 🥚

    I have silkies which were last years young Then I purchased silkies in February from a lady who said they were laying? Obvious lie! The chickens have definitely grown since I have had them and my rooster is mating definitely with one of them and trying with the other. I can’t believe I’ve not...
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    99 problems and chickens are one (rant)

    Feeling really disheartened again. I consider myself new to keeping chickens (last spring) I have kept dogs rabbits hamsters fish before moved to countryside and thought chickens would be nice loved the look and placid nature of silkies and thought they would be. Perfect breed for my little...
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    Same problem as last year

    One of my silkies has randomly lost his sense of balance This happened to another silkie from the same breeder both 2020 bred. The last one had problem with his leg and seemed to be mareks ? Well that’s what I thought Then I’ve had no problems since the the rest of the small flock A day ago I...
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    Just seen mice and it’s not nice!

    I have a metal coop and a metal run attached, I have pulled the front door of the coop through the run (so it is always open) Tonight I have seen two mice in my feeder What should I do? I would like a auto door into the coop so it’s shut at night but they are £££ also the other night the roof...
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