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We are on our first flock. We got our first chicks in May of this year. As of today, we lost 3 birds due to sickness, and I feel like the most terrible chicken owner.
-1 Silkie Mix passed away due to suspicious Marek's symptoms- could not move side of body. Quarantined & Hand fed her...
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Easter Egger Hen was squawking when I went outside to feed them today. She looked very lethargic and let me pick her up (abnormal).
I noticed her vent area was very poopy. I soaked her bottom in a bucket of water and tried to clean a bit, but she was flappy like mad. There's still muck...
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We purchased 2 Silkie Hens (2 year olds) a little over a week ago. Our white Silkie will NOT go into the coop at night. The Brown Silkie has acclimated just fine and goes into the coop and roosts with the other hens. I have been putting the white one in every night. I tried putting her...
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We are driving to a farm tomorrow to drop off all our boys to a rooster farm. We wanted to take all the boys with us since the farm is pretty far.
Right now, we will be taking Nightwing, Raptor, Bowser, and Yang. (along with our 2 roosters)
I am not sure if we should take...
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Purchased from Tractor supply on May 30th.
Should place chicks at 6-7 weeks old.
Straight Run.
I have an Inkling on some....
1. Eggatha -Thinking Pullet? (She's the one NOT looking at the camera)
2. Pteradactyl -Thinking Cockerel?
3. Nephews named this one "Bowser" I am pretty sure...
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Just finishing up our coop. We need nesting boxes. (converted shed). I saw a lot of photos of people online using a 4 box storage cubby like this:
ClosetMaid 4549 Decorative Open Back 4-Cube Storage Organizer, White https://a.co/d/8KFxUsx
Measures approximately 30 in. H x 29.84...
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I have a 6-week-old Slikie/??? chick. She came with 2 other sisters from another local backyard chicken owner. Her & her one sister have always been pretty active. I notice she has been sitting more & even getting trampled by her sisters. Her leg looks broken or something??? This must...
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We currently have these pre-fab coops (which i didn't realize how EH they were since getting chickens & joining this site!)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DLE5HJU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (Two 9–10-week-old silkies are currently in this at night)...
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I bought a Silkie & Silkie/Mille De Fleur mix from someone local.
The Silkie is Lady.
The Mix is Madam.
Lady is SO SWEET. Madam is MEAN.
Since we brought them home, we tried to integrate them with the chicks in our brooder. I know there is pecking order, but she was REALLY going...
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Would appreciate any thoughts (even if I should post in a few weeks/months) :)
Buff Orpingtons are 5ish weeks
Madam is a mille de fleur/Silkie Mix (she's black & reddish) about 8/9 weeks
Lady is the white silkie. about 8/9 weeks
Buffs are from Tractor Supply
Lady&Madam are from a BYC...
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I have 5 Buff Orpingtons @ 5 weeks old,
3 Silkie/??? Mixes @ 5 weeks
1 Silkie @ 8/9 weeks
1 Silkie/Mille De Fleur Mix @ 8/9 weeks
If they're old enough, I can post pictures.
Thanks! :)
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I got a few accessories for my chicks. The xylophone (which they just knock over and sit on), unbreakable mirror, some bird balls, and a small roost with little unbreakable mirrors on the side.
I got some laying mats for the brood boxes, larger, easy-clean/no-mess...
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Picked up 3 silkie mixes today! Woman had 1 rooster and 2-3 silkie hens. She had several other hens/roosters too though. They have pink skin (so not silkie trait), but all 3 have 5 toes (Silkie trait). They all have the same pattern of feathers. They are brown and have black and white...
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Located in South East PA! Just got married and decided to use our gift money to purchase everything we needed for chickens (Husband's been talking about it forever years, so I figured this was a good time to buy something expensive and frivolous!) I wasn't super keen on the...