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    Hen with decreased activity, green watery stool

    Hi! First time I've had a sick chicken and not sure how to proceed.. no access to an avian/farm vet so any possible treatments will need to happen at home. Have access to a farm/feed store that I'm assuming might have some basic stuff available (they close for the day in about 3h). Bantam...
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    Cockerel becoming agressive

    My boy is a silkie, 10 months old. Raised him since he was 2 days old. We got him from my spouse's Dad and his silkies are all docile. Over the last month, he's started getting aggressive with me in particular, doesn't go at my spouse. It started with an occassional peck to my boots and now I...
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    Hen refusing to go down the ramp

    Hi! I recently built a new coop and it's elevated off the ground 2 feet so my chickens now have to use a ramp. It's been a week now and my one hen (a silkie) refuses to go down it - she knows how to go up it by herself at night though. And my other chicken has zero problem going up & down. I've...
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    Sexing help

    Hi! Start off by apologizing for the picture option - this was the only picture provided by the person rehoming the chicken and we are planning to look in person this weekend. It's a silkie mix (unsure what it's mixed with), approx age is 6-7 months. Just trying to verify that this is a hen...
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    Small flock due to too many cockerels

    We started out with a small backyard flock of 4 silkies. We unfortunetly ended up with 3 cockerels and only 1 pullet.. we plan to keep 1 cockerel and have already found a good home for the other two and they will be leaving us this weekend. There (surprisingly) isn't any fighting going on but we...
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    Silkie sex (15 weeks old)

    Pictures taken at 15 weeks old.. trying to figure out hen vs roo Has a straight comb that's different than any of the others which is throwing me off a bit. Is much bigger in size than one of the others I am quite certain is a hen. Also has a bunch of new feathers coming in right now.. Any ideas?
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    New member intro!

    Hi all! My spouse and I are 16 weeks into having chickens for the first time. We got a group of 4 silkies from my spouse's Dad at 2 days old and have been caring for them since. 2 of 4 are roosters so far so we are in the process of rehoming one. Will also be upgradingour coop next week and...
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