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    fertilized egg day 23 under broody hen

    I have a couple eggs under my silkie 1 for sure was developing during candling. I know they sometimes can hatch at day 23, but does anyone know a way (via candling??) to check to see if the chick is alive before I dispose of it tomorrow? I know that it probably wont be a strong or healthy...
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    sound proofing material for noisey roosters

    Has anyone tried using some kind of soundproofing/acoustical material on their coop to keep the neighbors from killing your chickens?? I have 3 very LOUD boys that love to talk around 4-7 am. Any ideas short of chicken stew, re-homing would be welcome:) They are my babies so I WILL come up...
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    What color will the chicks be?

    I have a white silkie rooster and a partridge hen. Does anyone know what color the chicks will be?
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    hen pecking her 9 week old chicks

    My silkie hen hatched her 3 babies that are now 9 weeks old. The last couple days she has been chasing them and pecking them in the tail feathers and not letting them get any treats from me (which she had been). Is this normal "mom" behavior at this stage? She has been a great mom but...
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    blind hen after sitting on eggs??

    I have a pair of silkie chickens who are about a year old. THe hen had her first eggs this summer and I was not sure if the eggs were fertilized. When she went to sit on them I was going to let nature take its course. Prior to sitting on the eggs, Twiggy was a very alert, clever, active and...
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