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    moving- need help making new area predator proof!

    I am moving in about 2 weeks to a new house with a huge backyard, yay! There's an area about 10x10 that is perfect for my girls, nice deep dirt and it's shady and protected on 3 sides by fences and a shed. The only problem is that there are a lot of stray cats in the neighborhood which we don't...
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    Help with wry neck

    my little girl has been dealing with this for a week now. I've been giving her the poly vi sol several times a day and she gets a bit better than goes a lot worse... she'll eat and drink when you put water and mushy food in front of her and sometimes wanders around the room backwards but most of...
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    "Stray" that showed up today, what am i?

    I went out to see some of my chickens (who live in a petting farm in a campground) and look who was just sitting next to the coop waiting for me! :D NO clue where we came from. Any ideas on age/breed/gender??? SUPER sweet, we have obviously been raised by someone, she currently we are sitting in...
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    1 Month old Sizzle Roo needs a home- SF Bay Area

    My 1 month old is trying to crow!!!! i was just looking at him last night trying to deny how fast his comb is growing but then this morning... i can't have any more roosters, so he needs to find a home. this is his daddy, idk if he'll end up looking like him or not...
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    SF North Bay Area- FREE SILKIE CHICKS

    I ended up with WAY too many chicks, wanted 6 to hatch ended up with 12, then 2 hens hatched another 8 so now I have 20!!! I have 6 looking for homes, 2 weeks old. Eggs are from silkies, in the pen are 2 silkie roos and a sizzle roo so chicks may not be pure but so far they do look like silkie...
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    THEY HATCHED!!! *PIC*

    These are my bearded silkies that i got off ebay, started with 13 eggs and got 6 babies! :D any ideas on colors? the one color with the stripes i've never seen before...
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    You know you've got the chick-fever when...

    ...You can, from across the room, over the sound of the T.V., hear the very first peeps coming from eggs on day 20! sooo excited, these are the first eggs from my silkies, and i also have 9 shipped bearded silkie eggs in there!!! everything goes right, temp 100 humidity 65 right now... i...
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    How Do YOU handle trying to hatch mis-shaped air cell eggs

    I have a bunch of shipped silkie eggs that go into lockdown in 3 days and almost every one of them hs funny-shaped air cells. Some are saddle shaped, a couple remind me of mickey mouse.. I've been reading a lot of posts on here and there doesn't seem to be a certain way to do this. Do you...
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    TSC Mystery Chick- now 1 month old- Breed? Gender?

    Grabbed her out of the bantam bin because she couldn't walk, was stuck on her back and getting trampled. :( She's fine now though! So, what is she? Boy? Girl? I think maybe a Cochin???
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    Are Silkies harder to hatch?

    Are silkies really harder to hatch out than others? I've been having a hard time getting mine to hatch(NONE have hatched so far...) and now I have 13 shipped ones that will be going in tomorrow. Any tips on hatching those stubborn little things???
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    Hen was wedged between and fence and a plastic house for 2 days and now can't walk!

    I finally found my MIA for 2 days hen, she was stuck between the fence and one of my plastic goat houses!!! I feel horrible because I probably walke right by her 20 times and didn't see her and she didn't call out to me. I've had her back inside with me for a day now but she can't walk. Her...
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    Any Advice for incubating shipped silkie eggs?

    These re my first shipped silkie eggs I am going to try to incubate. They should be here on monday, maybe sat. Any advice on how to incubate them? I have herd silkies are harder to incubate, is this true?
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    day 22 and nothing :( *UPDATE*

    normally my chicks all hatch a day early, now i'm on day 22 and not even a pip! I took them out to candle, no movement, nothing. one looks like maybe it died several days go the other 2 look fully formed but nothing is happening... my stupid incubator has been screwy the last week, i wonder if...
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    HELP! Day 19 and the incubator is going crazy!

    The humidity won't stay up, keeps going up and down between 45-78 and the temp dropped down to 90 and won't go back up. IDK what to do
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    Feather Sexing Silkies?

    Has anyone ever had any luck trying to feather sex silkies? I've got 5 5-day-olds and I noticed that 4 of them have significant wing feathering coming in while one does not. Also, for the fun of it I tried the whole flipping them over on the back thing and the females lay there and the males...
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    LOOK What I Found at TSC!!!

    After going in for 3 days with no chicks, went in this morning about 30 minutes after they came in and got first pick! Almost no bantams, but I still managed to pull out 5 silkies and a possible Cochin who was having trouble walking. Couldn't leave it behind! Any idea on possible colors...
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    How Long Can Sick Hen go w/o Water?

    My little girl is sick (I think Mareks) and doesn't want to eat or drink anymore. I was syringe feeding her but now she's even fighting me with that. I've decided to stop force feeding her, her food and water are right next to her head where she can get them, i dip her beak into them, but she...
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    What COLOR is my silkie?

    This is Romeo, I was thinking maybe a splash or? Also, how would you describe this guys coloring? I was trying to describe him to someone but all i could come up with was black and white... Is there an actual name to his coloring at all?
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    TS Chicks are Coming!- How to tell them apart??

    Anyone have an tips o how to tell what you are looking at when all the breeds are together in one bin? Last year I found some silkies, but those are easy to pick out... ALSO, TSC website has updated and says when chicks are coming in every state if anyone's wondering. Mine get here monday! :D
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    TSC Chick Days Are STARTING NEXT WEEK!!!!!

    I called the local store and they said chicks are coming next week!!! Of course they couldn't tell my anything more than that... I can't wait to see them!!!!! Going silkie hunting :D Has anyone ever seen Polish show up at theirs? Now that would be nice!
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