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    no chicks?

    My broody has been sitting for 22 days and there is still no chicks? the eggs seem to be cold and no pips either, there is definitely development in them do you think they have died in the shell, should i leave them or crack one of them open and see whats going on? cheers..
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    broody silkie?

    Hi all! :) I decided today that i would split my silkies into groups, I had put all the hens into one pen,to see which were the best for breeding, Anyway long story short It got dark quick there was no roost in the pen and one of the 3 silkies left in the pen sat in the corner on top of straw...
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    sex link/barring ?

    Hi all. Happy new year and all that jazz! My flock are coping with the winter, all happy little critters! We are in the process of getting two or three ladies for my exchequer leghorn x cuckoo maran. A bit of a background to my barring question.. He was born a sex link with the white spot on...
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    Shipping from us America to Ireland!

    Just wondered had anyone ever done this! i would love some silkies from some of you guys! I have heard one story of a man sending eggs from Ireland to germany! If it was possible i would be delighted to hear your stories and maybe get some nice silkies!
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    Silkie Gentics Question...

    I have posted here before to ask what colour birds would i get from a pure buff roo x black/grey hen (bearded silkie's) After hatching out eggs from this one pair mix i ended up with seven black grey chicks 18weeks on I have two roo's And Five hen's (roo have buff leackage on necks!) I really...
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    silkie genetics question.

    I have just incubated a few silkie eggs. (all from one pair) The rooster was a buff bearded silkie and the hen was a grey/blue bearded silkie! out of all the eggs i incubated the eight chicks that hatched were the same as the hen! Just wondered why was this and also if i was to breed a buff roo...
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    EARLY JUNE HATCH!! anyone with me?.

    Here we go,after two hatches this year we are off again! We set 14 eggs early this morning, and are in for a long wait We have:-Five- silkie eggs buff x buff and buff x black! :-Six- white la bresse :-Three- green legged partrige!! Humidity is up Temperature is just right!... Let me know...
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    Help please let egg fall will it be ok ?!

    just hand turned my eggs just now had to let a fertile on fall didnt I!! The egg is dented the membrane is not broken the egg is just cracked at the big end with a dent will i leave it be or toss or is there anything i can do to fix this?!
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    Splash/Blue/black?! Can ya help a fella out:)

    Ok this whole Breeding splash to black or black to splash has me confused If say i have a Black orpington hen and a blue roo what is the outcome?! like what percent would be Blie/Splash/Black? And it this still the same percentage if it is Black roo to blue hen? Can you work these out for me...
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    Pictures of your silkie coops & Breeding pens

    Hiya I would love to see your coop set ups for Silkies And breeding pens for them. Also if you have large fowl id love to see you set ups And maybe pictures of your brooders Kind regards,,
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    Help me find a coop idea and or run (pictures as well please)

    Hi guys New to backyard chickens! Coop I want to build something lightweight Easy to move to new piece of grass Needs to be able to hold eight large hens Run My idea for a run was to have two runs along side eachother 13ftx13ft roof covered in tin and side and back covered in tin the rest...
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    Hatching shipped eggs for march hatch along you in?

    Hi all Just got my twelve orpington hatching eggs in the post this morning!! debating weather or not to put em in now or not I want to put them in as soon as possible but then again i have to let them settle for 24hrs. these eggs are all very pourous but i dont care i hatched many of them...
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