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  1. neVar

    my silkies-

    so of course 4 chicks and it looks like i've got 3 (2 forsure) roo's but boy they sure are gorgeous. Neighbours may not agree so much when they crow :( We got them out free ranging for the first time this weekend and got some pics! the blue and splash are roos- the white im'...
  2. neVar

    Girls first 'free range'

    We finally got the yard set up enough to let the girls out to wander. a fence to keep the dogs away- and grass enough down and construction stuff away that it's safe.Boy did they have fun- for 10 minutes then ran back to their coop LOL
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    town looking to outlaw chickens on monday!

    Are looking ag being changed . Ack I'm just sick to my stomach we just built our coop. Been trying to home the roo all summer
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    Bob loves his baby Piper

    OK so piper's not his- but when we were down to just Bob (April hatch so full grown) and Piper (june hatch just a wee baby) and were introducing lucinda (april hatch houdan) i took a leap of faith and tossed Piper in with the big guys. he'd been in a kennel in the coop/run with Bob for over a...
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    Egg set 8/28 GONE. Egg theif?

    SO my bad I never let the crew out of the coop this morning (late for work woops!) I came home to find Charlottes egg GONE. But wait Emily is sitting on an egg she's just been laying eggs again after being broody (still a fair bit broody) this past week. I grab it i candle it. CRAP nope NOT...
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    what is this girl? SPCA Hen

    So our local spca has this girl n- i've been asked to see if i can find out what she is (figured you guys will know faster then i cn search it- if it doesn't have a big poofy head i'm a moron when it's breed knowledge LOL)
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    Lucinda's first egg!

    wow yesterday all 3 silkies laid an egg for the first time. Today no silkie eggs- but Lucinda our houdans FIRST EGG! She hatched april of this year so just 4 months old. i'm so proud- she even went up in the coop to lay it (though not in the nest box *SIGH* no one's laid there yet...
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    hmmmm three eggs today 2 very pourus

    SO came home to an fun find We got these 3 silkie hens (1 years old) about 3 weeks ago. we get 1 egg a day normally- from charlotte the partrdge who is my fat gorgeous girl. since the coop has opened she always lays up in it (not n the nest box- but n the coop) Sometimes we get to eggs...
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    awww they all went to bed- sorta

    took the roost out of the run tonight- after a week of putting them to bed. we got to the point emily (1 year old silkie hen) goes up to bed on her own- if the light is on in thecoop she'll roost- but otherwise is in the door way. well tonight- i forgot to put their light on until after it...
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    took the good camera today

    well the weather wasn't helping- dark and stormy out- so not great light- but got some pics of a few of the birds- all were convinced that the camera was an alien eating my head and wouldn't come near me for the longest time- hiding under the coop- which of course ment darker lighting I need to...
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    Ugh Broken beak- tried gluing

    Well tried gluing it again this morning- found him yesterday- seems to bug him- it can be wiggled- it's cracked down to the quick. was bleeding- stopped. I put some crazy glue on it last night- seemed to make him more comfortable then this morning he came out of the coop- went to eat and boom...
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    RIP Bethenny :(

    Bethenny came to us with our 3 other silkie hens we got 3 weeks ago. Her pst owner gave her to us for free as she ws not doing well- she ws very very thin- her crown was plucked so badly it was never going to grow in. We all hoped she'd thrive in a smaller number of birds- she also had a...
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    Ramp angle

    OK so tossing around wether my ramp is too steep- I think it is-butthen i've got several who truck on UP it and down it ok on their own- the one always slides down- but she gets rolling and flies off- (My big silkie partridge girl) but she's a bit of a hoot that way anyway the one who's always...
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    Our frst eggs!

    OK bear with me- an egg an egg we've got an egg! now 'm 99% sure this is from one of the silkies s we got four new 1 year old silkies on sunday OK lied ds just told me there ws an egg yesterday- but it ws broke. so they gave it to the dogs. only have one other hen in the run and it's a just...
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    what color silkie is this?

    Picked up 4 silkie hens. SO question bird 1 suposed to be black- but is very blue underneath so it t blue? (I dont' care just asked for 3 different birds LOL that weren't white) but maybe she s a black just not that inky? there's NO red to her coat at all wish had a better color to...
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    My runty silkie.... boy? girl? too early to tell?

    Well see a comb. Pippa (please be a girl) is 7 weeks now. she was half the size of her sister 2 weeks ago (sister is no longer with us) these are my abandoned at pet store in the heat chicks) so today we were cuddling and i got a good straight on shot- no wattles- but then hell we barely...
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    what age to switch from starter to grower to layer

    well as the title says- i got 50lbs of each. my polish and houdan are on grower. the lil chick silkie (who is older then she looks she's my runt) hs been on starter. she's 6 weeks can she move over to the grower too?
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    Clipping wings- why just one wing?

    I have parrots- have for years. We always clip BOTH wings so the bird is balanced and has the same resistance/feel on both sides. So why only ONE wing for chickens?
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    ACK my dogs really really want to eat the chickens

    OK i ws understanding with the 2 week old slkies- they peep and look like squeeky toys. but today brought home bg polish guys- and you'd thnk i had some steak sitting n the kennel. *Sigh* i was not really thinking they'd be this into them considerng I have parrots and they just ignore them...
  20. neVar

    Chicken Castle-rocking through our first winter

    easiest just to point to the page! https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=80725
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