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I have had great luck with my sweet buttons, and the mama is sitting on eggs again. I am over run, and just want good homes for these cuties. If you are new to Buttons, look them up on Google. Tons of info there. In my case, I only partially tame as I am a busy mom of 4 and have chooks and a...

I love this incubator! Very steady on the temp, and so easy to use. I also have the auto-turner, incubating is a breeze with this one. I have such a variety of eggs- Guinea Fowl, BR x Leghorn, silkies, Nankin and Button quail too! Of the chickens, after removing the clears early on I had 16...

I have a small suburban yard that I mulch areas of every spring to prevent weeds. I was going to go and buy mulch when I saw my just cleaned out pile of litter from my small coops (three chickens in one and two quail in the other). Can I lay the litter out as a mulch to prevent weeds? It...

This silkie is 20 weeks old- named Dart. Dart looks girlish, but is larger than our other pullet, and has a very long neck in comparison. Her/his head has a medium sized puff, but is not round and large like our other pullet. I just can't tell! Any help appreciated! If there are other...

Just read a Consumer Report article which mentioned as a general rule white chickens lay white eggs, brown chickens lay brown. Naturally people wrote into to correct the story! CR then followed up to say they meant it was a general trait with egg layers of the agri business. But it did get me...

I have read in different forums and webpages that silkies do not roost, and yet the silkie guide I read mentions putting the first roost low at 24" so they can get on easily. Do they roost or not? Should I put in roosts or not worry about it? Thanks! Jayne

Hi all, there is so much information on the web about Silkies, but I can't find anything on WHEN their ear lobes turn blue. I have 8 week old bearded partridge and 13 week old bearded white silkies, and no blue yet. I was wondering if it is a maturity indicator or just flaws on mine...

My nine week old chick and my 3 week old chick have had oddly smooth, brown stools that smoosh all over the pine shavings, sticking to their feet and generally gross. They have always had it, since day two after hatching, and the other chicks in their hatches do not. The two hatches lived in...

My 3- 9 week old chicks finally moved into their run and hen house. The hen house is 2x4x3 attached to a 8x4 run. I close the hen house doors, locking them in at night. My question is, do they need food and water inside the henhouse, overnight? Or should I just open the door and let them...

Hi everyone, this little cutie survived a lot of things to get here, and hatched a day early in great shape- soooo happy! My other three white silkies are three weeks old today, and just getting over pasty butt. I read somewhere on the forum about a wise person who's chicks never had pasty...

I have three silkie chicks in a large rabbit cage in my house. They have heat, water and food, and a variety of things to climb on which I change daily. They do not hang around the light particularly, and seem to be energetic in their efforts to figure out pecking order LOL This one chick...

I was all set to sell some of my babies but now feel bad for the parents who are doing such a great job taking care of them. Crazy I know! I have a great new home for them and no worries about their care. The parents are not tame, so it isn't like I am betraying their love, but I feel like it...

So excited that my cinnamon BQ hatched out her first clutch of eggs! I was beginning to wonder if they were fertile, and then they hatched in the night! I am going to take pics right now- they are so adorable!. Jaybme

My silkies just hatched Tuesday, and next Tuesday I have two more chicks arriving that I bought a loooong time ago. They will be two weeks old. Should I keep the two groups separate for a month? They seem so young! I asked the seller how she had kept them - inside, alone, or mixed in with...

I have an r-com 3 egg incubator, and have used it many times for chickens and button quail. Every batch seems to have chicks with curled feet, and I wonder if the perfect little incubator isn't too perfect? The temp and humidity are totally stable for the whole incubating time. There is tiny...

I am very happy to announce my first set of three silkies has hatched! They were in an r-com3, all automated. All are white I think, but one has no vault, one has a medium vault and one has a huge vault! I wonder if there is any reason for the size, like male or female? I called the local...

I was trying to see what sexes my quail were, by taking pictures to post, when they showed me :-) lol I was quite surprised as they are so shy! See this youtube link if you are curious: YourLinkGoesHere I have two females and two males we hatched out in school. They are adorable, but...