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  1. Smilesabc

    Buttercups

    I agree! my buttercup must be a fluke because she is a lap chicken! i've never seen her try to fly and she loves to sit in my lap all day if i let her!
  2. Smilesabc

    Washingtonians

    Wow you guys are super helpful. Thanks for pointing me towards breeders. I'm going to wait and see how the first year goes with these ones. they aren't even outside yet but I have a silkie that still could be a roo and i always worry about losing some to natural predators and such. I'm reading...
  3. Smilesabc

    Washingtonians

    I'm in lynnwood and am just starting my own chicks. They range in age from three weeks to six weeks. Just found out I have 2 roos! oh no! can't have them in lynnwood (don't want them anyway) I got these from bothell feed center but i think i'd like to get chicks from a breeder in the future. any...
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    Review by '' on item 'Sicilian Buttercup'

    I absolutely love my sicillian buttercup. I'm not sure of how rare they really are cause I picked one up at a feed center no problem. Mine is my "lap chicken" waiting eagerly to be picked up. Loves sleeping in my hands.
  5. Smilesabc

    Is My Black Sex-Link Male or Female?

    ya but it was supposed to be a sex link (which it is) it was just missing the spot that would signify a male sex link
  6. Smilesabc

    Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

    So true about the chickens being a hobby. I think regardless of how long you have been raising chickens your reason for getting chickens in the first place may be very different. Some of that may be generational as well. Someone with chickens for 20 years may just be more likely to have raised...
  7. Smilesabc

    Is My Black Sex-Link Male or Female?

    I am so peeved right now. My black sex link had no spot on it's head at all and now it has barring! I feel like I was robbed! The whole point of sex linking is to avoid this! *SIIIIGH*
  8. Smilesabc

    Balance issues/thin feathers in four week old chick

    I will have to try that. I just figured that any chickens that weren't pretty normal would generally not make it through the first few days. If she's just a little bit of a slow chicken that's not really a big deal but if she's sick or something i'd be so sad. Off to the store for some vitamins!
  9. Smilesabc

    Balance issues/thin feathers in four week old chick

    I have a four week old sicilian buttercup. She is sweet as pie...almost too sweet. I am wondering if she might be retarded (is there such a thing in chickens?) She falls asleep in my hand almost instantly, her balance is horrible, i recently was cleaning some dried poo off her bum and she can't...
  10. Smilesabc

    Sexing Barred Rocks

    Oh no...I have two 4 week old barred rocks and i'm just sure one of them is a roo, of course it's my favorite one and we can't have them where i live....i'm devastated
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