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So recently a Silkie got off her nest after hatching out six chicks but left one behind, who had only started pecking a hole in the eggshell. By the time anyone found the poor little chick she was cold, so we warmed her up and helped her hatch out of the shell. When she was a day old I noticed...

Thanks for posting! I loved reading through and watching your chicks grow and grow and grow! Your chicken shed kind of reminds me of my bird aviary which is just a shed with a large hole cut in the front with budgie wire mesh (1cm x 1cm) covering it! :)

I agree with you. Not about just the silkie breeds not being friendly but any chicken breed. What I mean is that it all depends how old they are when you get them, how much time you spend with them, how much you hand feed them, but most importantly it all depends on the individual bird. I have a...

Leave the Chicks, They'll be fine. We usually put multiple piles of starter chick crumbs so that the chickens can defiantely get to atleast one pile without other chickens chasing them away. We also keep the chickens original feed the same. That way hopefully the chickens will go for the...

I'm so excited! Tomorrow I get to adopt two young, 5 day old Silkie Chicks! When they grow up I am going to enter them in the Poultry Show. So my job is to get them nice and tame whilst they're young! (Which I love doing). I get to take them outside and watch them and teach them how to scratch...

- KFC the Australorp X Langshan The Double-Laced Barnevelder X Gold-Laced Wyandotte - Squiggle the Silkie Bantam

Just make sure you spend alot of time with them but most of all make sure that you spend time just watching them. Instead of just holding them to bond with them try spending half an hour just sitting by them so they can get more used to your movements and you can watch them. Sometimes this can...

I am not a professional at all i am just a chicken lover. Please keep in mind that i have never had this happen to any of our chickens so my advice may be useless but i feel bad not to try and help out at all. I'd say to keep a very good eye on her and make sure she remains warm. If you see her...

It all started about 8 months ago. I was at my sisters house and of course she is chicken-crazy like me and had some chicks in the incubator. She said I could keep some and hand-raise them as show chooks (They were silkie Bantams). So i took two. Afew weeks later the two chicks were free-ranging...

I'd say Silkies, Pekin Bantams, Old English Game Bantams or Modern Game Bantams. They are all either regular or small sized chickens with a friendly personality.

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Why do we love chickens? Because chickens don't kill other birds like cats, they don't jump up and bite like some dogs, they don't jump around quietly like rabbits, they simply just: •follow you •come when theyre called •scratch around your feet •talk back to you when you book •let you pick...

I love watching them as they turn their heads an see that your there then run to you. I especially find it entertaining when I take a new container down to the chook run and they're all scared of it! Such splendid little creatures they are:)

It may just be that your incubators humidity is wrong. It would normally change every time the weather changes. We have a chicken that is about 5 weeks old and is half the size of the silkie bantams that are the same age as her. Because of the humidity she also has a retarded foot (not trying to...