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At three weeks your not going to be able to tell the gender. The only time you can guess with silkies after day old is once they've grown in their hat/tuff on the top of the head, Males will have a few longer feathers, hens have all the feathers same length. Even then you may not be sure until...

I have mine in an unused dog kennel with a large heat lamp and towel and a small cardboard box i made into a house just off from the light so it will heat the inside, chicks seem to love it. As long as they can walk for a few seconds they will be fine in a bigger box. They know where the heat is...

I do not have a picture since this was nearly 15 years ago but I had a hen for many years named Twinkle Toes, She had curled toes as well as a cross beak. She lived a perfectly healthy life, I was hesitant about keeping her when she was a chick since that dozen of eggs (which we received from...

I have a day old chick with irritated eyes, it wont open them and when I wipe them with a warm face cloth they open slightly but are puffy. The chick tend to itch them a lot with feet and on back. I am assuming it is from dried egg residue since the chick was fine last night in the incubator but...

I am having the same problem right now. Did you ever figure out what was wrong or how to resolve it? Thanks Krista