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My mom's friend, who is a rancher, said blue jays will prey on other birds when they have a nest nearby. I don't know if they eat them or just kill them out of defense of their babies. I do know we have squirrels and my moms friend said the squirrels eat the blue jay eggs so the blue jays kill...

Thanks everyone. It is definitely a huge lesson. I had no idea blue jays were like that.

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M ge3( Thank you so much for saying that. I had no idea she could still be a silkie. She has black skin and is very tiny compared to our leghorns. I'll definitely check out the silkie forum.

I've had my silkie chicks for a week. I would say they were 10 days old. Every day I would put them outside in their container. I always had a good view of them so I felt like they were safe. Yesterday I walked away for a second. After I returned I looked outside and saw 2 blue jays in the...

Hello my name is Holly, As soon as I decided I wanted to raise chickens I found this website. now we have finally adopted 4 baby chicks. 1 grey silkie bantam, 1 bantam (they said it was a silkie and it looks like a silkie except it doesn't have 5 toes), 1 white leghorn and 1 brown leghorn...