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My Silkies roost on a 2x4, 4" side up, we put up a couple feet above the floor across from the nesting boxes just under a foot above the floor. They jump to the nesting boxes and then across to the roost.

Three New Hampshire chicks have hatched so far. Still left is the Easter Egger egg and another New Hampshire egg. I am not sure if the remaining NH egg is from the old flock (5 year old hens) or not as I forgot to mark the eggs. However, if at least one more chick hatches, then at least one...

Happy to hear that she is eating on her own. While we have not yet had to tube feed any of our chickens, we have had two special needs chickens. The first, an Easter Egger named Ginger, hurt one leg and was not able to use it for months. After keeping her in a cosy space where she and her...

I thought that I heard quiet cheeping coming from Arrowroot this morning after feeding the chickens so I checked under her after all the chores were done. One of the chicks, apparently a New Hampshire, had zipped off the end of its shell and was resting in the shell. This was the first time I...

At 6 weeks old the blind chick is still doing well. It is essentially the same size as its sibling. The other chick from the same hatch, a New Hampshire, is bigger. These are the two sighted chicks. More photos of the blind chick. In the background is the sire rooster and possible hen parent...

Thank you for the condolences. We have no more places to separate chickens until we convert the large shed into a multiple coop this summer. Currently there is the Silkie pen and coop with three young Silkie hens all the same age (Arrowroot is broody and sitting on eggs, Tapioca has three 5...

Arrowroot, is definitely broody again so I gave her 5 eggs to hatch. 3 are from BC's flock and 2 are from the old flock (5 hens who will be 5 years old in May). I am not sure which of the old hens are laying but one egg is brown (either Thyme or Cumin) and one egg is green (either Clove or...

Arrowroot, a 10 month old Silkie who hatched two chicks at the beginning of January, has gone broody again so I gave her 5 eggs to hatch. 3 are from BC's flock and 2 are from the old flock (5 hens who will be 5 years old in May). I am not sure which of the old hens are laying but one egg is...

Thank you. Peppermint seemed to be second in the pecking order and first when Arrowroot was broody. I did not find anything unusual in the coop. Arrowroot, our first Silkie to hatch and wean chicks appears to have gone broody again. She did not budge from the floor nest even after I moved it...

R.I.P. Peppermint. We found her body on the floor this morning under the roost. She seemed OK yesterday and laid an egg. I did not see any injuries. She was 10 months old. The other three Silkies and the chicks that share the coop and pen seem fine. All the poops that I saw this morning are...

It is sad when chicks die. :hugs Fortunately this chick seems healthy and happy. It is a little smaller than its sibling but not by much. It was eating well when I got home. Tapioca saw me and took the other two chicks to the far end of the coop but the little blind chick kept eating. We have...

Finally returned home late last night. I work early this morning and won't see personally how the blind chick is doing until late this afternoon. It is in coop and pen with 4 nine-month old Silkie pullets (one is its broody mom Tapioca), the two other chicks that hatched with it, and two...

The blind chick was eating and drinking fairly well until Tapioca started taking the chicks outside a couple days ago. Then the chick kept trying to get outside with the others and getting confused. DH is trying to make sure that the chick finds the food and water and moving it in and out to be...

I am currently away from home but DH thinks that one of the chicks that hatched a couple weeks ago may be blind. That would explain why it always seems lost and is last to eat. Anyone had experience with a blind chick?

The third egg hatched so there are two little black BR/barnyard mix chicks and the slightly larger and much more active NH. That yellow chick shows no lasting effects from its first day adventure. :) The move to a floor nest went well but Tapioca and the chicks move around the coop floor. The...

The rooster with the young flock of offspring of Mr. Milquetoast has earned the name Timmy for being so timid. The four white Silkies are all pullets and are now named Arrowroot, Tapioca, Peppermint, and Marshmallow. Arrowroot and Tapioca have already gone broody and hatched chicks this year...

Thanks everyone. The little chick seems OK, all Tapioca will let me see is two little yellow feet standing under her. Another chick hatched, a BR/barnyard mix. I removed that shell and decided to not move them until tomorrow when I have the day off. DH will be home by noon today and can check on...

Our Silkie Tapioca has been sitting on three eggs that were due to hatch tomorrow. This morning DH drove to our daughter's house and I did not get home from work until after 6pm. So, of course, one of the chicks hatched today and fell out of the nest. When I came home I fed all the chickens and...

Mom of silkies, I am sorry for your loss. These are the chicks that were two weeks old?

Sometimes the two chicks that hatched at the beginning of January sleep on the roost with Arrowroot, the hen who hatched them, and sometimes they sleep in the nest with Tapioca who is currently broody and tolerates, but ignores, them. Arrowroot is still protecting the month old chicks during the...