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    Silkie not leaving the coop

    Okay we have a small wooden box that we put in the coop during the summer in hopes that the silkies would lay eggs in there not just wherever. Since the weather has gotten cold our one silkie barely leaves the coop. She sits in that box all the time. When we open the door to the run she comes...
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    DR and chicks

    When is it okay to add diatomaciuos earth to food or to dust chicks? Oops meant DE not DR stupid auto correct.
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    First egg

    I think our Rouen duck is laying now!
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    Most wonderful polish and silkie contest!

    #8
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    Serama chicks integration and winter

    Okay we just got 2 Serama chicks. I would like to eventually introduce the to our other chickens.we have 3 Isas, 3 Silkies, a pair of Rouen ducks, a 10 week old EE and a 10 week old RR. Our coop is 4'x8' with half of it has a second floor. Our run is 8'x16' and we plan on putting up plastic for...
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    Poor hen being attacked by drake

    We had a pair of silkies and one of them had so many feathers on its head I was sure it could not see. As they grew that one remained smaller. Last week I we unfortunately lost our bigger on in a hail storm. The smaller one was all alone and really depended on the bigger one to get by. Well...
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    To roost

    I have 3 Is a browns and 3 silkies. None of them ever go to roost. They are all about 5 months old. I have put them on the roost and they just keep jumping off. I have a few perches in the run and they will jump up there but it's only to come see me. If I walk away they jump down. Should I keep...
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    Need some help introducing chicks

    This past weekend we got 2 new chicks. I would say maybe 12 weeks old and a silkie that's maybe around 20 or a little more. We have 3 Is a browns and 2 other silkies and a male and female Rouen duck. I tried putting the new girls in at night like I heard to do but it's not working the Isa's are...
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    Getting chickens to go into the coop at night.

    We had the very same problem we just kept at it every night. Sometimes we would shake a coffee can of scratch and give them a little treat before bed. It took awhile but slowly they got it. Our silkies were the last to figure it out. We had to put them up on the ramp and basically show them how...
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    First egg

    7 in one week. Last Wednesday no eggs, today 2. I wonder if one of the other girls started.
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    Ended Welcome to BYC!! - Sign up and win!

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/891321/chicken-novice Here is my link.
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    First egg

    Got our very first egg today. Just now. One of our Isa's, we think Peglet.
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    Coop and run all done.

    Fresh out of the box here is our first egg!
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    Getting in the coop

    Last night was the first night that they all went in on their own.
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    Coop and run all done.

    ?
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    Coop and run all done.

    yeah they get along pretty good. The ducks are a bit bossy but they rely on the Isas when they are out of the yard. The blue silkie only hangs out with the Isas and ignores the other silkies. The white ones are a little timid and stay to themselves.
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    Coop and run all done.

    how long did it take you to build that?[/quote It is hard to say. It took me about 3 weeks but in the middle of it our dog got really sick and almost passed. So we rushed him in for surgery and after that I could only work on it a little at a time till he healed. The run took me about 36 hours...
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    Silkie thread!

    They are about15 weeks. I don't have any low perches right now. Thought about putting some in. Not sure how high.
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    Silkie thread!

    I have a couple questions about silkies. Do they roost? If so how far off the ground? Do they go ina nesting box when they lay eggs? How tall for that? Do you have to put them away every night? Mine do not walk up the ramp to the coop unless I put them on the ramp.
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    Nesting box

    One of the Isa's is getting pretty red but she is the darkest of the bunch so I just figured that was the way she was. Haven't noticed any squatting but I wouldn't necessarily know what to look for. When we had them in the big box in the basement they would jump up on the edge and roost up...
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