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PENDING adoption today (can't edit my original post to say pending)

I purchased 4 silkie day-old pullets from MPC several years ago, and all four were sexed correctly. When I purchased 4 more bantams in 2019, all were sexed correctly, again. I used to say I'd order from MPC only because of their 100% accuracy track record I've had with correctly sexed chicks...

Purchased day-old chicks from My Pet Chicken, who have always had a great track record in properly sexing their chicks when I have purchased from them in the past. This little quartet is from hatch the week of February 8. Somehow, the Australorp cockerel passed as a pullet, and I cannot have a...

ADOPTED; NO LONGER AVAILABLE

I'm sorry, but NY is too far for me to travel. :(

Moving across country and hoping to rehome my 3 Silkies and 1 Frizzle Cochin, all of whom were adopted from My Pet Chicken as day-old chicks in June, 2016: Marigold: Buff Silkie Bantam Wisp: Blue Silkie Bantam Raven: Black Silkie Bantam Gidget: Black Frizzle Cochin Bantam Message me here on...

As a follow up to receiving my shipment from MPC a few months ago, I wanted to report that all five girls from this batch are healthy, happy, and beginning to lay. A month after this shipment, I also received my bantam girls, and they have now reached the age that if they were going to surprise...

I thought I should follow up to my earlier post by reporting that ALL of the female silkies I ordered turned out to be girls. Yay! Silkies are notorious for being difficult to sex correctly, so I'm thrilled that all three were exactly what I paid for. (So were the other 8 pullets I've ordered...

It's been months since you posted, but I am having the same problem with one hen out of my 19 girls. She's my only Buff Orpington, about a year and a half old, and for the past couple of months, she's laid only rubber eggs. Sometimes I find them already broken in the nesting box, and sometimes...

I'm sorry to hear of the post office errors that wiped out the majority of your chicks, @chickisoup :( How awful to have to open up that package, knowing how slim their odds were for surviving so long in the cold. As was mentioned, each box has the name of the employee who packed the...

How old is it? Last year I purchased a cream and tan Silkie chick from a breeder who told me I was buying a porcelain pullet, but when the feathers came in, my pullet turned out to be a snow white cockerel.

If it makes you feel any better, I just checked the heat pack that shipped with my chicks on the same day as yours. It's still toasty warm! I hope you receive your babies first thing in the morning.

Thank you so much! I will look forward to her super dark eggs in a few months. My Welsummer lays gorgeous dark brown eggs with speckles, but I've read (and seen pictures) of BCM eggs that are even darker. Is there anything in the world that brings as much pure joy as the cuteness of...

The babies have arrived! I could hear them chirping away in the back of the post office before the mail carrier brought them out front! They were well-packed with a heat pack underneath a tightly-woven, thick and cushiony nesting pad. Although they were in transit for over 24 hours, they were...

I think they closed. Try the Backyard Chickens in NC Facebook group or call The Urban Chicken NC in Raleigh to see when their next swap event is happening. They'll probably have information on a network of triangle chicken owners/sellers/breeders.

Thank you for sharing your experience! I've been very nervous about my bantam order from MPC that's due to ship at the end of May. I ordered six bantams -- 3 silkies, 2 Polish, and 1 Cochin frizzle. I've had so much heartbreak over the years getting so attached to chicks only to have some turn...

I wish I had an answer for you, but unfortunately I don't. The only things I can think of that would cause hens to stop laying would be broodiness, stress (or illness), or overfeeding and/or poor diet. It's the wrong time of year for molting, I'd think. Sorry you aren't getting any advice here. :(

I purchased a Silkie from a breeder who told me it was a pullet, but he turned out to be a rooster. This past January, I ordered three female Silkies from My Pet Chicken to hatch and ship at the end of May. I am really hoping for no accidental roosters in the mix! In the past 7 years, I've ended...

I wouldn't worry just yet. It's hard to tell if something is wrong this early if the little guy is just smaller. I had a Polish chick who seemed to stop growing, so I did a ton of research to see what the problem could be and ended up expecting some horrific death for the little guy. While the...

Lovely boy you have there! It's good to know your Silkie fellas were able to hit their target, so to speak, with time. My little guy has not mastered any technique as of yet.