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I went to a local poultry auction and bid on a group of 4 young birds that I thought were silkies. I saw them in a cage from a distance and 1 black was a silkie, but when I got the box they came in it said 5 month old polish. When I got them home 1 of the 4 looks like a silkie, the other 3...

I have 2 silkies I got from TSC. One is obviously a cross because we have pink skin. I have no experience with silkies so I need hen or roo help please

So I built a cabnet incubator that has been running great but I never use all the space. I've let friends bring me their eggs that they want to hatch and have hatched them for them at no charge just because it's running anyway and i like babies. I then saw an add for someone renting incubator...

I'm going to try to post pictures *fingers crossed* I have a chick that is about 2 months old and he was normal as far as I noticed until this weekend. Right now they are indoor only on shavings but they get scratch grain and fresh grass clings occasionally. I noticed him laying down and...

Hello, I'm going to deworm my flock of 15 chickens and I wanted to know how much of the liquid febendazole goat dewormer I should use per gallon. I see a lot of posts on oral administration but 15 chickens who don't all want to be caught doesn't seem doable. Thanks!

Sorry this is long but I want to tell everything I did so if I did something wrong you can tell me. So I bought 10 shipped eggs, seller sent 12 (yay bonus) seller was very nice and send a little instruction sheet, most of which I already knew to do from my own research. I let them settle 24...

We had a freak April snow storm Friday and our electric went out, :barnieby the time I got home the incubator was down to 70 degrees for about an hour (I have a blue tooth thermometer that logs temp though the day). I brought the incubator into the house where the generator was running and...

Hello, this is my first year having chickens and I got 12 silver laced wyandotte pullets, one of which I believe is a rooster. At the end of "chick season" at tractor supply I couldn't resist some straight run speckled sussex chicks they had on sale for 50 cents. I got them April 25th so...