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Hi, So I've had a silkie egg under broody mama for almost 24 days now. I did the float test, it looked good but didn't show any movement. I candled and as you can see in the photos it has a huge aircell and takes up the whole egg basically, but again, didn't see any movement... Mama is staying...

Hi, Long story short: I put 5 eggs under my broody silkie, I have 2 left under her at day 16. Pics were taken on day 16. The first egg was set on Jan.1 - it's a medium sized egg from my EE, it'll be an EE/silkie cross The second egg was set on Jan.2 - it's a silkie egg There looks to be a...

The short of it- If my silkie is inside brooding on eggs for the next few weeks and raising them inside for another few weeks atleast will the flock take her back after? Should I bring her outside to the flock every other day even if it's just for a couple of minutes? This is my son's silkie...

Hi, So months ago I offered to adopt a cross beak amaraucana if it turned out to be a she. I'd hate to see the poor thing culled. Today the lady contacted me, the hen is 4 months old and is the same size as the others so eating fairly well. I want to bring her home, but I'm worried about...

PLEASE HELP!! My girl Liza is acting different today. Slow, small steps, almost limping, then sits. Not moving around a lot. She has moved around to get food and water, but is generally inactive and appears uncomfortable. I noticed black tar like diarrhea on her feathers, not sure if that was...

Hi, I'm looking for some advice and reassurances....I raised 4 silkies and 3 cochins this year, but had to rehome 4 roosters... leaving me with 3 silkies, 3 months old. I just integrated 2 Easter Eggers. 2 of the silkies are pecking the EE's any time they come near, my black silkie (might be a...

So my son and I incubated 3 cochins earlier this year. We spent a lot of time taming them once hatched and they were the sweetest....all three ended up being roosters! They would jump onto my shoulder, run to me when they heard me.... we had them for 3 months before we found them all good homes...

I need advice on treating 2 leghorn hens with lice. Backstory: My son and I went to a farm to look at EE's chicks, but ended up coming home with two 14 month old white leghorn hens. They had been rescued from a battery cage farm with horrible conditions, they had just been forced to molt for...

Hi there, Someone posted locally that they are looking to rehome this cross beak 3 week old amaracauna, but didn't know if it was a hen or a roo. I thought, why not ask here though it's probably too early to tell.... I told her that if she keeps it long enough to tell if it's a hen or a roo...

2 bantam cochin roos - 3 months old. We had a very unfortunate roo to hen hatch...100% roos actually in a no rooster zone. My rooster plan did not account for such bad odds... I have two out of three left, "Lil' Eggie" and "Cluckles". Hand raised, very tame with us, come when called, we were...

Hi, So my three bantam cochins are 2.5 months now. I think I hatched three roos.... but is there any chance these are hens? Should I wait until they crow before rehoming to be sure? Or is it pretty obvious with this breed?

I have 7 chickens, 2.5 months old, silkies and bantam cochins. There's a lot of challenging going on, especially between my 3 cochins, I think they might all be roos too...and I think a couple of my silkies are roos... I noticed a couple of bloody pecks on combs and wattles over the last week...

Hey guys, could really use some advice....newbie here.... I have 7 chicks, they're 5 & 6 weeks old, silkies and bantam cochins, and I could use some advice when it comes to the brooder to coop transition. They go out to their run during the day since it has been 20+ celcius, and come in at...

Hi guys, From what I've read cochins that feather in slower are often cockerels. I have 3 cochin bantams, labeled in the photos, and my son's chick Cluckles is still pretty fluffy compared to the other two. His/her comb is also a little more pink....but all combs are pretty well about the same...

Let's play hen or roo Haha I have 3 bantam cochins that I hatched, they just turned 3 weeks old. I've read a lot about color of combs etc. but I thought it would be fun to talk to some of you about the differences I'm seeing and get your thoughts. I know it is a bit early. The two black ones...

I have 1 week old and 2 week old chicks in my brooder, 7 in total. I have a red light that's keeping it between 29-32 celcius right now. If my light bulb burns out in the middle of the night and my house temp is around 23 celcius would they survive the night? ( on another note - I have a new...

Please help! I have a 2 week old silkie that is regularly letting right wing droop. She picks it back up. Currently she looks fine while foraging in pine shavings, but she frequently drops that one wing. Stumbles to the right. They are on medicated feed, I offer some grit to help digest treats...

Please help! I have a 2 week old silkie that is regularly letting right wing droop. She picks it back up. Currently she looks fine while foraging in pine shavings, but she frequently drops that one wing. They are on medicated feed, I offer some grit to help digest treats (scrambled egg and meal...

Midnight and yet again I'm sitting infront of my brooder trying to figure out what the heck is going on with my temps. I'm trying to keep it stable with a red heat light, but I can't get it to stop rising and falling throughout the day. I read about the ecoglo for them to go under and it...

Hi, I have 3 1 week old cochins, and 4 2 week old silkies in my brooder. I put shavings down and papertowel over that. Once in a while they poke a hole in the paper towel and one runs around excited about their pine shaving, then they eat it sometimes. I would like to just use pine shavings now...