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We live in Iowa, Irealise it is getting a little colder here but it is still in the 60's in our area (but not for long...) but as normal... the days are getting shorter.... Anyways... I bought silkie chicks the last week of march this year and since it is now november... I'm wondering why they...

I took my roosters to the butcher this morning... 2 large wyandottes that came from another farm back a few months and 7 home raised americanas.... the 7 that were raised at home were fine and disease free. The 2 wyandottes on the other hand, I was told and showed, that they had chicken pox...

I just had a chick hatch that is a silkie RIR cross... it ended up having 4 normal toes and one abnormal on each foot.... on where the normal silkie would have the two upward pointing toes there are two but one is dangling by a small piece of skin that is weird... like it is dangling by the web...

I read on a few sites a while back that Silkie skin color is sex linked.... crossed with anything light skinned will produce dark hens and intermediate males..... This is not too detrimental to my plans or anything but just not what I expected..... I hatched 8 chicks so far from a White Silkie...

I have a barred rock rooster that just began to crow (still pretty sad sounding). How do you knwo when they are ready to mate?

I have crossed a white silkie roo with a OEG hen and a RIR.... anybody know what I should expect? some are just hatching now... of 4 OEGcrosses, 2 have a pea comb and 2 have a single! no black skin or 5 toes though! Anyone have pictures of thier silkie mutts to share. Id love to see all of the...

I currently have hens from 8 months- over a year..... I do not know if they have been vaccinated for Marek's.... I have chicks as well in the same building that have NOT been vaccinated... I'm worried that it might sweep through my flock (have a sick chick in quarentine now-not sure what is...

I have a buff laced polish, a roo i think, about 7-8 weeks now... He was fine last night when everyone was put to bed but when I went to turn on the light this morning and let everyone out to play, he did notget up.... he seems alert except for some reason he can't walk.... if i set him by food...

I have a buff laced polish, a roo i think, about 7-8 weeks now... He was fine last night when everyone was put to bed but when I went to turn on the light this morning and let everyone out to play, he did notget up.... he seems alert except for the fact he for some reason he can't walk.... if i...

I have a buff laced polish, a roo i think, about 7-8 weeks now... He was fine last night when everyone was put to bed but when I went to turn on the light this morning and let everyone out to play, he did notget up.... he seems alert except for the fact he for some reason he can't walk.... if i...

I have a shot at getting two free Golden Laced Wyandott Roos. I was intending to get some GOLD roos to cross with a few of my SILVER hens to get some color sexable offspring... I had a few questions.... First off, will a GLW rooster work at all? Second, is it better to use a RIR rooster? I...

I know it is a white rock but not sure on how old... I traded for it at a sale.... 6 week porcelain 6 Week Cochin Buff 6 week Cochin Trouble 6 Week Cochin Mottled 6 Week Cochin Laced

Lets play the game, pullet or Roo?! Hopefully it's a gal.... it about 6 weeks old.... doesn't really chirp... likes to follow me and sit in my hand and make happy little trilling sounds.... not very agressive.... I thought this might be just another chick and wasn't thrilled on the color...

I got her about a week ago at a swap meet. The seller said she was a mixed breed and when I asked what breeds (he said they ran a purebred operation but obviously somebody had som fun!) he just got a big smile and said nothing... her legs look short and slightly blue and she is tiny but her neck...