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Silkies and buff orphington losing feathers in odd spots, not sure if it’s normal
Their feathers are coming back in! I’ve been adding starter feed in their regular layer feed and giving them scrambled eggs and ground beef occasionally as treats 😊- Skipena
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BYC's Random Funny Posting Thread! Hosts Mike & Sally
What time is it when an elephant sits on your fence? . . . time to get a new fence 🐘- Skipena
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Silkies and buff orphington losing feathers in odd spots, not sure if it’s normal
Thanks everyone who answered! I am not giving them enough protein! I will update you on the progress in a few weeks if anyone is interested 😊- Skipena
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Silkies and buff orphington losing feathers in odd spots, not sure if it’s normal
Oh thanks! I will do that right away! Thank you!- Skipena
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Silkies and buff orphington losing feathers in odd spots, not sure if it’s normal
What do you mean? They don’t look like silkies? Lol. I miss their head fluff.- Skipena
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Silkies and buff orphington losing feathers in odd spots, not sure if it’s normal
I guess I’ve just never caught her or the others plucking her. I give them a couple handfuls of oyster shells every couple of days and grubblies daily. Along with their normal feed which is nature’s Best organic egg layer crumbles. There are 8 chickens in her coop and she’s the only one with...- Skipena
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We call ourselves The Elder Chicks
I’m going to start off by letting you know we have an Instagram called The.Elder.Chicks if you want to see pictures of our chickens and dogs haha. we have 19 chickens total! We are pretty new to having chickens since our first flock is about 15 months old now. So we have 11 older chickens that...- Skipena
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Silkies and buff orphington losing feathers in odd spots, not sure if it’s normal
This is my first flock and I’m new here so I opologize if this doesn’t belong in this forum. my silkies have been losing feathers on their heads and they are in the same coop with a polish chicken who hadn’t shown any signs of feather loss. One of them started eating her own eggs and we are...- Skipena
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