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Does anyone have experience with a mixed flock of birds vaccinated for Mareks with birds unvaccinated? What happened to the birds weekly/monthly/over the years living together? Thanks!

I have a 2 month old showgirl silkie that has had an eye infection off and on since it was 3 days old. I hatched it with 15 other chicks and first noticed when it was 3 days old that it’s right eye was goopy and crusted closed. At that time I began treating it with terramycin for about a week...

This 3 week old chick has a huge solid mass on its abdomen that seems to be growing bigger. It wasn’t born with it…When I feel it, it feels lumpy like tumors…but it’s a baby chick!! It has had the mass for over a week & the chick acts completely healthy running around eating & drinking with the...

I went out this morning to let my chickens out of their coop & noticed that they were rather quiet. I walked into their run & my lavender Ameraucana 6 month old rooster was standing wobbly then collapsed. He had no previous signs of illness or trauma & no other signs now other than collapsed...

Ok guys, I usually have about a 60% hatch rate with shipped eggs. Sometimes better, sometimes worse. Several times now though with both shipped and non shipped eggs I’ve had several live eggs go into lockdown and only 2 or 3 hatch. All the rest died without pipping. I have tried high humidity of...

I decided to sell all my smaller incubators & now have the GFQ 1502 Sportsman incubator. My question is how do you control the humidity better with it? I can’t get humidity right. When I fill the pan & add the moisture wick for lockdown the highest the humidity gets is 50%. I need it to be at...

I have 4 white silkies thst have lavender genes. They came from a breeding pen that had 1 white split lavender roo, 1 lavender roo & all white hens in it. If I breed them with a lavender what are the possibilities?

See video link below to hear the rattling noise after she chirps. I have 11 2.5 week old chicks in a box with heating lamp in my garage and yesterday I noticed that they all have started making this rattling noise when they chirp (sounds like fluid in their throat or nasal path). They...

Ok so I couldn’t wait & did DNA tests on these silkies…so for fun let’s see if we are right about each. Please vote & hopefully I did this poll correctly!! If not please let me know how to correct it. They are 5 weeks old. 1. Black Silkie ( 2 pics) 2. Buff Silkie (2 pics) 3 Blue Silkie (2 pics)...

Hi all, I tried posting this a few days ago but didn’t get a response. I am now on day 17 with my 21 hatching eggs in the incubator & I really hope they hatch well. They are all developing wonderfully. These are shipped eggs so came with large wobbly air cells , large saddled air cellls & some...

I know you can breed buff to buff and will get buff babies. But what other colors can buff silkies be bred to? Just want to make sure when dividing my pens that I divide the different colors well. Thanks!

I started with 30 eggs & after removing the yolkers & quitters I am on day 15 with 21 eggs growing. I’ve had humidity pretty high during first several days due to large saddled air sacs in several of these shipped eggs and they have been growing well. Now that we are in day 15 I’ve brought down...

Advance warning government wants to control your bird keeping ! This proposed rule may be viewed in today’s Federal Register. Beginning tomorrow, members of the public may submit comments. All comments must be received by April 25, 2022. If you care about this please go to the federal...

This silkie has a brown line across its back…is it just going to be a dark buff color or is it possibly a partridge? Don’t mind the wet feet, she had pasty butt so I had to soak her butt right before the pic…

Preface: I’ve never owned Light Brahmas this young…the last ones I purchased were 5 weeks old already & feathered definitely light Brahmas…I thought the LIGHT Brahmas were supposed to be yellow chicks? But the My Pet Chicken website and Ideal Poultry hatchery both have pics of this chick as a...

Is it normal for a Buff Silkie chicks to have black leaking into feathers?

Is this little girl in the middle a blue or a black Ameraucana? I ordered purebred sexed assorted colors of Ameraucanas & received splash, blue & this one which I cannot tell if dark blue or black. Any Ameraucana breeders who can chime in?

I just got notification that my chick order from Privett hatchery shipped today. I am excited and nervous! Privett is only 6 hours away from me so they says they ship ground priority (whatever that means) which is a 1-3 day trip but tomorrow night a winter storm hits with temps dropping...

Hi all, Does anyone have experience with Light Brahma roosters and kids that they can share? I’d like to know how well they can get along with kids if they are raised with them. I have heard Brahma roosters tend to be gentle and people friendly but I‘m wondering how often they are well behaved...

Ok so I brought home a new 8 week old pullet 10 days ago. She’s a funky looking little cross between a Silkie & blue copper maran according to the lady who hatched her. We couldn’t resist when my kids & I saw how funny looking & cute she was so she came home with us… So 5 days ago she began...