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Have you ever experienced a raccoon attack on your birds? It's not pretty, there's no mercy. I know they are just being animals... The ones I've encountered are not afraid of us. We shot one last week ON TOP of my coop. My dog chased it up there. We had the flashlight on it and it...
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I'm not sure what color the chick will turn out to be. If you can, let it feather out more to give you a better idea. I've had some light chickmunky/buff chicks feather out as buffs with too much smut. Others have been bluish partridgey colored.
What is "smut"?
It's the dark or...
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I'm not sure what color the chick will turn out to be. If you can, let it feather out more to give you a better idea. I've had some light chickmunky/buff chicks feather out as buffs with too much smut. Others have been bluish partridgey colored.
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I added a new one the end of March. Used a cage inside the coop with the new one in for a few days(after he was quarantined) then let him out and watched. Neither of them are over a year old. If they kept fighting put the new one back in the cage. Eventually they will get their...
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Keep them out of the rain (completely) or it may cost you dearly!!!
I live in Syracuse. It's rained here for most of the last 6 weeks. All my silkies are alive & well.
You can get them get wet AND feed them after midnight, too!