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[indianacass]

Hi! My daughter got two chicks as birthday present in February. They are so much fun to watch!

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and

- glad to have you onboard with us.

The Learning Centre is a great resource, even for experienced chicken keepers - loads of info on anything chicken. https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center. These links may be useful right now:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/getting-started-raising-chickens
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-and-raising-chicks


Joining your state thread may be useful as it will put you in touch with other BYC members in your area - just type the name of your state in the search box.

All the best
CT

 

[N F C]

What breed of chicks did your daughter get? Hope all of you are having fun with them!

 

[indianacass]

Well they were both supposed to be sillies but one is obviously not. In fact we think it's a roo

 

[drumstick diva]

The white one is a SILKIE. The other is definitely not. Did someone sell them to you as both Silkies????

 

[indianacass]

Sort of... As I said they were a gift so we didn't buy them, a friend did. They were apparently huddled together in the silkie box and my friends daughter picked them out. We knew pretty quickly it wasn't a silkie