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Hawkeye95 said:
No idea, this is the type of beak that is usually noted at fatal.

You can take a file and knock off the end of it. But be really careful. Just keep an eye on how it's fitting together. The one on the right, I might lean towards blue-- looks like I can see a light undercoat. Blacks will be black all the way through. Only you will be able to fluff their feathers and check for grey under it. If they are lighter or grey under, they are blue.


She does have the S shape you're looking for-- nice chest and her neck is short and back. (You want the neck and tail so close there is no back being shown and she has that!) But her tail slopes down, and her wings are hanging loose-- and I can't be sure, but the wings don't look like they stack correctly?? You'd have to pull her wings and check them for a split, since that is often what causes that, and this is just ONE snapshot in time, does she always hold her wings like that?? If not, they may be fine. About her tail-- if it were held higher, it would be pretty much perfect. Too small of a crest, but how old is she? You could probably offset her crest with a REALLY amazing rooster that has a nice big crest and throw better babies.
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First of all, thank you for all the good advice again!
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I'll have to go and look at my hen, to see if she is really blue or not. I'm leaning more towards the blue the more I think of it. But I'll check.
Normally this hen carries her tail higher than in the last picture I posted. I'm wondering if it's the heat or I jus got the picture at a bad time. Usually she struts around like she owns the place. lol I don't think this hen has split wings, I'll have to check. Being a pet I haven't paid that close attention to those things. But as I learn more about silkies here on the forum, I'm starting to notice more of these things in my birds. lol And unfortunately, they're mostly pet quality. lol Growing out some Catance chicks so hopefully I'll get something that'll be worthy of breeding and showing. I'm hoping to get a good splash rooster, I have 3 chicks. I could always pair this hen with a splash rooster to see what I get.
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ChickensXOXO said:
One of my silkie eggs is hatching today (a day early), and ants got inside the egg!

I blew the ants out, and I dusted around and inside the nest, but I ended up taking the mom and eggs out and putting them in the building.

I don't know what attracted the ants... there's no busted eggs or anything.

Anyway, if anyone has any tips, please pass them on. I'm hoping my babies are going to be okay! The one chick is still alive and breathing!
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Oh my how horrible I never thought of ants and the hatching eggs poor baby hopefully they didn't hurt it. I think there are a lot of ant issues this year because of it being so dry. I wonder what can be used around the chickens to repel the ants and not harm the chickens. I don't believe that DE is effective on ants.
 

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