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kabhyper1 said:
Chance found his crow. :)
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OMGoodness! That is way too cute!
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It reminds me of the noise my baby dolls made when you put them down!
 
emvickrey said:
I belong to a club where we hold swaps regularly on the weekends in warm weather. I sell off my boys and girls that I decide I don't want to keep. I pick out the best and sell the rest. I don't always keep all the best. I just keep what I need to improve my pens or simply add to them. I normally hatch all winter and by spring I know who is staying except for the younger ones. I will make my first initial picks after they are about a week old. I let those grow out to about 3 months old and I make my final picks from those. I'll sell a boy for as little as $5 just to find him a home. If I can't get them sold by mid summer they go to the auction house which I haven't had to do at all this past year. Thank goodness. I really hate to resort to the auction house. I don't like how they are treated since I am careful with them myself. They just yank them out of the cages and hold them up by a wing. I do still have a couple that the splash hens hatched but they will stay till I find new owners. I'm not desperate.
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Thanks. I guess it helps to live somewhere you can keep all the chicks you want! I just didn't know there were so many people out there looking to buy silkies. Do people eat them?? I really can't imagine it.
 
MandyFitch said:
Thanks. I guess it helps to live somewhere you can keep all the chicks you want! I just didn't know there were so many people out there looking to buy silkies. Do people eat them?? I really can't imagine it.
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I've known of a few people that have eaten them. They are a small bird no matter how large they look with all those feathers. I wouldn't eat one unless we where out of food and had no way to get any which I don't see happening unless all the wild game disappear.
 
kmollyhughes said:
I have 7-ish (?) silkies and 4 sizzles/smooth sizzles and I haven't had any problem with them in this cold weather. Wind, rain, snow, cold days -They've done great. We have a large covered run and sheds for them. After the snow storms we put straw down in the run for all the chickens. (They share the run with our LF chickens) The only silkie we've lost this year is to a hawk attack. They do fine 98% of the time. So don't worry. Weird cold winter.
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If they get wet and its really cold during the night and they can't get dried before the cold sets in they will get sick, thats how I lost 2 of them at the begining of fall, they started sneezing shaking there head then there eyes swelled shut I gave them antibiotics and they still died, they just stop eating and get weak.
 
oletymer said:
If they get wet  and its really cold during the night and they can't get dried before the cold sets in they will get sick, thats how I lost 2 of them at the begining of fall, they started sneezing shaking there head then there eyes swelled shut I gave them antibiotics and they still died, they just stop eating and get weak.
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If they get really wet and cold, they are just like any other animal. Bring them in, dry them off, or let them sleep in a shop or garage. I avoid the issue of them being soaked and cold by having the covered run and lots of straw and shavings for them. Any animal or person can only handle so much.
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