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Thank you! I love you! You got a big brain. This sounds like a 2-3 year long project but I don’t mind. Only difficult part is the breeding and culling. Thankfully silkies are very popular in my area so any hens/pullets will get to live. Not so much the same for the males but… I’m going to ask...

I am going to receive some hatching eggs (BBS) but the breeder told me her blacks when bred to her recessive white throw partridge, buff, white and black chicks, etc. I’m guessing her whites hide buff and partridge while her blacks are hiding one partridge and one recessive white. Correct? Her...

Thank you for replying. I want chicks because they make me happy and I want to be like the people who show their chickens in poultry shows. I guess that dream is dashed. I’ll wait until I can have my own place and barn farrrrr away from others. :(

I am sending in a test for MG but the symptoms are sneezing, light snot and sometimes bubbles in the eye. I’ve been treating with Tylan 50 or Tiaguard. My dad also raises his chickens and they show the same symptoms but worse since he doesn’t care to treat it consistently or as needed. His coop...