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So I've been wondering what are the quality names for a chicken. I know there is standard and someone else told me a term too. So are there any other names? How would it be used? For example, somebody told me my silkies were terms so would that be called a silkie bantam term?

I'm thinking of getting a baby duck this year but wanted to know what is needed for one and if it needs other ducks or can just get along with chickens. Here are some of my questions. Does a duck need a little pond? Does duck poo stink? Can It live in a chicken coop or does it need a separate place?

This girl came from a local feed store and the guy did not know what breed his chick were and just said they were red. Anyway, we got a lot of cool chicken breeds from them. One we don't know what it is. I've always just said welsummer but I just want to confirm.

So I have a 3 day old silkie and is kind of a week chick. I needed to help rip the membrane of the chick to help it hatch, which was advice. Anyway, it looked like it had very mild wry neck at first. But I noticed today that one eye has never opened. Also, It became a very needy chick today. I...

I have a chick and it started this morning to put it's head under it's body for a long time and won't stop. What do I do?

So I have a day 1 chick and I have to sell this one because I have no more space for chickens until I build my other chicken coop. Anyway, I also have a couple of eggs also silkie bantams. Anyone wants them? You'll also have to be in these cities Delano, Bakersfield, Wasco, Mc farland and...

My first egg ever just hatched. It is a silkie bantam but I've never seen a baby chick stand like this one or sit I guess. It was standing in the incubator but now it just sits like a dog. Quite active, it is also 2 hours old.

So I got the idea of a vlog from somebody and decided to do a vlog, which sounds fun to me. So about a year and a half ago got my first flock of chickens. My chickens are Delaware and she is a Delaware, Little miss she is silver laced wyandotte, Cupcake she is a Easter olive egger, Felay we...

I thought it would be fun to open a thread about silkie stories or share about your silkies. I own 2 silkies. They live in their divided space in our chicken coop since our chickens aren't what you call friendly to silkies. Anyway, I own to silkie one a rooster and one a hen. I like to call them...

So I have a couple of fertilized eggs from my silkie bantam and I'm probably going to need lots of help on what to do during the incubating process. I am completely experienced on what to do after they hatch. Anyway, I have a day 20 egg. I candled it last night and saw a chicken shadow body and...

Hey do I help my chicken hatch it's day 22 and it hasn't pipped at all. I candled today and I saw the egg yolk move just a bit. On the first picture I didn't realize it was blurry until I looked at it but on the bottom is what I think is the embryo. I don't know what it was honestly, it was just...

I had left a fertilized egg in the favorite nesting box and turned it every 2 hours while i waited for my incubator to come. It was laid April 1, and it came in today. What temperature do I keep it at?

I think this egg is fertile. I wanted to know if it was dead or alive because it was 6 days old.

So I have a unbroody silkie who does not want to sit on her fertilized eggs and no incubator. We have 2 flocks, one of 2 silkies and the other is made up of 6 hens. Should I just leave the eggs in the favorite nesting box with the 2 flock? If not what should I do with them?

I have a silkie bantam around 6 months and a half old. She is separated from our other chickens along with our rooster who is also a silkie bantam. She recently started laying eggs this week and we see the rooster go on top of the hen. I have never seen the silkie sit on top of the eggs but it's...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I guess I'm new I've only had chickens for a year. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I have 6 chickens currently. (3) What breeds do you have? I have a Delaware, silver laced wyandotte, olive easter egger, 1 silkie...