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This little stinker, the one I was worried about not being able to navigate ramps, followed her flockmates all the way up the ramp, waited for them to go into the henhouse, and then flew to my lap because she knows she gets a treat if she goes in my lap and looks up at me.

Thanks everyone for the advice and encouragement. The flock spent their first night out last night at six weeks old and my little silkie did great (probably the biggest problem was the constant disturbance by her paranoid human caretakers). She even figured out how to climb the whole ramp to the...

Thanks! Also, unrelated, why did nobody warn me just how adorable it is when silkies get their little puffball tails and shake them? Joni has definitely learned if she jumps in my lap and does that she's guaranteed a treat 😂

How do you know when it's ok to move your silkies outside? My little flock is getting pretty rambunctious for their brooder (well, two of them at least while the others have no room to get out of the way of their crazy antics). They're off heat but indoors at a constant 62-66, lows will be in...

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Thank you, feeling better now, that's around the angle we'd have to put it at. I really think she'll learn from following the others but was getting paranoid after reading a few accounts.

Hey silkie lovers- I'm building a coop for my flock of four birds, which includes one silkie, and a little worried from reading some posts that they won't use a ramp- the henhouse is 3 feet high. Wondering what everyone's experience is, and looking for other tips. I posted a new thread here...