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  1. Chicken Egg 17

    Silkie thread!

    Ok thank you mine are all adults and have all just started laying a little under a month ago. I put the mixed flock with them tonight to help keep them warm. They just seem to shiver when you hold them so I wanted to make sure how long they can handle the cold.
  2. Chicken Egg 17

    Silkie thread!

    There colors are very nice, this is one of my hens laying her first egg
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    Silkie thread!

    They should have pleanty of shelter there are four silkies in a 4x8 coop and I have shower curtains on the side of there run to keep wind from blowing on them, And what would be a temp you would bring them in? Thank you
  4. Chicken Egg 17

    Silkie thread!

    This is one question I haven't been able to get an exact answer to but when should I bring my silkies inside during the winter, I know they are cold hardy but it can get 20 degrees or lower here and it's already been getting down in the 30s at night
  5. Chicken Egg 17

    Silkie thread!

    I wonder if she even moved when it fell, I am glad they are all ok
  6. Chicken Egg 17

    Silkie thread!

    I know the eggs will get bigger but why do the birds seem so small compared to everyone else's?
  7. Chicken Egg 17

    Silkie thread!

    My little girl Lucy laying her second egg yesterday. And quick question why does my silkies seem so little and one is laying already and everyone else's look huge like full sized large fowl.
  8. Chicken Egg 17

    Silkie thread!

    They could be lavender
  9. Chicken Egg 17

    Silkie thread!

    I have my border collie Aussie and she is funny around certain people but she has never bit anyone!!!! The neighbor dog He is over here weekly sometimes more than once in a day. And my dog is very protective of me so she don't like other people coming near me or other dogs. Now the people that...
  10. Chicken Egg 17

    Silkie thread!

    What part of PA are you located. I have a roo if you are allowed or interested in a roo. I can text or pm pics
  11. Chicken Egg 17

    Silkie thread!

    Ok well I can easliy find a different roo that's if I can find them the same color because the color as of what they are I was told by a show quality breeder that they are possibly mixed with white and black or blue. But I might get a blue roo if I can't find one the same color or close I would...
  12. Chicken Egg 17

    Silkie thread!

    Ok thank you they other one stands taller but he is higher in the pecking order than the other should I post some pics of the hens also to see what one would go best color wise I can always get a black or blue silkie roo and breed him in with the hens and see if we can get a darker colored roo...
  13. Chicken Egg 17

    Silkie thread!

    Ok well those are the only two I have and what do you mean as of working on type
  14. Chicken Egg 17

    Silkie thread!

    Which roo would you keep I was thinking roo number two because he is the same color as the hens but his comb I don't know if it's the right color, and his leg feathers arnt as bushy as the first one. And number two has a good comb color I think and has good feathery legs, but his color is almost...
  15. Chicken Egg 17

    Silkie thread!

    They arnt going to probably go up the ramp for about a week, and yes you might have to teach them how to go in, you can start to tell the sex once they are about 2-3 months or older, and I have had mine in with the big chickens since they were about 3 months, and if you were hoping for older...
  16. Chicken Egg 17

    Silkie thread!

    You can massage her crop and help some of it drain and then put the crop bra on, but is the bra tighter as it is made to be that way so it helps hold he crop closer to the body to help it drain easier.
  17. Chicken Egg 17

    Silkie thread!

    Ok thank you I have two silkie Roos and there combs are starting to change, do you have any pics to compare to thanks
  18. Chicken Egg 17

    Silkie thread!

    What's the normal color of a silkie roosters comb? Thank you
  19. Chicken Egg 17

    Silkie thread!

    Could it have been an internal injurie?
  20. Chicken Egg 17

    Silkie thread!

    X2 the cackling dosnt indicate much of anything, rooster also do the cackling noise they do it when the hens are doing there egg song and hens and Roos also does it when a predator is at threat to them.
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