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Curiosity post: I've been hatching from my free ranging flock that consists of black copper marans and easter eggers. I had one little pullet hatch that appears to be somewhat "fibro", black eyes, skin, and legs. Do either of these breeds (i know, I know, easter eggers aren't really a breed🤣)...

Hi! After raising chickens for fun for the last few years, I have started the journey into sustainability and raising my own chickens for meat as well as eggs. I started with a small seperate flock of marans and ameracaunas with the idea of using the extra roos for meat and keeping the hens for...

This serama baby is about 5-6 weeks old and I'm a little stumped on gender. Any guesses? The last two pics are of an obvious pullet and cockerel from the same hatch. And the other is the whole group (lots of roos😅).

I never thought I would want to do this, but there is a local serama show in my neck of the woods this summer and I really want to meet other serama people and make some connections..so I'm thinking about entering. Most of my breeding flock are from other breeders, so I don't want to show them...

Hi! I'm somewhat new to raising seramas and want to learn a little more about them. I hatched out this little guy from my little flock, and noticed his legs look white, not really yellow. Is that considered a defect in seramas when breeding to standard? He is 3 months old, and has the best...

Hi! I have a 2 week old cochin with what appears to be a large feather follicle cyst on her upper leg. We drained quite a bit of fluid out of it earlier, and pulled a few of the pin feathers out that appeared to be part of the problem. The area seems to be filling up with fluid again though...

Hi guys! I'm new to d'uccles and am trying to learn a little more about them. Any tricks to sexing them other than comb development? I have two babies that I got that appear to have some age difference between them, but also significant difference in comb size. I'm honestly not even sure how old...

I have a young pullet who began acting off today (staying off to herself, laying down a lot). She has no other physical symptoms, other than a small amount of swelling above her right eye. She's not displaying any respiratory symptoms, but should I go ahead and treat her with an antibiotic just...

I recently got my hands on a group of showgirl mutt chickens. Don't judge them, I know they are silly looking but I love them. 🤣 I know my white frizzle is a boy, he already has a big comb and wattles coming in. I suspect the black is a pullet. Stumped on the mille fleur, but hoping a girl. Any...

Hey guys, I have a silkie hen who recently started "refusing" our rooster's advances and now is fighting with him. They were raised together and they've never had issues before-she was his favorite and is the head hen. Is this a little "lover's quarrel", or will I never get fertile eggs from her...

Hi guys, I have a two year old silkie who has had issues with egg binding for quite a while. Unfortunately, she lays very large eggs for her size and I have had to treat her twice before with warm soaks and calcium supplements to get her to pass the egg. This time she was obviously in distress...

Hi Guys! I noticed our pet rooster has been standing on one leg and limping a little bit here and there for the past few days. I checked out his feet and noticed a scab on his toe- not where I would expect to see bumblefoot (however I have no experience with it). As a chick he had horrible...

Hi guys! I have 6 month old silkie that is stumping me on gender. He/she is not crowing, but I have caught him/her erm...*humping* the head silkie hen. There's no courting behavior, no tidbitting, no crowing or shuffle dances. The behavior only seems directed at the one hen. I have the...

Hi! I was given some silkie hatching eggs from a lovely lady a while back. These two appear to be a mix of some sort. I thought maybe cochin and silkie, but I'm not seeing a whole lot of hard feathers which I thought that they would have with the cochin genes. It doesn't really matter, I'm just...

Hi guys! I'm getting my first chance to experience hatching eggs and have a few questions.. We have seven girls and our one silkie went super broody. We were gifted 7 hatching eggs, and I put them under her about a week ago. She's doing great, but I am thinking about moving her from the coop to...

Hi! I've had two hens in the last month that have become egg bound. One was a 2 year old barred rock, who after a soak and massage was able to pass the egg on her own. The other was a 1 year old silkie who was very sick by the time I found her, and I ended up having to remove the egg on my own...

This little silkie is about 5 months old. She apparently developed paralysis in her leg about 2 months ago. Her owner could no longer keep her, so we took her in to keep her inside as a house chicken. (I'm a sucker!) It looks to me that both legs are paralyzed, with the right hip still working...

These two are almost 5 months old. I'm pretty positive the silver partridge is a girl, but I'm not 100% sure about the black one. I'm leaning towards boy but would love the opinion of someone who has a little more experience with silkies! Thanks!!!

Hi! I have two super sweet 2 month old silkie chicks (both with frizzled genes). I know it is probably way to early to tell, but can anyone take a stab at their gender? Also, I can't decide if they are actually frizzled or not..I'm pretty certain my black one is, but I am new to silkies. Can...