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8wks now...& still with Mumma, who has just started laying again. I ended up sending some samples for DNA sexing, will have the results this week sometime...& then I'm pretty sure this little one will have to leave for his new home on the weekend 🥺

Thank you for the explanation x I've only heard the term twice, & one of those times someone was referring to a silkie, & they used the term 'gypsy purple'...which is why I thought this may have been what they meant. She is pretty anyway, & I'd love to have bred her with my Buff Silkie Roo, only...

Snow White is one of 6 silkies that I rescued a few months ago now. She is not the nicest hen, in fact, she killed one of our hatchies a month ago...& to be honest, I've been mad at her ever since. Today though while out with them, I paid her some more attention than I have been & it got me...

Scrolling my older posts, & thought I would just update this one....because these 2 beautiful girls were truly amazing, they were the first chicks of my first flock & they were the last 2 to survive. They both lived to celebrate their 7th birthday with us before they sadly passed...within...

As in pullets or adult hens? Because my hens definitely have bigger combs than this guy. Also, I'm not disagreeing, I actually feel that it's a boy....I'm still just hoping so badly I'm wrong though 😅

Please don't swear at me 🥴 I'm still in denial that my Rori is a boy 😬🤫

Mumma Po & Baby Rori enjoying an egg for brekky

Still waiting for this little rascal to let me know if it's a boy or girl 🥴

So after at least 3months of no eggs from our Mumma hen, Pocahontas, she has decided to start laying again & I collected the first egg from her today 🥰 I was a little unsure if she would hold out longer because she is still mothering her 7wk old chick...but while her baby explored, she took...

I definitely will xx We love all the girls, & my little roo is my fav, but this beautiful girl is extra special to us, because very shortly after we got them, she managed to get herself stuck in some fencing...she was hanging by only her neck & was very very close to dead when we went to check...

Thank you for all the advice, I've successfully given her the first dose of extra calcium, & it was so much easier than I thought it would be! Probably helped she thought she was getting a treat the others miss out on 😅 Hopefully this is all that is needed to sort out whatever is going on 🤞🏼...

Ok, thank you x She is very friendly, & morning will be better for me....it's already too cold for me to go back outside & I'm showered & in my pjs 😅 Fingers crossed she doesn't hate me afterwards 🤞🏼

Sounds easy enough...I just know the fight the cats put on 😬 Maybe a silly question, but should I start tonight as she going to bed, or in the morning when she is hungry & demanding treats?

I have the tablets pictured on hand, could I do a half tablet & that be ok? Also...if I just put it in her beak & hold closed for a minute will that work?

Thank you, I did see calcium tablets recommended, but wasn't sure if there were any specifically for chickens. I'd be keen for dosing info etc though & definitely give it a try x

I haven't read through other replies, but just came to say that I'm glad it not just me dealing with this 😅 Every flock we have ever had, has had one obnoxiously loud hen...& our current girls, Silkies, are no different. I always laugh that I am not allowed to keep a rooster here, because I...

I've just read this article now, thank you for sharing. I noticed it mentions molting perhaps being a cause of this....which would I guess be the least stressful cause? She is in fact molting, so other than adding some vitamins to her water for the next little while, I'm guessing it safe to just...

Thank you!! I'm so glad someone understood what I was trying to explain, that is exactly what is was, a soft, but strong partly formed shell! She has laid 2 perfect eggs since, but now this morning, another egg exactly the same as the one mentioned...so it isn't a once off... If this is a...