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Hi all, I recently bought 2 little white silkies, wondering if they are old enough to tell their gender? Chicken A: Chicken B: Thankyou all very very much, your help is always greatly appreciated! :D

Hey chook-lovers, my adult silkie hen has lost heaps of weight from being broody, is it anything to be concerned about? I am buying 6 silkie eggs for her to hatch on the weekend, so I need her to stay broody! She is very light, there's nothing to her but feathers. She is eating, but not often...

Hey chook-lovers! Just a quick question from a new folk, I have a 1 year old silkie hen and she and the other one want to get out into the grass during the day, but I'm not home from school until 3. I let them out in a pen/cage until dark. My hen makes really (really really) loud clucking noises...

My 1 year old silkie hen has had its prolapse falling out the last 4 days. I immediately took her to the vet as soon as the problem occurred. I know how to take care of the prolapse but she is now not eating, my main problem. She hasn't touched her food and her crop is empty ;( . Her poop is...

I'm really worried about my 1yr old silkie hen. Her prolapse fell out so we took her to the vet. He said push it back in and keep seperate from the flock. We are pushing it in every 3 hours but she is not eating and I am getting very worried. Her crop is empty and food mostly untouched. Please...

My 9 month old silkie hen is always let out and she eats the dirt. Is it good for her? Should I put her somewhere where there is no dirt?

Success! There has been this one rat that has been bothering my flock basically since I got them many months ago. Ahh, revenge is sweet! Yesterday Theif (the rat) was again seen tormenting my flock so I grabbed a small palmful of Miss Pepper's food (she wasn't too happy about that) and I soaked...

Is it just me or does like 10% of chicken owners seem to call one of their chickens Pepper

Hello! I bought this chicken from a local breeder and he said that the chicken was a hen but it was also hard to tell. It is a silkie chicken about 22 weeks old. Hen or rooster? I want a rooster!

Anyone got any ideas what you're going to give your chickens this christmas? I think I'm going to put mealworms at the bottom of their food bowl as a surprise! They sure love mealworms...

Hey there! After recently purchasing 2 black silkie chickens, I was wondering when and what they need! The eldest is now 19 weeks and the younger one is 17 weeks, and I have had them for 10 weeks. I think we had an egg (if you could call it that) from the older one but it had no shell or yolk...