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  1. omaeve

    Silkie thread!

    Look at the way a rooster stands, guards , watches out for hens calls them to treats but watches for danger while the rest eat. Has a Mohawk hairdo . Seems to have more upright posture. I seem to see this at 3-4 weeks except for the hairdo. Also when the big giant hands reach into the brooder...
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    sizzle, frizzle, and frazzle???

    Not a Sizzle with that comb, breed back to Silkie to get correct comb. We are working on getting Sizzle breed to be accepted. It must have all Sikie traits . Walnut comb not straight or v comb. Since our Sizzles were crossed with Polish(v) or Cochin (straight comb) Frizzed Chickens , we all...
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    September Hatch-A-Long

    T he mama broody will kick the egg out if it goes bad
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    sizzle, frizzle, and frazzle???

    This is a smooth Silkie frizzle I have black frizzle Cochin and Polish does anyone in virginia has a few frizzle's Silkie . I am in shenandoah valley
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    Silkie X Leghorn Crosses

    All the chicks the roo has a wild comb and in back of cage Silkie daddy
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    Silkie X Leghorn Crosses

    Mama leghorn
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    sultan chicken boy or girl

    Glad to hear that mine is almost 8 months and still not laying
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    Silkied Serama

    I have a cuckoo pair would like to add a silke or frizzled cuckoo to the breeding pen. zip 22610 to pick up chicks or hatching eggs in Virginia. Anyone have some?
  9. omaeve

    Silkied Serama

    get a clicker posing for pictures then give a mealworm treat work on pictures clicking treating daily just make it part of your routine. I use an Iphone and hold the button down to snap maybe 20 shots in a row.
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    Normal Flock Size?

    you need 2 chickens per family member. find our in your town if you are allowed to have rooster and buy a shed not a tiny chicken coop you need to build a secure chicken run. that means dig a ditch and secure wire underground. I made mine 8 feet high(I have two grandson's 6 ft 5 inchs.) with...
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    The American Paint Silkie

    Just heard Penelope American Paint stolen from Judy Lee creator of American paint at the Newnan, Georgia Poultry Show! be on the look out and repost to find this chicken theif Feb 16 & 17, 2013 Chattahoochee Valley Poultry Association 9th Annual Show Newnan Coweta Fairgrounds 275 Pine Road...
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    Food Scraps?

    scraps from one old lady does not go far, but I give them old canned goods on top of fermented feed to convince the untrained that it is really good. On hot day's, I give them old freezer food in a rubber bowl..warning it is hard to open (knife) frozen zip baggies with the chicken's trying to...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    70 good grief I am making egg salad just hard boil dice (I use egg slicer) you can use two knives. and place in sandwich baggies and pop into one big freezer baggie. mix with mayo celery seed salt and pepper and a touch of mustard as needed. also I take a big batch to church dinners. this is to...
  14. omaeve

    7 Year Badge- Nifty?

    I love byc I want badges
  15. omaeve

    NPIP certification courses are coming up in Virginia

    thanks I misse3d it last year but asked them to put me on this years list so I am going to call and verify that I am signed up see you there
  16. omaeve

    Pheasant Chicken Hybrids

    very interesting relatives of mine want me to raise and stock some birds on their farm here in Virginia anyone have hatching eggs I could come and pick up a little cold now for shipping?
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    Australorps breed Thread

    I have an Australorp hen and a roo he has gold laced neck feathers. Is that a color variation ? I got them as little chicks.
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    Sponsored Post Tips From Nutrena: The Heat is On, But is heating the coop really necessary in winter?

    My coop has 19 breeding pens each 3#4 feet with 19 waterer's to freeze I put in three light sockets rated for the 250 heatlamp bulbs. Keeps the coop just warm enough to keep waters from freezing in more northern climes , I would use 4
  19. omaeve

    5th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2014 Hatch-A-Long

    we have a tv show in Alaska where the young couple raises two turkeys and names them them thanksgiving and Christmas . In my family we talk about what traditions we love and what things we want to make a tradition for the future. Now we want to have a family reunion. for just me and my...
  20. omaeve

    5th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2014 Hatch-A-Long

    Yes I will be joining will set one of my 3 bators
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