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Wow! I didn't know that either. I have a silke rooster with markings who's supposed to be a purebred silkie. I have a white rooster too, but I'm not sure he's a purebred silkie. I think I have crosses of silkies in my flock. I have 1 surviving hatched peep who is solid black. The other one who...

Hi! I'm not sure who you should keep either. I'd say the one's your hens like. I have 1 newborn survivor out of a half dozen sitting eggs. He's still young to get pictures of because he's black. I'm getting rid of 6 of 9 Roosters I have tomorrow. I'm taking them to Woody's Auction in Woodland...

Hello! What I do to bullies? I take a long stick, (not hitting the chicken with it), and chasing it around the run until I think it gets my point. I single it out for a round. . Chickens HATE that! Doesn't help? I've been known to catch the bully and give them the grand tour... put them...

Oh thank you! This is my first year as a silkie chicken owner, so I don't know their cycles, yet.

No, she's the one who had the 1 surviving chick. She is losing more and more interest in him. I have him listed for free with a small amount of food to go with him.

Thank you sooo much!

I have the same problem with Bok Bwok. She doesn't look good. I have a sand, demetrios Earth mixture I keep for them all to bathe in. I also put the sand/earht in the nesting boxes. I have about 9 broody hens, but I put them out into the run everyday and close the coop. Here is a picture of Bok...

Hello! I am located in WA State. I recently hatched 1 chick and had Mama raise him. (I'm assuming it's a male until proven otherwise.) This chick is a purebred Silkie of a Silkie Mix. He's about 7 weeks old and is an experiment because I wanted to see the process and behaviour of these...

This is kind of a weird thing, but it works for me. The aggressive chicken, gender doesn't matter, I take for a grand tour around the farm. I tuck the bird under my arm and walk around the farm like that. I take into houses, I let the dogs sniff him, then I take the chicken back to the coop and...

Hi All. I have beem putting my boody girls out of the coop. I started tonight and each day, I am going to put them out. I also don't keep food or water in the coop with the nesting boxes, hoping that would help. I had everyone in the run with no food until everyone was out of the coop. Then I...

Thank you for such a wonderful article. I own a full flock of Silkies but none of them are egg eaters. It's just good to know this information.

6 eggs a day. I'm coming up on two dozen. 'sigh' More than two people can cook & eat.

I think that after the eggs hatch, they should be removed from the mama. An example of what I mean is the other hen hatched a baby May 18th. I found him dead May 20, 2018. First I found him by Bok Bwok and her chick, stuck bin a corner. None of the three hens in the coop would help It. I found...

Hello! Yacolt WA is 16 miles north of Battle Ground WA.

To puffpoo22: I'm very sorry to hear of your loss. Back when Farmer Bourn had chickens, a coon took all but two out. I went out and hunted the varmint. It was a young coon and it was hiding in a tree in the southeast pasture. I shot it with a .22 rifle. It was horrible to kill something, but it...

I'm not your stepping stone!?!

Hi! I'm from Yacolt, Wa. I live back in the burn. I've lived up here for 14 years and just love it here. I acquired these chickens in January of this year. I hear that some of them were interbred and the chicks in the cat carrier were supposed purebred black silkies. The other flock of adult...

Hi! Thank you for the reply. I believe it's a silkie, but I'm not sure. I have half breeds in my flock and how do you tell which chicken laid which egg? I'm suree he's a roo, but maybe not...

This thread is in reply to Little Jerry Seinfeld who commented on my picture of my peep-peep. We rob the train here in Yacolt twice a year. I'm not sure what the schedule this year is. www.bycx.com can give you that information. We use real horse and firearms, but with LOUD blanks. The...

Hi ALL! Thank you for the warm welcome. Here is a picture of my only live peep-pee. I'm letting Mama raise him. I have 6 more eggs that should hatch around the 20th of this month. I'm hoping to sell them all.