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9/29/18 – Why do Hens Stop Laying?
6/6/2018 – Building a Coop for Silkie Chickens
11/9/17 – Tips For Winterizing Your Chicken Run
12/29/17 – How to Deal with Below Zero Temps in the Chicken Coop
7/4/17 – How To Quiet The Crow of a Silkie Rooster
6/19/17 – Tips and Tricks for Broody Silkies
3/21/17 – The Secrets of Silkie Vaults at VJP Poultry
Links to Previous Blog Posts by VJP Poultry
10/4/19 – Gentle Silkies – Why You Need To Own This Breed
6/13/19 – How To Protect Your Chickens From Deadly Buffalo Gnats
6/3/19 – How Correct Humidity Can Improve Your Incubation and Hatch Rate
5/2/19 – Beginner’s Guide to American Paint Silkies
4/6/19 – How to Get Your Chickens to Like You
3/9/19 – Correct Brooder Temperature and Introduction to Outdoors for Chicks
3/2/19 – Chicken Nesting Box Issues and Solutions
2/20/19 – Chickens That Won’t Come in at Night
2/7/19 – Egg Storage and Washing – Counter top vs Refrigerator
1/30/19 – How To Stop Egg Eating Chickens
1/14/19 – Frozen Chicken Eggs – Use and Prevention
1/5/19 – Chicken First Aid Kit – Be Prepared
12/20/18 – How To Treat a Chicken That Has Been Attacked
12/5/18 – Chicken Jigsaw Puzzles
11/30/18 – Chicken Games For Kids
11/24/18 – Gifts for a Pampered Chicken
11/20/18 – Chicken Adult Coloring Books
11/17/18 – Excellent Gift Books for Chicken Lovers
11/12/18 – Unique Chicken Christmas Tree Ornaments
11/6/18 – Chicken Themed Gift Wrap
10/31/18 – Mice, Rats, Chickens, and Cats
10/23/18 – Rain, Chickens and Muddy Runs
10/14/18 – Can Chickens Eat Pumpkin?
10/5/18 – The Expert Way to Cook and Peel a Hard Boiled Egg
9/29/18 – Why do Hens Stop Laying?
9/23/18 – How to Help Chickens Through Molting Season
9/8/18 – Feed and Treats For Adult and Juvenile Chickens
8/29/18 – Feed and Treats For Baby Chicks
8/19/18 – How to Get Rid of Odors in the Chicken Coop
8/6/18 – How To Practice Biosecurity in Your Own Backyard Silkie Flock
7/31/18 – Keeping Silkie Chickens Safe From Raccoons
7/25/18 – How to Keep Silkie Chickens Cool During a Heat Wave
7/3/18 – Bachelor Pads for the Silkie Rooster
6/25/18 – How to Perform a DNA Test on your Silkie Chick and Determine its Sex
6/16/18 – Can Dogs and Silkie Chickens Coexist?
6/6/2018 – Building a Coop for Silkie Chickens
5/30/2018 – How To Protect Your Chickens By Keeping Predators Away.
5/25/18 – How To Prevent Chick Deaths During the First Week of Life
5/17/18 – Strengthen Your Chicken’s Egg Shells With the Shell of an Oyster
5/6/18 – The Instincts of a Mother Hen
4/29/18 – Pecking Order and Who Rules the Roost
4/24/18 – A Look at the Silkie Standard of Perfection
4/18/18 – Why is it so Difficult to Sex Silkie Juvenile Chicks
4/13/18 – How To Integrate New Chickens Into Your Flock
4/4/2018 – Why Your Chicken Needs a Dust Bath
3/25/18 – Egg Color and Colored Earlobes in Chickens
3/20/18 – How to Prevent Pasty Butt in Baby Chicks
3/12/18 – How to get Beetle Green Sheen in Black Chickens
3/10/18 – How to Choose a Heat Source for Your Brooder
3/4/18 – The Perfect Chick Brooder
2/23/18 – Silkie Wings – What Makes Show Quality?
2/18/18 – How to Effectively Control Chicken Dust
2/12/18 – The Mysterious Courtship Dance of Chickens
2/7/18 – My Experience With VJP Poultry from Cage-Free Mom
l2/2/18 – Feeding Strategies for Silkie Chickens in the Winter
1/26/18 – Managing Laying Hens in the Winter
1/20/18 – Respiratory Health in the Silkie Chicken Flock
1/4/18 – How to Prevent and Treat Frostbite in Your Flock
12/29/17 – How to Deal with Below Zero Temps in the Chicken Coop
12/13/17 – Gifts For Silkie Chicken Lovers
12/5/17 – Gifts for Guys Who Like Chickens
12/2/17 – Gifts for the Chicken Lady
11/28/2017 – Chicken Lover’s Gifts for the Home
11/22/17 – Gifts For Kids Who Love Chickens
11/17/17 – How to Fix a Heated Water Base Which is Too Hot
11/9/17 – Tips For Winterizing Your Chicken Run
11/5/17 – What to Expect at a Poultry Show
10/26/17 – What You Need to Have in Your Poultry Showbox
10/20/17 – The Grooming Process – Primping Your Silkie for the Show
10/14/17 – Worming Your Silkies in the Fall and Spring
10/3/17 – Cage Training For The Silkie Show
9/26/17 – Vitamins, Silkies and Wry Neck
9/20/17 – How To Winterize a Coop Built From a Kit
9/12/17 – Gardening With Chickens – Lando, The Gardening Silkie Rooster
9/7/17 – Fly Strike – Help! What Do I Do Now?
9/4/17 – Silkie Starter Kit – What You Need Before the Chicks Arrive
8/16/17 – How We Quarantine Silkies at Rooster Camp and Rooster Hilton
8/9/17 – How To Give Your Silkie a Bath
8/4/17 – Minnesota Fall Poultry Shows are all about Silkies
7/26/17 – How To Check For Mites On a Silkie Chicken
7/19/17 – Mink – A Silkie Chicken Predator
7/4/17 – How To Quiet The Crow of a Silkie Rooster
6/27/17 – When Something is Wrong With My Silkie
6/19/17 – Tips and Tricks for Broody Silkies
6/13/17 – What To Expect at a State Vet Inspection
6/6/2017 – Newborn Silkie Chick Management
5/30/17 – Medicated Chick Starter, Coccidiosis and Summer
5/22/17 – Trimming Your Silkie’s Toenails
5/15/17 – Understanding Partridge Silkies at VJP Poultry
5/9/17 – Selective Silkie Breeding
5/2/17 – Should You Help Your Silkie Chick to Hatch?
4/25/17 – Cleaning the Coops at VJP Poultry
4/11/17 – Companion Birds For Silkies
4/4/17 – Sprouting Grains and Growing Fodder For Your Silkie at VJP Poultry
3/28/17 – How To Improve Fertility in Silkie Chickens at VJP Poultry
3/21/17 – The Secrets of Silkie Vaults at VJP Poultry
3/14/17 – How We Incubate Our Eggs At VJP Poultry
3/7/17 – How To Sex Young Silkie Chickens at VJP Poultry
3/2/17 – Improve Your Silkie Hatch Before the Incubator
2/24/17 – Blue and Splash Silkie Pen at VJP Poultry
2/13/17 – Remodeling at VJP Poultry
2/7/17- How To Choose Silkie Chicks For 4-H Poultry Showing
1/31/17 – Silkies and Incubators
1/21/17 – January Improvement Project – Chick Windows at VJP Poultry
1/14/2017 – Time To Purchase Silkie Chicks for 4-H Showing from VJP Poultry
1/7/4/25/17 – Cleaning the Coops at VJP Poultry
17 – Using Heated Water Bases at VJP Poultry
12/30/16 – A Trip To The Feed Store With VJP Poultry
12/20/16 – Heat Lamp Use at VJP Poultry
12/11/16 – Changes to Silkies as the Days Grow Shorter
12/05/16 – Does a Silkie Need a Christmas Gift?
11/26/16 – Using Plastic On The Silkie Chicken Run
11/19/16 – Pea Rock in the Silkie Chicken Run
11/11/16 – Why Fall is an Excellent Time To Buy Chicks
11/07/16 – How to Keep a Flock History
11/01/16 – Why Roosters Are Important To Your Silkie Backyard Flock
10/29/16 – October Fall Chores at VJP Poultry
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