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