Recent content by silkienewbie93

Does anyone know of any chicken rescue organizations near Toronto? I’d love to adopt some rescue chickens / ex battery hens but I don’t know where to look.

Thanks that’s super helpful! I have some poultry vitamin powder I can add to their water to see if that helps her. I’ll offer some black oil sunflower seeds as well!

i give them regular layer feed

I’ve noticed a few issues with my silkie and I’m having trouble connecting them to figure out what’s wrong. She’s three and half right now. I noticed several months ago when she breathes I can see it in her neck. It almost looks like her neck is inflating. She often has her left eye closed and...

Just to give an update her comb has recently plumped back up on its own. It looks totally normal now 🤷🏼‍♀️

Good to know thanks! It’s going to be above freezing for the next couple days so I’ll see if some coconut oil helps first

I noticed on my hen that one of the tips of her comb has turned white and crusty, and shrank. It was like this before our temps went below 0°C so I don’t think it’s frostbite. Could it be Favus? Or just dry skin? I attached a pic (the black spot on her comb is a scab from a recent peck).

I feel bad separating her entirely because she gets along well with the rest of the flock. I did have an issue with my rooster chasing my older silkie hens when he was about 6 months old but I figured it was a combination of his hormones going crazy and the silkies being skittish. I gave the...

Hi everyone! My rooster has been chasing one of my hens recently! All of my chickens including the rooster have been raised together since day one. They are now a little over 2 years old. I have 1 rooster and 10 hens. I noticed a few months ago that he kept chasing her out of the nesting...

That’s good to know!

She runs the show haha

One of my hens has absolutely giant wattles. She’s about 2 years old and I know she’s a hen because she’s one of my best egg layers 😂 but she has the biggest wattles I’ve ever seen on a hen! Does anyone else have a girl with wattles this big?

Just wanted to give an update. My chicken has finished her 7 day course on the nystatin and her crop is emptying perfectly. She’s eating and drinking and having normal poops and her energy is way up!

How’s she doing? One of mine is having the same issue

Did your chicken end up recovering? Mine is displaying the same symptoms