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1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Silkie, 5months old, much lighter than others. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Typical sickness behaviors, drinking very little , not eating crumbles or mash but would eat a few bites of...

This is unlike anything I have ever seen. At first I thought it was mites or sticktight fleas then fowl pox. I’m completely confused about this. I noticed 1 of my hens running into the fence when I checked her out both eyes were crusted closed, so i movEd her into a dog crate& applied neosporin...

Ine if my Silkie chicks about a month old was attacked by some thing yesterday I found her sitting down shaking with blood all over her back and scabbed up a little bit no feathers. So I brought her in and cleaned her up and she just fell asleep . I brought her outside today and noticed she...

1 of my Silkie chicks 5 days old was missing all day . It was 100+ degrees today. Somehow she got separated from her mama. I just found her this evening . During the day all the others were too loud to hear her but once it was dark went out with a flash light and found her. She is breathing hard...

I came home today and my little hand she’s probably about five months old is having trouble breathing I think he’s making this weird sound but here’s a video of what’s going on with her anybody please help. Has anybody ever heard this before?

I’m not sure if I’m posting in right place. I noticed my little Silkie still has a lot of pin feathers with that white covering still partially on them. She has an extremely crooked beak , so she can’t preen herself. Her sister doesn’t have any feathers still like this. Their 8months old. I...

I searched and searched for info and pictures that showed or told me exactly where/how to insert the feeding tube in the correct hole. I don’t think it’s really possible to see the hole . You just dont want it to go down the hole in the middle that you can actually see when looking into open...

Im looking to buy some silkie hatching eggs near Yuba City Ca.please let me know. Thank you

This is prob a dumb question. I would assume they don’t but my chicks mom is very fascinated with them. The chicks are inside their own little cage so the big girls won’t hurt them. What do you guys think?

Does anybody know what could cause a chicks chirp to sound different or weird compared to normal ? Almost like she’s sick or plugged up, it kind of sounds broken up . She’s about 2 months old. I first noticed about a week ago .

I hatched a chick recently with a slightly crooked beak and wanted to share this info . I hope it works and can help someone. Basically on a recently hatched chick or mild case it says that if the top crosses to right of the bottom beak apply pressure toward left and vise versa. Holding it for...

If you have some time check this article out. Researchers placed a cell phone on top of an incubator with eggs inside to see how it would effect the embryos. Interesting article but I am still against animal testing. http://www.theriojournal.com/article/S0093-691X(07)00704-2/abstract

What features would that mix give you in appearance ? Any pictures of examples ?

My 7 week old silkie chicks looks like she's having a hard time breathing when she sleeps. And when she breathes out(exhales) the skin between her eye and beek fills up with air. Like a little air pocket or balloon . It goes back down when she inhales. I noticed this a few days ago.just today...