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Welcome to the °˖✧ Starstruck Silkie Shack ✧˖° Featuring stories and pictures of my wonderful silkies! There are still some standard chickens in the flock but the forum will be mostly for the silkies✨ Introductions: 1. Larry (♂️) - Hatched September 4th, 2021. He got a cut at the base of his...

Downsizing flock. Pick up only. Rooster free, laying hens $20 each • Rhode Island Red - 1 (♀️) • Jersey Giant - 1 (♀️) • Silkie/Leghorn - 1 (♂️) • Silkie/Midnight Majesty Maran - 1 (♀️) • Leghorn - 1 (♀️)

In early June I got a group of 20 silkie chicks. At about a week old they contracted a particularly aggressive strain of fowl pox that ended up having a 55% mortality rate. I still have 2 of the remaining 9 chicks. They appear to have stunted growth. (White female = Creampuff, buff male = Big...

A coworker had a 6 month old barred rock hen that was scalped by a Jersey Giant/Leghorn rooster. She has been sperated inside the house, wound cleaned/drained, treated with Neosporin (WITHOUT pain reliever) and microcyn poultry spray at least twice daily. This incident occurred 3 days ago, here...

My 2 year old Turken, Vinnie, passed away today At around 7:30am I fed them and she was acting as normal as everyone else, trailing behind me with the rest of the flock in the breakfast parade to the food container. It was 47°F this morning so I kept the teen chicks in the brooder until it...

There's been some dispute with a relative about what kind of hawk this is Edit: a link to the thread of the whole story for those that are curious - https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/hawk-attack.1597508/

Had my second hawk attack today (last one was almost 2 years ago). Had a 2 month old silkie with a single pinhole puncture wound and a OEGB hen with a few little cuts and a bloody eye (caused by the cut at the corner of her eye, no actual damage to the eye suspected); will keep a close eye on...

Light grey legs, 4 toes, non-feathered

Recently took in a mystery bantam chick with a deformed leg. A few toes are fused together and I suspect the same for their hock/ankle. They get around on one leg just fine currently and stuff their crop full exactly like any other chick. Just turned 1 week old. I plan on watching them closely...

I recently ended up with two 6-toed silkies (same number of digits on each foot). They're only 1 week old now but I was wondering if there would be any adverse effects if they bred with each other?

Went out of town for a couple days and had a friend come over to feed my flock while I was away. When he came back in the afternoon to put up the chicks about 2 days ago he noticed my 4 week old Cornish Cross had a wound on his foot. He said at the time you "could see all the way down the...

Need a second opinion on these chicks. Both bearded Chick #1 - Hazelnut, 8 weeks old Chick #2 - Goose, 10 weeks old

I have 4 one month old ducklings. Are these slightly-smaller-than-a-football sized birds still prey for these similarly sized wolf rats? They've outgrown their 100 gallon brooder and I have them in an exercise pen during the day. I'm only 60% sure the Jurassic Rats won't bother them. I know...

*Previously titled: "Identifying Trio Of Ducklings" * Original Post: Decided to raise ducks again. Looking to identify 3 ducklings pictured below. I am already aware the large one is a Pekin (only 5 days older than the rest). These are the casual pics I had on hand, I can get better ones...

Had a silkie that hatched yesterday, their sibling had just pipped (2pm). This morning, around 7am, the silkie hadn't made much progress. This is them now at 5pm. Does anyone think an assisted hatch is needed? I haven't done anything yet, that large piece of the shell was already off. He's...

Big Betsy the Jersey Giant and Emilia the Old English Game Bantam hatched the same day (April 17, 2022) and have been together since they were 3 days old! They hang around each other all the time and really seem to be "besties". A prominent example is when they were 3 months old Emilia went...

This is Larry! He had his eye pecked by a young roo that fought dirty (sent to freezer camp). It occurred in early November. Nowadays Larry stays in a rabbit hutch since he'll just hide all day otherwise. Wondering if his beak is at the filing stage or if a cutting is called for?

This is Jailbird, a Black Star and Silkie mix. Despite being part Silkie the only traits she has from her Pops is her head poof and a single feather on her leg. But, oh boy, she did not skimp on the Silkie attitude! She's almost 7 months old and has been acting broody lately. I looked high and...

This is Larry, hatched September 4th, 2021. A couple of weeks ago he got into a scuffle and another rooster pecked his eye (now half blind). He'll have to be separated from other roosters, otherwise he will hide 24/7. It's hard to see him go but it is for his best interests :( Full disclosure...

I've dealt with fowl pox before, but only with young chicks. I recently had another outbreak and one of my broodies was among the 6 infected. This is the worst case I've had to deal with. Does anyone have any during fowl pox vs after fowl pox pictures? Just to get idea of how her face might...