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Hi everyone, I have a pure bred Silkie hen who is about 9 months old who started laying about a month ago but is not a frequent layer- all my chickens have dropped off laying currently. A week ago I noticed she was making these noises of discomfort and would do it for about 10 seconds and...

Hi everyone- this one’s a bit of a puzzle! I have a 2 year old Silkie rooster, he is my absolute favourite chicken he’s super affectionate and friendly as I hand reared him, and him and his brother lived in a seperate coop from my main flock for the majority of their life- they were a great...

Hi everyone, I got this new pure bred Silkie pullet (5 months old) yesterday and have since noticed it has swelling around the lower part of the eye and eyelid dropping, in both eyes, and maybe a bit of clear discharge but nothing noticeable that I have picked up, she also closes her eyes...

Hi everyone, I’ve got a rooster who started showing a limp a couple days ago which progressed into him struggling to walk so I brought him inside to keep him warm with food and water. Upon some research I had a look at his legs and feet which there is no swelling or sign of injury, and also...

Hi everyone, about a month ago I had 8 silkie chicks hatch (long story but it was completely unplanned, the mum hid the eggs) whilst there was fowl pox going through my flock. The chicks seemed unaffected for about 2/3 weeks and they were kept isolated from the flock with their mum. About a week...

Hi everyone, I’ve just noticed this on one of my hens faces, her crop looks infected and she has these mold looking spots around her face. Any idea what this could be and how should I treat? Hen is well and happy other then this and she was sitting on eggs Thanks in Advance

Hi everyone I hope it’s okay that I’m reposting this with some more info as I’d really appreciate some guidance and if there is any hope for my rooster at all. I have a silkie rooster, about 10 months old I think, who has recently had a few issues. It started out I noticed when he was eating...

Hello everyone, I have a silkie rooster, about 10 months old I think, who has recently had a few issues. It started out I noticed when he was eating his food with the other chickens he would kind of lay down, but then he was happy to run around and be normal, within a few days he became a bit...

Hi everyone, I have a silkie hen, maybe about 5 months old, and she definitely has stunted growth she is much smaller then the other hens. A few weeks ago I first started noticing her opening her mouth up when eating and seeming to gasp for air, throughout the days she just kind of stands around...

Hi everyone, I have a 5 month old silkie rooster that started showing symptoms yesterday (24 hours), he was struggling to walk and keep his balance, and his head seemed to Tilt to one side. I caught him and isolated him in another coop (he can still see and hear the flock) and when I picked him...

Hi everyone I’m new to this page! So this morning when I went down to see my chickens I found my 30 week old silkie rooster, Rambo, laying on his side extremely lethargic and unable to stand up. Immediately I brought him up to the house and noticed he had a pretty bad mite and lice infestation...