I hatched a silkie showgirl five days ago and her leg appeared to be splayed. I hobbled her like I normally do for spraddle and splay leg. The next day, I unbanded her to check progress and it was not any better. In fact, the hip joint was swollen and it appeared that her leg was twisting out to...
He has fathered 23 chicks so far and all have been silkies. One was a naked neck. One was a frizzle. I contacted the breeder and she said he’s a satin silkie. I have no clue what that means but I’m about to google lol. I just have regular silkies. Aside from his naked neck chick I kept
They said they just had silkies. I am just going to sell the chicks as silkie mixes I think. He is clearly not just silkie. Still an amazing roo. He is a very sweet boy.
This is my baby Jude. I hatched him myself about two years ago. I purchased the eggs online from a Silkie farm. He had a sister who looked like a straight silkie. But Jude…well he’s unique. He has the whole five toe thing but to me, he looks nothing like a Silkie. From his coloring to his...
The blood vessels look pretty dry. It’s the chewing motion I’m really concerned with because I see that means it’s not done absorbing the yolk. I just cannot see leaving it in there much longer. It keeps trying to push out and it’s breaking my heart
It’s breathing still. Veins look a little wet still. It’s not cheeping that much. But breathing well. We put coconut oil on the membrane to keep it from drying out. Upped the humidity. We figured it will likely need some encouragement to leave the shell completely when it’s done absorbing...
We did that and found it’s beak. It couldn’t pip because it has a deformed beak. The top part is half the size of the bottom part. It’s got a breathing hole now and it is breathing. We are going to leave it to absorb the yolk all the way and then will likely have to assist more.
I hatched 12 eggs from one clutch, but one just is not pipping. I don’t know if it can’t reach the outer shell. I can see movement inside the air cell, but it has been that way for over 24 hrs. What do I do?!?!? All the other chicks hatched over 36 hours ago. This is day 23 almost 24 for this...
She ate a bit of chicken feed with water. She is only in a coop with her longtime flock mate. I moved her to our isolation pen. She seemed to perk up after the electrolytes. She was not vaccinated. I hatched her myself. I am going to check her again when I get back from picking up my kids. I...
My two year old silkie hen is acting really strange. She has been laying nonstop for about two weeks. Today, she is hiding behind the coop. I go pick her up and everything looks fine. Bright eyes, red comb, no discharge anywhere. Poop is darker than normal but regular other than that. I check...
Thank you. This is what I’m trying and thankfully my neighbors are leaving soon for vacation so I can let him scream it out longer outdoors. I am not sure how long is safe to leave him throwing a tantrum. Not sure if chickens can drop dead from stress. Hope not.