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I have 4… 8-9 month old silkies with scaly leg mites and I can’t find the proper dosage for ivermectin pour on anywhere. I posted on Facebook and one person commented and said a few drops per bird. Is this correct? I don’t want to overdose my chickens.

I’m have several chicks that have already hatch but one that just hatch has blood coming from it umbilical cord and the dried chicks are pecking at it!! How do I remove the dried chicks without losing a ton of humidity. I have one left that’s still pipping.

I recently got some chicks out of the bantam bin At TSC. Pretty sure I’ve figured out the breed on all the chicks except this one. Can anyone help me identify this chick? It has feathered feet and toes.

Hi, I am brand new to incubating eggs. This is my very first go around. anyways, I’m using a nurture right 360 and I set the eggs on February 18th and today is day 20 and I have 1 chick fully hatched and drying and 2 pipping. My question is why would they hatch earlier? Also, if none of the...

I got some 6 month old silkies from a friend about a month ago. A couple of weeks ago. I noticed that one of them has been wheezing. Pretty bad. I wasn’t sure what was wrong with him so I have been giving him vetRX every few days. I’ve also given him. ACV, garlic water, hydro hen. I spoke to...

I have 5 silkies chicks that I bought from Rural King last Friday. I’m guessing they were a few days old when I’ve purchased them. Anyways, they have all had pasty butt nearly every day. It’s not super bad, but I’ve been having to clean their little butts twice a day. Some of them have crushed...

I just brought my silkies out to the chicken yard for the first time since I got them. They are all six months old. Some of them started fighting so I tried to separate them and when I picked up one of my hens. I realized she was wheezing. I haven’t heard any of the other birds wheezing but I...

I just got a Nurture Right 36O. I followed the instructions to a T but as soon as I turned it on it’s saying 99% humidity. I want to make sure everything is working correctly before I put eggs in it. Will the humidity go down or is there something I need to do to fix it?

I have 5 BCM chicks. 2 are 7 weeks and 3 are 6 weeks. The 2 oldest chicks are roosters but I can’t tell with the younger three. One has copper feathering coming through around its neck but the comb is a light color and no waddles. There is a huge difference between the older two and the younger...

I’m from Tennessee. I look forward to learning all there is from fellow chicken keepers.

I recently bought 6 silkies from a friend. They were supposed to be two breeding trios. With two roosters and four hens. But I’m thinking it’s three roosters and three hens. I posted on a silkie group on Facebook to see what other peoples opinions were and several people pointed out that my...