How commom is it to strangle a chick

[youngchooklover]

In my books it says chicks can get strangled in the silk like feathers of a silkies

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Has it happen to you and how commen is it and how can I stop it from happening?

 

[animallover505]

I've never heard of that happening...

 

[sourland]

I have never had it happen, nor have I ever heard of it happening. I suppose it might be a possibility?

 

[youngchooklover]

So it must be not commen

 

[animallover505]

very rare, if ever.

 

[youngchooklover]

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

I've had this happen just one time, and not with a Silkie but a standard Cochin. The baby got stuck in a feather that was stuck to another by a little bit of poo. I don't know how long the poor little thing was stuck there, but it was very much alive and well when I freed it. Momma seemed relieved to have the screaming peeper taken off her backside as well.
Nikki

 

[happybooker1]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/208142/silkie-moms-foot-feathers-strangle-new-chick-beware

 

[WVDoug]

I know this is an old thread, but I wanted to share this.
It does happen, and not just with fancy-feathered birds.
Today I lost a 3 day old chick, apparently to strangulation. I lifted up the hen to check the chicks and one was hanging from some tangled feathers, dead.
The hen was a 6 month Cuckoo Marans.

 

[paris_r]

i have this happening with my silkie-i am now cutting off most of her bottom feathers-neck, leg, thigh and rear. i just rescued the 6th baby this happened to and this one was gasping and i thought i wouldnt recover.