Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[chickengr]

Well that sucks and sucks some more. Hope it's an easy(cheap) fix. And id be complaining to the company

all these stuff are imported so no use of a complain. luckily they are fairly cheap plastic things. I'll have to protect them from water.

 

[CSolis]

We got 6" of snow here in the deep south! The hoop coops faired well but the 3 canopies that I have (one over the car) all collapsed under the weight. I got out yesterday and shoveled snow off the largest one covering the big pen. I'll have to find a way to fix the top run of the canopy. Same for the smaller one. I had a cattle panel arched over the top of a round pen and it inverted as well. That's going to be a tough cookie to get back up.. more shoveling. It's not throw away and buy new here as I live on Social Security and VA disability. I'm happy none of my birds were injured. And we'll be back in the mid sixties next week.. go figure!

 

[Hinotori]

Plastic lawn rake works great to clean off the tarps on hoop coops.

Inverted cattle panels suck. Ive had that happen. Takes 2 people to bend them back flat on the ground. One to stand on it and the other to bend it back to flat.

 

[CSolis]

Plastic lawn rake works great to clean off the tarps on hoop coops.

Inverted cattle panels suck. Ive had that happen. Takes 2 people to bend them back flat on the ground. One to stand on it and the other to bend it back to flat.

There's just me, but I will find a way to get it done!

 

[Hinotori]

There's just me, but I will find a way to get it done!

Drive mower onto where the bend is to use as a weight

 

[CSolis]

Drive mower onto where the bend is to use as a weight

Actually it returned to it's arched position when I got the snow off of it.. A lot of shoveling, but at least that was a blessing.

 

[Hinotori]

Actually it returned to it's arched position when I got the snow off of it.. A lot of shoveling, but at least that was a blessing.

That is great news. Much less work

 

[Hinotori]

I have that old white silkie who likes to stuff her face in mud to slick up her feathers. I think she got some in her ear. Ive been fighting an infecting in there for weeks. The ear canal was stretched to the size of a dime when I noticed it wasnt just mud. Carefully picked out bits of pus and was getting a little smaller.

2 days ago the pus solidified in just the right way that when I was cleaning first top came off then I got ahold and pulled rest and it all finally came out. Blukote very carefully.

Didnt get to her yesterday. Today I pulled the crusty off and there was just a small amount of puss that all came out. Ear canal is size of lentil now.

I swear I'm going to build a pen for her and a couple others where they cant get to dirt. Im just glad they are resilient

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

I'm so happy to see this thread still going. Wow @Hinotori I've not heard of anything happening to ears like that before in chickens! They like to keep us on our toes

 

[Hinotori]

I'm so happy to see this thread still going. Wow @Hinotori I've not heard of anything happening to ears like that before in chickens! They like to keep us on our toes

If they dont have a problem they will invent one