Recent content by M Claire

Hi everybody, I have a tiny little 5 week old chick who has some strange symptoms. About five days ago, I put the whole chick flock on paper because I was concerned about a different baby having coccidiosis and wanted to check for bloody stools. They were on paper for just a few days. I did...

Did you ever get a diagnosis on what they had? Do you think it could have been mycoplasma gallispeticum? I got some babies from a hatchery which I now know to have significant, long-running problems with diseases and it has been a nightmare ever since. More than 1/3 of the hatchery babies died...

I wouldn't unless you can get a definite diagnosis. It might make things worse instead of better. For our little chick, I ended up identifying that she had mycoplasma synoviae. The dead giveaway was the swelling in the soles of her feet and her leg joints. All of her symptoms were absolutely...

Now I'm wondering if it could be anemia??? Heinz anemia lists leg weakness and lethargy as the main symptoms. I have thought frequently that her comb is very pale and the chicks have been getting garlic in their water, but why would she be the only one to be anemic if this is the problem? Uhg...

Hello everyone and HELP PLEASE! 🙏🙏🙏 I am having this problem with a beautiful white Sussex chick and I don't know what to do. She can stand, but she just doesn't seem to want to. She is nearly two months old, and has always been in perfect health, but just in the past two days, she won't get up...

Hello, I am just leaving my story on all of these threads as a warning. Silkies have wonderful mothering instincts, but I have picked six caught babies out our silkie's feathers and today I was too late and lost a beautiful month-old crested polish baby. I will never work with a silkie broody...

Hello, I am just leaving my story on all of these threads as a warning. Silkies have wonderful mothering instincts, but I have picked six caught babies out our silkie's feathers and today I was too late and lost a beautiful month-old crested polish baby. I will never work with a silkie broody...

Hello, I am just leaving my story on all of these threads as a warning. Silkies have wonderful mothering instincts, but I have picked six caught babies out our silkie's feathers and today I was too late and lost a beautiful month-old crested polish baby. I will never work with a silkie broody...

Hello, I am just leaving my story on all of these threads as a warning. Silkies have wonderful mothering instincts, but I have picked six caught babies out our silkie's feathers and today I was too late and lost a beautiful month-old crested polish baby. I will never work with a silkie broody...

Hello, I am just leaving my story on all of these threads as a warning. Silkies have wonderful mothering instincts, but I have picked six caught babies out our silkie's feathers and today I was too late and lost a beautiful month-old crested polish baby. I will never work with a silkie broody...

Hello everybody, does anyone know if Silkie/regular crosses have sterility problems? We had a sussex roo cross a silkie this winter and then the silkie hatched eggs. She had a roo and hen. The roo ended up being culled because he was a mean little shaver and during the process it was discovered...

Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts! I am glad that you think its a good idea. I will definitely guide our flock in that direction in the future.

My dream flock would be mostly polish. I just love their personalities. So friendly, curious, and silly.

Hello all, I am trying to find the breed best suited to our circumstances and wondering if pekins might be that breed. We live in a neighborhood with a large run space for the hens (100 square yards), but we have neighbors that live close by, so the quieter, the better! We also grow a...

My polish, who is bantam and a frizzle to boot, does really well in our mixed flock of Marans, bantam cochins, sussex, etc. She never gets picked on and doesn't pick on others either, but we seem to only have laid back gals altogether. However, she is a chatty cathy, especially when she needs...