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Thank you so much 🙏🏼 the leftover antibiotic ointment we have is Terramycin actually so we’ll use that.

13 month old silkie hen - my baby Maui (she’s small in stature but not malnourished by any means) just noticed today her right eye looks slightly swollen compared to her left, no noticeable pus or drainage. Have 8 other silkies did not notice anything similar with the other. No other symptoms...

Here’s sweet Pumpkin 🥰

Hi all, I recently posted about some concerning symptoms our 8-month old silkie hen was experiencing including difficulty standing/walking. We took her to the vet yesterday and there was an avian specialist in the office, luckily. He pretty quickly diagnosed her with presumed Marek’s based on...

Thank you, we’re hoping the same. 🙏🏼

Thank you again so much for the insight. We did take her to the vet with a doctor that specializes in avian species. We got the absolutely devastating news she is likely dealing with Marek’s. Absolutely heartbroken. We got our chicks from a hatchery, I had just assumed they had all been...

What are your thoughts on her scales in the last pic? Their run is a dirt floor and coop is pine shavings and we use the deep litter method so they always have a thick/padded layer so wouldn’t really be sitting in moist conditions for an extended period of time. But yes, even when the feet...

Editing to add: the same leg we saw spots higher up on is also intermittently shaking

Hi all, This past Tuesday my husband & I noticed one of our silkie hens (about 8 mos old) walking a little funny, almost like a hop/limp. We put her in a separate cage from the others just so she wouldn’t be a target where she wasn’t moving around as well. On Wednesday she was still trying to...

great to know!! thank you :)

Thank you ❤️❤️

Thank you!!

Yes that’s what I’m wondering and looking for ideas for as well. She does seem to be gaining weight but of course I’d like this to never happen again. Anyone have ideas?? Another group I’m a part of suggested isolating top chicken for a few days when this one rejoins the group. I am not positive...

Hi! I separated the injured one she is inside. But I have no idea which chicken actually started the attack? The rooster was just the one close by but vet tech said more than likely was another hen in th middle of the pecking order. We are doing the prescribed antibiotic ointment twice daily &...