Recent content by Stacy35

Thank you for the reply. Ugh so hard not to second guess myself, but that makes sense. It’s so hard too when sitting under a hen like that made me nervous with its little face sticking out for so long!

Hello, unfortunately my chick didn’t make it with the problem, but I want to learn for the future hatchlings. So It pipped yesterday morning and over 24 hours later not much progress. It’s beak & then almost whole head though was exposed. So just curious since they use their beak to unzip if...

Oh good point. I guess I was thinking that since she previously had scaly leg mites. Ugh so gross.

I’m sorry to hear that ☹️ I have been using a few different things, but haven’t tried terramycin yet. 🤷‍♀️

Lol, well good!

It was petroleum jelly, not sure if that makes a difference. Yes I will look tomorrow and show you a more recent pic. Thanks!

Sorry I looked & it was Petroleum jelly, is that better? 😬. Thanks for the help!

Hey guys my 6 month old Silkie has tiny bugs around her eye. It was scabbed over and I couldn’t even see her eye! She also has a swollen face in that side that won’t go away. I treated her witt ivermectin and a general antibiotic. I also have been using petroleum jelly to suffocate them. Just...

Sorry here are some pictures!

So I couldn’t find that exactly, but I administered something similar. She hasn’t gotten any better. And flher dry skin is turning into crustiness on her face. So gross, looks like her leg mites maybe maid it’s way to her face?! So I applied vapor rub to suffocate them just in case. Other...

Yep after some more digging it seems that way. I found this for a remedy.

Hey there, I recently bought a few 5 month old silkies and have been dealing with illness ever since. Luckily they are still in their own area. They all have had vapor rub for leg mites, VetRx for nasal discharge and Artificial tears for eye discharge. The one with the most eye discharge now...

Hello everyone! So I just brought home from a farm three 5 month old silkies. I am keeping them out of my flock until I know they are healthy. I noticed nasal discharge/dryness of the face and nasty feet. Leg mites? Maybe the other issues are related to that as well? They are greasy from...