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My 6-8 month old paint Silkie rooster has Clostridium perfringens, I believe. He recently has been pooping very explosive, watery, green stools. The green parts are small and scattered throughout the stool. I will try to get a picture here soon. He does appear to be less active and eating...

Hello, I have a small Silkie flock where one juvenile randomly passed yesterday. He was out and about very sluggish, puffed up, I brought him inside, and he passed away that night. No signs of trauma, no bloody stools (in fact, I didn’t see any stools), nothing. He wasn’t underweight? Today I...

Had 2 black silkie chicks hatch late Thursday night/early Friday morning while I was sleeping. Both appeared happy and healthy and I moved them to the brooder box Friday afternoon. I noticed today (Saturday) that one wasn't moving around the brooder box and upon further inspection, it's leg is...

So, I have a Brinsea Mini Advance incubator and I usually do dry incubations with no added water till lockdown. Out of my several shipped egg hatches, my hatch rate is all over the place: 1st hatch: 6/7 Silkies hatched flawlessly. 1 died at lockdown. 2nd hatch: 4/6 Silver Appleyard ducklings...

My poor hen Gretchen (7 months old) for some odd reason did not return to her coop last night and of course it was pitch black and raining all night. My husband and I looked for her for over an hour and couldn't find her. This morning I finally found her soaking wet, cold, and with an awful neck...

Had a terrible hatch this time around in my incubator and 2 chicks out of 9 hatched. A few hours later, sadly, 1 chick passed. :( I now have one lonely Silkie Bantam chick. I tried putting a few tiny stuffed animals in its brooder but it doesn't seem to be helping much. I can pick up a mirror...

Can someone tell me if this is split wing on my Paint Silkie rooster and Cuckoo Silkie rooster? I feel like they kinda droop their wings a bit.

My silkie chicks are 17 days old today and so I decided to start banding them for breeding and show purposes. I use colored zip ties on the left leg to show which breeding stock they came from and left plenty of room for growth without too much for a concern with snagging. I will be closely...

I have a pair of Pilgrim geese that are about 5/6 months old. Can someone tell me if this is wry tail on my female?

Silkie genetics gurus, please help as I am a newbie to Silkies. :/ I have a beautiful black silkie pullet who is about 4/5 months old and was looking to use her to possibly show this fall. She recently developed leakage on her hackles and possibly wings (can't tell if it's leakage or broken...

Today is day 28 for my Silver Appleyard duck eggs! I had them in an incubator for 3 weeks and the last week put them under a hen that went broody hoping she could do a better job than I was. My eggs were shipped and thus all have really bad saddlebag air cells. I candled really early around 6am...

My Silver Appleyard duck eggs have 11 days left. They were shipped eggs and all of them have bad saddlebag air cells and I can't tell whether they are too small (getting too much humidity) or just fine? They are hand turned 3-4 times a day in a Brinsea Mini Advance incubator. Temp is 99.6/99.5...

Frst time incubating and need help determining if the air cells are just right or too small. They are silkie bantam eggs and I am doing a "dry incubation" as I have heard those get great results! Humidity is around 20-40% naturally in my home and today is day 7! Let me know what you think?! :)...

We had a hen pass away in April, then a rooster in May, and had to have another hen euthanized yesterday. We had the rooster sent in for a necropsy back when he passed and vet confirmed it was pneumonia and administer an antibiotic to the rest of my flock. Yesterday, when the second hen was very...

I have a 5/6 month old Lavender Cuckoo Orpington hen who is with 3 other Orpington hens and a Orpington rooster. Everyone was and is doing great until a few days ago I noticed the Lavender hen has been hiding out in the barn quite a bit. :/ Today I picked her up and her weight seems okay but she...

Looking for fertilized bearded Cuckoo and Paint Silkie eggs! Pretty please?! :fl Having a hard time finding Cuckoo anywhere.. :barnie

*I cross posted this in the incubating eggs/chicken section as well* Just got my Brinsea Mini Advance today and have 6 Silver Appleyard duck eggs coming in the mail next week. :) Can anyone with this incubator tell me the optimal settings for hatching duck eggs? I have the temperature set to...

Just got my Brinsea Mini Advance today and have 6 Silver Appleyard duck eggs coming in the mail next week. :) Can anyone with this incubator tell me the optimal settings for hatching duck eggs? I have the temperature set to 99.6, count down to 28 days, egg angle for egg turning at level 10...

Looking to buy hatchable Pekin or Jumbo Pekin duck eggs :D

My Walmart carries the Nature's Way 100mg Niacin tablets. Can I crush the tablet up and sprinkle it on my ducklings' food instead of putting it in their water?