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I am looking for advice. Silkies are 21 weeks. RSL's are 18 weeks. Columbians are 17 weeks. No eggs as of yet. Everything I have read and spoken to other Silkie owners is that they require more protein than the typical 16%. I have everyone on 19% protein and the silkies have been gaining...

Silkie born end of Feb 28th. Found this morning with a twisted neck. Beak to the sky. Twitching. Not able to walk. It appears to be wry neck or a neck injury. I have been giving them Nutri French every couple of weeks in their food/water. I gave it a dose of that now. What meds help? He / she...

Edited: all are in a covered contained run with zero free range access. 13week old Maran pullet suddenly died today. She was fine this morning eating running around. Acting like a normal chicken. No signs of sickness. We had just finished the coccidia treatment but she didn’t seem to have...

Found a few droppings with some blood in it. Checked all butts did not find the one affected. No behavioural changes. It was dark red drops attached to formed poop. Only a couple of droppings. No mucus. Couldn’t get a picture as it was too dark. This is week 3 of them being in their coop and...

Please tell me these silkies will get it soon?!!! Our silkies are 11-12 weeks old. They were housed in the coop only for a few days to help them understand this is home and where to return to for nighttime. This is our third full week outside with the attached run. They are using the ramp...

We have 12 silkies that are 7/8 weeks old. We have older hens in a different coop that give us almost enough eggs for our consumption. The silkies were for egg supplementation but also because they are my favorites. We are not sure what roosters to hens ratio is and are looking to supplement...

We currently have 12 silkie chicks aged 5/6 weeks old. We want to add some sure pullets to them now before they go outside together. I have a few breeds to choose from that are available in my area. I’m not sure which ones would be best. Suggestions? How do we mix them together? We are new to...

We currently have 12 silkie chicks aged 5/6 weeks old. We want to add some sure pullets to them now before they go outside together. I have a few breeds to choose from that are available in my area. I’m not sure which ones would be best. Suggestions? How do we mix them together? We are new to...

We have 7 new to us chickens. Two are laying now, the rest will be laying in the coming weeks. We started with the coop shut for two days to allow them to get to know their coop and realize this was "home". We have now opened the coop door during the day and only three of the larger ones are...

Hi there. Thank you for welcoming me into the forum and group. We are new to chickens and love this site. We currently have 7 laying hens that are new to us since last week. We live on acreage and thought this would be a great first step.