Hello! I hatched a chicken from an egg and I don't know if it is a mix or not. I'm would like to show it but I can't if I don't know what breed and variety it is. So per the American Standard of Perfection what breed and variety is this bird? I believe it is an americuana but I am unsure of the...
I have two silkies and both have mites crawling across their faces. They have had mites on their vents before but no longer have those. Now there are red mies crawling on their face especially in the nostril and eye area. About a week ago I found mite eggs in their head feather and I sprayed...
On both sides of the head just above the eyelid, there is a scratch on my hen's head that is bleeding. She will not stop scratching at it. The weird part is that it is pretty much the same scratch on both sides, so it doesn't seem like she just nicked herself on something. What is this? What do...
I have two silkies, one them has what looks like crust around the left eye. The eye looks a little swollen and the eyelid is slightly droopy. I am worried about her. What can I do? What is this?
I have two silkie hens and I noticed on both that they had small black (some are red) bugs crawling around the vent area. They are kept in a cage with wire and sawdust underneath the wire. They are both in a large cage together. They are let outside for about an hour a day always under my...