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I have a 3.5yo mama silkie and her two 2.5yo babies. There used to be 3 daughters, but one of them had to be put down because she kept prolapsing. The mama silkie and the top bully daughter are basically glued to each other. The other two sisters (when the other one was still alive) always stuck...

Has anyone else experienced their hens sleeping in? My chickens used to be up at the break of dawn screaming loudly for their breakfast. Lately they sleep in, refusing to get up when I open the coop and sometimes not even coming down for breakfast. The other day they slept until midday. Right...

My three sisters (16 months old) are having a leadership battle. The little black hen Lola has always been at the bottom of the pecking order, but she recently began attacking Betsy (top hen) and subdued her, conducting a successful coup. But when Carson realised what was going on, she began...

I have a mama hen and her three daughters (all just over a year old). The mama hen never fights with anyone, but the two bigger daughters always pick on the little black one (the rest of them are white). They don't really fight her, but they peck her and don't let her share food. They have a...

I'm pretty sure my four silkies have mites again. I've raked out the run (soil floor) and sprayed all the soil with Malabar wash and sprinkled Poultry Dust all over it. I cleaned all the bedding out of the coop and nesting boxes and sprayed and powdered there too. Fresh bedding and I've also...

Hi. Two of my silkies are 9 months old. They first started laying in Jan and went broody straight away. They sat on empty nests (I removed the eggs) for 21 days and haven't laid since. I know chickens don't lay for a while once they've hatched (or thought they have hatched) chicks, but 4 months...

And yes, she's definitely a hen. She hatched in late August and started laying a few months ago. She went broody almost immediately and sat on an empty nest for 21 days and hasn't laid since. She used to squat and let me pat her before she went broody, but not anymore. She lives with her mum and...

My silkie chickens have been suffering from a red mite infestation so bad that they've pulled out their head and wing feathers and had sores on their necks. I scrubbed out their timber coop with bleach and sprayed concentrated Malabar wash all over the coop. I also dusted the chickens with...

My six baby chicks all insist on sleeping under their mama hen even though they're 7-weeks-old. They're silkies so mama hen is quite small and can't accommodate them all, especially now they're so big. They hatched naturally and grew up outside with mama hen for warmth and no heat lamp. We're in...

I have six silkie chicks almost 7 weeks old (and their mama hen). One of the chicks has already developed a small comb, so I reckon he's probably a rooster (actually, I have a sinking feeling that they're ALL roosters). Anyway, today he and another chick were having a usual chest bumping and...

I have one silkie hen with 6 baby chicks (hers) that she hatched 6 weeks ago. They had a giant coop but lately I've had to move them all to a temporary, tiny hutch (because of a rabid mite infestation in the old coop) where they stay all day while I'm at work. I have ordered them a massive...

I have just read that wood ash can work as a natural way to get rid of mites/lice by adding it to the hens dust bath. Does anyone know if this is true? My hen and her baby chicks were badly infested. I put olive oil on the chicks and dusted the hen in Poultry Dust (active ingredient Maldison). I...

Hi. I have one silkie hen and six 20-day-old silkie chicks. I've just noticed that my hen has pecked at her feathers on her chest and her back and is bleeding in both spots. Why would she do this and what should I do?

Hi. I have a silkie hen who hatched her first batch of chicks five days ago. She hatched six chicks. I rehomed my roo, so it's just my hen and her chicks. Today, I discovered that they are all absolutely crawling with lice or mites (I don't know the difference). I'm worried that the chicks are...

Hi. I have two silkies, both 11-months-old, one hen and one roo. My hen has gone broody and has been sitting on her eggs for 2 weeks now & I'm hoping to hatch some chicks naturally. This is my first time owning chickens (& hatching) so I have a number of questions & the only answers I can find...

Hi. I was sold three 1-month-old silkie chicks six months ago that were all supposed to be hens and all supposed to be the same age. Within 2 months, one became an obvious roo. He was crowing, aggressive and had the jowels and crinkly bit on his forehead (I don't know the technical terms - I...

Hi. I have a 4-month-old silkie roo penned with 2 silkie pullets the same age. Lately, he has been really mean. He has been pecking the girls until the scream and today he went both me and a friend of mine. He won't let the hens eat the fresh veg I give them (but still lets them eat their grain)...

Hi. My silkie hen (3.5 months old) goes into a sort of trance and lifts her head up slowly, drops it back down again and then raises it slowly again. She does this a lot. It's not like she's trying to hold her head up - she can do that fine. And she doesn't seem to be sick in any way. I'm...

Hi. I'm new here and a new chicken owner. I have three silkies, two hens and one rooster (who was meant to be a hen - surprise!) who are 3.5 months old). Until tonight, the three have all slept cuddled together on the floor of their upstairs sleeping quarters. Before bedtime, the rooster and...