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I have 2 silkie young hens and one silkie roo. He is the only roo I have. I thought I would try to let them hatch a couple of eggs.. Well they didn't survive unfortunately.. Both were shrink wrapped. I opened them up and was shocked to see black chicks! The only other hen I have that lays white...

I have a sweet year old naked neck hen who is very spoiled. She likes to be held. I seem to be noticing a pattern that the next day after I have held her for any length of time her egg seems wrinkled. She was handled quite a bit yesterday by my family. This evening I observed her walking oddly...

I have done so much reading on Mareks..I have tried all the suggestions for Helping my chickens to survive Mareks. I have lost 5 of my 6 chickens .I now only have one female turken. I will not get my hopes up too high that she will be the lone survivor...but it would certainly be nice. I worry...

I have searched her for mites, searched the coop last nite for them and don't find any sign of bugs. Her nasty spots under her wings are really really bad. They smell and it looks like the skin is "eaten" away?.. It's very dried up looking and lots of raised crusty spots I am finding all over...

My chicken hazel has a bad icky crusty brown spot under both of her wings...it is where the wing joint in connected to her body. What do you suppose this could be? She has been acting really mopey/droopy tail. We are giving her tylan 50 injectable.

Bessie is 20 weeks old. From day one she has sat on her hocks quite frequently, but no other sypmtoms. Last week she quit getting on the roost and slept on floor. Legs were getting progressively weak and shaky. Now she can't balance to walk. I have see her stand on both feet a few times, but...

George is approx 10 mos old. About 8 days ago he started walking with a very slight limp. As each day progressed his limp got worse until he was hopping to get around. I got alarmed that is was mareks so I separated him from his ladies. He was not vaccinated as a baby. The 5 ladies all seem...

Nellie started out puny with pasty butt for almost 2 weeks.. Had a short break of feeling better, now is dealing with an angry red bump on the back of her noggin/neck. It looks much worse today. I am wondering if her sisters are pecking at it and making it worse. Any insights bout this bump?..

I am a New momma to: 2 silkies, a Turken, buff Orpington. Light brahma and a black australorp. Their names are George, Stella, nellie, hazel, Ethel and Bessie... They are 3 weeks old now and seem to change daily! I grew up with chickens and have such fond memories of playing "school" with the...