My little lady Miss Maude (8 week old silkie) is coming up to 2 weeks with having Wry Neck. Over the last couple of days I have noticed that when she drinks a portion of it come back up as soon as she moves, Also her crop is never full, you can hardly feel it even though she sits and eats for 30...
I have a 8 week old silkie with wry neck, I have been giving her the vitamins that are meant to help, but would like to know , whe she is having one of her "fits" should her neck be straightened or leave her as she is? My husband says to straighten her out, but I think she should be left as her...
Hello. We got our new chickens from the Co-op this morning and have noticed that one of the chicks has curled toes, she is walking ok and it is not stopping her from getting around. We have tried to put a boot on her with bandaid, but since she is a bantam Silkie no matter what I do the bootie...
I have not been able to get out to my chickens for a couple of days due to sickness and my husband had been going out and doing their feed and water. When I went out today I noticed one of my 5 month old Polish hens, trying to stay away from the others and that they were chasing her, she flew up...
4 month old Silkie. I am thinking Roo, Hubby is saying Hen... Any ideas ? the white silkie we got at the same time as this one has no wattles or any proper comb growth yet.
On of our 3 month old Polish chickens looks as though she has Cherry Eye. It does not seem to be causing her any pain and we only noticed it yesterday. We were worried about it being a sign of MG but none of her other little friends have any signs of it, and neither does she, only this strange...
This is Twiglet, they are 12 weeks old, I am a first time chicken mommy and have a nagging feeling that they are a rooster. The other NN we have from the same batch has no sign of wattles or has such a large comb ( but they are a little slower developing as they had wry neck which looks to have...
We have just gone out to our coop to close for the night and have found our naked neck chick who is 5 weeks old like this, she cannot lift her head, she is curling her neck all the way arround and facing upside down and is walking backwards... these are our first ever chicks and we dont know...
Hi ! I am first time chick owner and this is Dotte my SLW, "she" is 6 weeks old now and I have been having doubts on if she is a he or not, The comb and wattles look quite dark pink/red compared to the other chicks (they are other breeds though) any help on what sex Dotte is would help alot, thanks