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Little Dove is the smallest of my moms Rhode Island Whites. My mom saw her laying on her side when she went out to feed and water the flock. By the time she was done the pullet still didn’t move. So my mom scooped her up and segregated her. The hen is limping, making baby chirps constantly, has...

Hello everyone, I am currently looking after my moms small hobby farm well she is away. When I was letting the birds out the other morning I had to physical pick my moms Churckey (turkey who thinks he is a chicken) off of a young rooster who is bound for the freezer come middle of March. The...

Hello Everyone, bellow is a photo of may beloved Rooster Owl. Owl has a Tumor on his preening Gland. Luckily the vet said it isn't spreading but they aren't able to remove it with out causing him massive trama. everyday though they want me to give him a once over to make sure no other tumors...

My hubby and I love chickens and would very much like to get two chickens for pets. We know you can not keep just one chicken as they are flock animals. So we are looking into getting two. Were we are located roosters are allowed and we know that many people don't want roosters so we were...

Hello Everyone, Its me, FluffyFlockLove again. My questions this time is not about disease, illness, injury, or even an emergency this time. Its about feathers. This also has to do with my wonder hen Beauty who some of you have probably read about in my article called A Beautiful New Hope. In...

I am currently feeding my Silkie's meal worms as treats to try ti encourgae them to lay. Is there any things else I could give them that will help with egg production?

What chicken breeds are smaller then a silkie?

Hello everyone, My puppy somehow got a hold of my past hatch records and ate them. I came home to an office covered in tiny shreds of slobbery wet paper, and my puppy happily rolling in it :( I don't know how old the chicks are but I fore sure have two hens, two roosters, and one that I am not...

Hello, I have a black silkie hen who has been broody for over a month now. She get up to eat and scratch around a bit when its warm then she is right back to sitting. I am starting to get worried about her. I gave her eggs but it was cold when she got off the nest to get some food so the eggs...

My silkie sadly needed a bath to day. Well I was blow drying him after I discovered that there was something wrong with his Preening Gland. My rooster is only a year old. Anyone ever encounter this on their chickens? What is wrong with it and what can I do to help him?

I have a silkie rooster who is a 1 1/2 years old. I am moving him to a pen on his own with another silkie rooster. I was wondering what the best feed is to give to roosters. I am looking for something that's lower in Protein, and Calcium as I know the roosters don't need as much as the hens...

Hello Everyone, Here we go again for the second day in a row I am getting sick of people miss treating, and neglecting their birds, then selling them off as though they are fine. I am sorry for my mood but I have very good reason. Here is a recap as to whats has happened: On day one (Tuseday...

Instructions: Read the scenario and answer all the questions. This is to give everyone on here some more information and ideas on what they can do to help their chickens SCENARIO: You are out of Epsom salts, and no way into town to get more and no neighbors have any. Your chickens feet are...

My new silkie rooster has some really really really fat feet. They are so big and hard there is no gap between his toes and he can't even bend his toes. It is in both feet yet the rest of him is perfectly normal. There is no sign of injury to his feet and he has no issue letting me touch them...

Hello Everyone, One of the silkie hens I bought a while back has finally gone broody. I was told she would go broody then get off the nest. I was wondering if maybe I should take the chance and let her sit. I was wondering if I should let her sit in the coop, bring her inside in a cage to sit or...

Hello everyone, I had some chicks hatch the other night and I just took them from the incubator. They are silkie chicks but they aren't fluffy. All their feathers seem to be stuck down to their skin. I rubbed them gently with a warm cloths but it didn't seem to help. 2 aren't that bad but the...

Hello everyone. I currently have a flock of silkies. I let mine out side during the winter and have had no issues. I am looking into getting a Showgirl hen and I was wondering what kind of special care she might need. I don't agree with putting a heat lamp in the coop unless temps drop...

I Currently have 6 Silkies in my Flock. I know three are poor quality and one is very good quality. I was wondering if someone could help me judge them all on a scale of 1 - 10 what quality they would be. 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest. I will start with hens and give each hen a...

I have a silkie rooster who had a hard build up in one ear sticking about a centimeter out of it, had to use tinny tweezers to pull it out. It was yellow, had and kind of waxy. The other ear had build up of the same time on the out side, when I pulled it off a whitish, yellow liquid came pouring...

Hello everyone, I have two long tailed brothers. They are both Pure breed Sumatra's. They have never had a fight even over a female despite being sexually mature. How ever I am separating the boys from any females and housing them together only as they are my show birds now. There tails always...