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Hey everyone. I'm not really finding what I'm looking for, thus the new post regarding safety of eggs. A roughly 5-yr old Golden Comet layer has produced for years. About October of last year she stopped laying altogether. Fast-forward to February 2024 and she lays what I believe is a Lash...

WARNING: GRAPHIC Photos - not for the squeamish - you've been warned......... 🤢 Our 4 year-old Golden Comet, Rocky, came from a chicken hatchery as about a 3 week-old in 2019 with two others her same age. We lost one of her sisters about 6 months ago to a dog attack, while her other sister...

Hello all. It's been awhile since I've been on as life has gotten in the way. We've got an issue that we're struggling with in the second of three new Silkie arrivals to our home. We're really stumped since we're usually pretty good with diagnosing our birds' issues when they arise, but this...

Hey all, We noticed our Silkie roo has some rather large scales on his legs that just don't seem right. Photos are attached. What do you think? He's got these massively thick lower legs, and in a few areas the scales seem to be sorta bent away from the leg. It's not all the scales, but some...

So, our little 5-1/2 month old Silkie hen, Peanut, that suffered from Wry Neck in June/July/August has developed a Doughy/Impacted Crop. This was first noticed by my bf mid-day yesterday afternoon when he picked her up and her crop was larger than normal, about the size of an adult full-size...

I thought I'd share a little story that started out on April 03, 2021 when two eggs hatched in our incubator. This is the story of two 5 month-old (as of this writing) Silkie chickens that are 1/2 sisters, but the very best of chicken friends. Photos of their bond are included below. On April...

Seems like this might be the best place to put this, but I'm not sure. Anyway..., With Covid seeming to run rampant and having care and concern for all of us on this site, I felt like this might be a timely post. It seems there are some that believe that taking Ivermectin to treat Covid is a...

Hey everyone! Some of you have followed the progress of our now 14-1/2 week old Silkie that we thought had gotten into a molded chick treat back on June 21, 2021. It turns out that may still have been the case, but the symptoms also pointed to Wry Neck and her treatment, starting with charcoal...

I thought I'd post an update on my Silkie that we first thought had eaten moldy chick treat, but appears to have suffered Wry Neck instead. It was a tough call because the two juveniles in that side of our coop were the only ones the treat was available to and it had clearly been heavily...

I'm not sure this is the right place to post this, but seeing as how I've got a chick with the Wry Neck issue going on 6 days now, I might not be thinking the most clearly. NOTE: We're aware of just about everything available for treatment and the dosages (Vit-E w/ Selenium, Vit-B complex...

Hey everyone! Dealing with what we now believe to be a case of wry neck versus a mold/toxin issue in an 11 week old Silkie, AND having read hundreds and hundreds of posts on the topic describing treatment methods, prevention, time, etc., we come back to one question over and over: WHY COULD...

PATIENT: 10 week old pampered and super-sweet Silkie chick that was otherwise completely healthy at dusk last night when we make sure everyone is in the coop and ready for sleep at 9pm EST. 8AM THIS MORNING: the chick was on the floor of the coop (coop is cleaned each week and new pine...

Hello all, I am looking for some advice and can't seem to figure out what is wrong with my chicken. Based on her symptoms it seems to be either gape worms or a lung/bronchial issue. She is eating and drinking properly although she does not like to eat or drink standing up. It seems when she...

Hi all, I have a silkie chick that hatched 3 days ago, see attached pics, is there ANY way of telling the sex with the babies coloring? The head is light on sides, and dark spot on very top of head. Also, the wings are lighter than rest of body. The dad is cream colored and mother is white, with...

Hi, I have a 2 day old silkie chick that is having issues. I got two fertile silkie eggs from someone off Craigslist and let my silkie hen that was Brody hatch them. The first one is fine and is with the Brody hen the second one was rejected by the Brody hand so she was immediately brought in...