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Its the 2 roosters and the one leg on the hen…….. i assume the other has them just not as bad. Ill get stuck in and see if i can get on top of them.

Thank You! Im guessing its the Ivermectin route if im going to treat the whole flock

Hi all, I noticed one of our silkie hens (they are about 3-4 years old) started to limp quite badly, i noticed her foot has gone really crusty, no wound or bleeding or open sores but looks like she cant move her toes properly. I checked her other foot and it looks normal as well as all the...

Hey guys we hatched some silkies 6 months or so ago…….. i thought they were all hens, but this one has shot up a bit bigger than the rest? Does anyone think it could be a rooster?

Solid ideas! I never thought to do that, thanks so much.

We only have the one rooster, so if I see him breed a hen that I want to have eggs from, I can just seperate her and leave her in her own area for what would end up a few months, enough time to lay a clutch and hatch them?

Hi all, A few months ago we had our first successful hatching in our flock of silkies, Im not really pushing hard for success and just letting the hens do what they want, we hatched every egg and had 15 chicks, unfortunately I learn a harsh lesson is how these little ones can be wee Hodini's...

Mice is interesting…….. i doubt magpies because the run is covered with bird netting.

Yeah she is with 4 other hens and the rooster. We are not overly fussed about the breeding but we would like to increase the flock was trying to take the approach of nature would do its thing. Is it 1000% the hen and chicks need to be isolated? Ive picked up hens from breeders before and they...

Hey People! Yesterday our silkie mumma hen hatched the first ever chick we have ever had. The little thing was sitting under her mother when i spotted the shell in the nesting box and saw the little chick under its mother. The hen was sitting on three eggs, one hatched. A few hours later, its...

We have 5 silkie hens and one cockerel. (Well we think he his he hasnt crowed yet and i think hes about 5-6 months old…..) Getting some coop upgrades done to allow more silkies and some Rhode Island Reds. I plan on starting a coop/flock follow thread when i get it going but ive been lazy!

Hey Guys! Ive been a member for a few months and never knew there was an Aussies thread! Sending this from south west country WA!

Yep. All of the above for me!

Im yet to get into breeding some one tell me if my plan is doomed to fail, but I have a flock of silkies that go broody all the time and sometimes we break em out of it and sometimes not. I plan on using the silkies to rear the eventual RIR flock we plan to have for eggs and meat. So we will let...

Hey guys, One of my silkie hens has gone broody. I searched around and i know there are methods to stop it. But my question is do i need to? Im not fussed about their egg production. I tip her off the nest once a day to check for eggs and take them if they are there. Aside from that do i have...

“Bombs away” 😂😂😂

I have 5 chickens and 5 nesting boxes and they all lay in the same one. I didnt think it was anything to worry about, Why is it an issue?

"Yeeeeeees Smithers"

Fingers crossed for you. Our girl is 13 and its always in the back of my head that things are eventually going to go that way. Sounds to me like he is still one happy boy. Lucky to have such a caring owner