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Hi Napa Valley backyard chicken lovers. I have 3 Silkie girls in need of a new backyard home. My property owner changed and they have asked me to re-home them after 4.5 years. Two of my girls I've had since the day they hatched and are still laying. The 3rd is a little older and was their...

after just one day on the anti inflammatory she is moving around more. not back to anywhere normal but she is wanting to move more so I am looking on the sunny side of the egg and seeing this as a good sign. I totally forgot to ask for blood work while I was there. not sure why the vet didn't...

I thought I would post an update on the situation. Vitamins didn't make a difference so off to the vet we went for the second time. Of course my mind went to the worst case scenerio and I just assumed I would have to say good bye to my feathered friend. after an intense exam of poking and...

I thought I would give an update to this mystery. I took her to the vet and put her on 10 day course of antibiotics. they also did a fecal sample analysis and discovered there were some worms present so the whole flock was dewormed with vet supplied fenbendazole. she is back to eating...

Help.... the mystery continues. I put my sick girl and all the others on wazine 3 days ago and she hasn't perked up. because I'm not sure how much she actaully drank (besides the few small syringe fulls I was able to get down her beak) could she not have gotten enough? I haven't noticed any...

I haven't seen any indication of worms so I haven't done that yet. but in further review of discussions I read that you don't always see the worms in their poop. off to the feed store I go in the morning. I have inspected her pretty closely over the last week, including a warm bath and...

I have a grown silkie hen, zsa zsa, who I got from a friend when she was full grown and laying. I have no idea how old she really is. For the last three years she has been active and laying eggs and was on schedule with her broodiness (oh how my silkies love to be broody). About 3 weeks ago...

just wanted to give an update on my injured hen. after about 2 weeks of antibiotics, sleeping and healing she emerged from the dog crate with wounds scabbed, wounded eye completely shut but healed and ready to take over the backyard....much to my silkies dismay. all has settled down and they...

I would recommend antibiotics that can be purchased at the feed store that you put in their water and keep her away from the other hens in a quiet and cool area. It worked well for my injured hen.... about a month ago friends hen was attacked by a raccoon and suffered major head wounds...

thank you so much for your input. This is our first injured hen so not sure what to expect. the neosporin is an excellent idea as far as I can tell no sign of infection. all her wounds seem to have scabbed over and there is no redness or swelling. we are keeping our fingers crossed that...

I have four silkie hens and they go broody every other month no matter what the weather. It's become clockwork. lay for approx 3 weeks, go broody for 4 weeks and start the cycle again. once they "wake up" it takes them a good week or so to start laying again.

I have four silkie hens of my own but am nursing back to health a friends barred rock hen who was attacked by a raccoon last week. She has some major head wounds - all on the right side of her head. Her right eye was injured in the attack and has since 'healed over" to where it is closed...

I have four silkies - two who are over a year old, one that is almost a year and another that is around 9 months. Over the span of two months they all went into broody mode (the first time for the two younger ones) and then one day they all "woke up" and have been back to their old routine...