Silkie thread! - Page 1675

Originally Posted by mama2my4 

Humor me, y'all! We took our chicks out for the first time today. Ages 2-6 weeks....

 

My 5 year old with "princess". Silkies were her idea. 

 

 

My 8 year old with his favorite "Yang"

 

 

Yang and Yin - these are my two solids from paint. 

 

 

The babies all tuckered out. This is Bacon and Princess

 

How did I not find silkies sooner? We are so in love with their little selves!!

Originally Posted by sager:)silkies 

or my buff silkie that had wry neck is doing great all better but know one of my chicks that hatched last week is almost a week old and has pasty butt is there anything i can do to help him/her

Originally Posted by Hawkeye95 

Pasty butt-- I just pluck off the poop.  It will take off fluff and feathers-- which is just as well if they have it.  Then there won't be anything to stick onto next time.  I never wash their butts-- just pluck off the piece.  Yeah, they do a bit of a screech, but like 2 seconds later they are all fine and running around again.

Originally Posted by sager:)silkies 

thats what i did it worked for couple days and know its back 

Originally Posted by Hawkeye95 

How old is it?  They shouldn't have pasty butt past like 5-6 days old.  

Originally Posted by sager:)silkies 

the chick will be 7 days old tommorow

 

Originally Posted by ScaredOfShadows 

 

chickens because they peck the ground for food and foraging, and groom themselves (including their feet which walks in poop, soil, etc) are going to have some level of worms. if you see worms easily in the poop they have a severe infestation of worms. I would avoid worming in the peak of summer because of the stress on the birds with the heat. 

 

I worm atleast twice a year, (though personally I aim for 3 times a year) if you want to do it just twice - I'd aim for spring and fall as those seasons seem to be the worst time for trouble with them. 

 

They should be atleast 12 weeks old, but I tend to wait til atleast 16 weeks (4-5 months) which most of my birds by that point are 4-5 months when I do my late summer/early fall worming. 

Originally Posted by Suzierd 


Thanks for this info, what do you use and what dose? I have a old Banty that is breathing funny I have never wormed her, but I don't know if it's a respiratory problem or gapeworm? Not sure which to treat for? Can I treat for both at the same time? Does one medicine get all worms?