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    Hen Infection

    My favorite hen died in my arms yesterday - I think she had an infection that eventually caused sepsis... Is there an antibiotic I can get from a feed store to be prepared next time?
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    Foot on Hen Help :)

    I will try it - thanks!!!!!!
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    Foot on Hen Help :)

    My hen has been limping. I turned her over and saw that her upper toe is a little bit swollen and on the outside of the tow (the part you can see when she is walking around) just above ground level on that outside part is a tiny bit of black shading. It's not solid black, it is patchy in an...
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    Amazing Baby Silkie Story

    I know there are a lot of people who would agree with you. In fact, I spent weeks building my own huge Fort Knox chicken pen for our first chickens with hardware cloth on the top, bottom, sides and door with no gaps at all. I wanted to do everything I could to protect them. After raising...
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    Baby chicks

    Yes, 3 weeks is cutting it too short on the heat. Even if fully feathered - they still need it and seek it.
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    Amazing Baby Silkie Story

    My silkie hen hatched one chick. The hen and chick spent 5 days in my living room. I handled the chick on occasion, but most of the time the momma was teaching her chick how to eat and drink. On the chick's 6th day I let them outside. A few days later, unbeknownst to me the neighbor's cat...
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    Silkie Rooster with swollen eyeball

    Some whitish eye drainage in front right corner of his eye. I've put neosporin on his eye area (tonight was 2nd night of treatment) and I haven't seen any improvement yet. I'll take a pic tomorrow when he roosts. No sneezing or anything weird. Behavior is completely normal. Eating, drinking...
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    Silkie Rooster with swollen eyeball

    My silkie rooster has a swollen eyeball. The eyeball itself looks a little puffed out compared to the normal one, looks like a little infected in the front corner. His eye lid can open all the way but he likes to keep his eyelid half shut. What can I do for him please?
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    Mama Silkie Hen Murdered!

    He is doing a great job! The baby chick's momma was the silkie hen that died :( but the silkie rooster is not the chick's daddy. I can tell by looking at the chick. The chick was so used to looking at her mama's white fuzzy legs that the silkie rooster's fuzzy legs were the next best thing...
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    Mama Silkie Hen Murdered!

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    Mama Silkie Hen Murdered!

    So, my silkie rooster has completely taken over the role of mother to the baby chick. He chases the other hens away from her and shows her where the food is. The only thing I have to do is make sure the baby chick gets up to the roo's perch at night since she can't fly up there yet. He is an...
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    Mama Silkie Hen Murdered!

    A fox took our mama silkie hen last night. She had 1 (10 day old) chick with her and the chick is fine. Now, the chick is following around the silkie rooster. He seems to be trying to teach her to eat grass just a moment ago. Do you think he will be able to foster her? Thanks
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    First Rooster Kills

    We are 1 year and 2 months into keep a flock of chickens and over that time we had 1 clutch of eggs that were hatched by a broody hen. We learned our lesson today about roosters. We ended up with too many roosters (7 roosters and 20 hens). We were able to feed 3 roosters to predators but the...
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    When do Roos have to go?

    One of my hens hatched a dozen. It was our first hatch. I was so excited watching the chicks grow. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to spend as much time with them as our first flock of chicks that we purchased - so they have not warmed up to me like the hand raised chicks. 6 of them were...
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    1 Yr Old Hen

    Thank you for the info! She was laying an egg when I cleaned out the coop today. Thank you for the information on wry neck. I will check it out. Whatever it is, it isn't severe and I've noticed it throughout this last week. I will give her some nutridrench and they already get sunflower...
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