I had this problem with a few of my silkies. Give her some flattened coke a cola it will deteriate any food particals in her crop( about 6cc to 10cc). Give it to her slowly so she doesn't inhale it by accident. Also make sure to give her some mineral oil(about 5cc) to help what ever might be...
You should be able too. Just take his wing and pull it out gently. There the new feathers should be coming in. They wont be coming out of the casing yet but you can get an idea of what the color will be. I do this when I am checking the colors for my splash and white chicks. The baby could also...
It looks like a blue. I get blues sometimes when my blacks are crossed. It could turn out to be a black when it gets older. Check its wing feathers. What color are they?
She didn't have any access to household plants so that can't be it. I do know that my one rooster would single her out and bully her into submission sometimes so her could mount her. I do use straw as bedding, but it was kept out of the weather in a dry barn and there was no mold I could see or...
It sounds like feather pecking. They are bored so they have nothing else to do or they need more protien in their diet. Try giving them some dried cat food. I use to have bigger chickens (buff orpingtons, sex cell links, wyndottes, ameruacanas) and they loved it. It was a treat and it kept them...
Just a few months ago I got a beautiful blue show quality hen from California. She was doing great and adjusting to my flock well. Then in just the past couple of weeks she went down hill fast. She started to distance herself from the rest of the flock and seemed to be depressed. So I moved her...
I had this problem with a few of my silkies. Give her some flattened coke a cola it will deteriate any food particals left( about 6cc to 10cc). Also make sure to give her some mineral oil(about 5cc) to help what ever might be plugged up in her. Then give her some plain yogurt to get the positive...