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    Silkie acting strange

    She is on pullet grower food, a liquid vitamin and mineral added to her water and also gets fruit and veg scraps.
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    Silkie acting strange

    Thankyou, I treated with Diatomaceous Earth and also Permethrin spray, completely dug up their coop and used bifenthrin on the dirt, nesting boxes nooks and crannies, spread Diatomaceous Earth all over the floor and walls and provided a dirt bath box with wood ash, sand and Diatomaceous Earth. I...
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    Silkie acting strange

    Hello! One of my silkie hens is acting very strange. Approximately 5 months old. She is very quiet not her usual self. She also keeps doing this strange neck/head jerking movement. They recently had mites for the first time and have been treated along with their coop. When I noticed her strange...
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    Silver laced wynadotte gender

    It is odd isn't it, that's why I'm so confused. I have picked up "her" feathers for a closer look but couldn't get a photo, but her feathers are still very much rounded they just look pointed and more like saddle feathers because they have lost their colour on the tips giving them the pointed...
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    Silver laced wynadotte gender

    I have a silver laced wynadotte that is about 3 months old. I have always thought it was a hen but now having doubts as the feathers are changing and almost look like that are loosing their pattern and colour. Has never crowed or made strange noises. It is the most beautiful natured chicken I'm...
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