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    Silkie Chick with Open Head Wound-not healing after 4 weeks (WARNING: Graphic photos)

    Yes, the bonnet doesn't quite cover the open area, but I was hoping it might keep some feathers out of the healing area. Which was a lost cause, because she wasn't having it and quickly worked it off. A friend suggested liquid bandage, but I don't know how to begin getting the area dry enough...
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    Silkie Chick with Open Head Wound-not healing after 4 weeks (WARNING: Graphic photos)

    Here's what Joan (that's her name now) looked like after her bath tonight. She's none too happy, but I again pulled lots of sprouting feathers away from the area where the skin should be growing. The swelling in her brain has gone down a bit and there was a lot less bleeding this time, so...
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    Silkie Chick with Open Head Wound-not healing after 4 weeks (WARNING: Graphic photos)

    Thank you! I've been looking for information of this sort! I consulted a vet who explained that because many silkies have been bred to lack the top part of their skull (to achieve bigger crests,) it's very difficult to control brain swelling. What was showing was membrane, not actual brain, but...
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    Silkie Chick with Open Head Wound-not healing after 4 weeks (WARNING: Graphic photos)

    Thank you all, for the insight and advice. I've been giving her lots of vitamin E and stopped using neosporin. The mass on her head kept getting bigger, so today I gave her a bath and really cleaned up the area. I realized part of the problem was that her crest feathers had started developing...
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    Silkie Chick with Open Head Wound-not healing after 4 weeks (WARNING: Graphic photos)

    About 4 weeks ago, I found my (at the time) 3 wk-old silkie grazing and acting normally, but with what appeared to be a head wound. It was almost as if she'd been scalped by one of our other hens. It looked like this: We brought her inside, cleaned her head and covered it with neosporin. She...
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    Introducing Week-old Chicks to Hen with Day-Old Chick

    Thanks! We think she's a keeper too.
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    Introducing Week-old Chicks to Hen with Day-Old Chick

    I would maybe try again tonight. If there any of the chicks that are bigger or healthier, try one or two of them first, then maybe another two the next night. I ended up introducing our chicks a few at a time (we picked up 3 more in the following week!) and Daenerys seemed happy to add to her...
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    What Breed Are My Chicks?

    I'm pretty sure the gray one is a cochin, although it's coloring hasn't changed a bit! Unfortunately, we lost the black masked one (neighborhood cat, we think.) Still trying to figure out what the striped one is. Here's a more recent picture:
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    Crop so full I can see food through skin bulging out on his back!

    What ever happened to your chick? I'm having the same issue right now with a 3 wk old chick. He's happy and active, but it's really bizarre to see seeds and grass in his crop...
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    I can see food through my chick's skin...

    I have a 3 week old chick who's been grazing in the backyard with a flock of older chicks (4-5 weeks, but they're quite a bit bigger.) The chick is tiny with light gray feathers, so I noticed today that there was a pinkish bulging area above its wing joint. Upon looking closer, I could see...
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    What Breed Are My Chicks?

    It's such a fun guessing game! A friend said the brown one looks like an Easter-Egger. I'm so excited to see how the feathers end up looking!
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    What Breed Are My Chicks?

    I picked up a mix of sweet little bantams last week and would really like to know what breeds we have now! My Mottled Cochin, Daenarys has adopted them (along with two silkie chicks.) The auburn-colored one has stripes on it's wings and sparsely feathered legs. I fell in love with this...
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    Introducing Week-old Chicks to Hen with Day-Old Chick

    It's been 16 hours and so far, so good! Hen is snuggling all the babies. All the chicks are getting along, eating from the feeder and drinking from the waterer. Mama left the nesting box for a stretch (and poop, of course,) but came right back to brood. I've been taking her some special treats...
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    Introducing Week-old Chicks to Hen with Day-Old Chick

    Alright, all three babies are under mama and so far, so good. The big ones are under one wing, the littlest under the other. I'll continue to check on them throughout the night. Wish us luck!
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    Introducing Week-old Chicks to Hen with Day-Old Chick

    Thanks for everyone's input! This is the first time any of our girls has hatched an egg AND the first time we've introduced newbies. I was planning to start by trying to lay the smaller of the week-olds under her tonight, but am having second thoughts. Right now, the broody is on the day-old...
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