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    Ivermectin use for scaly leg mites?

    We had our "Gypsy" flock (we think red laced wyandotteXsilkie) with a bad case of scaly leg mites, the one small roo had 2 mm thick crusts on his legs, the rest were just lifted with bits of yellow crust visible between the scales.. we treated them with an oil dip nightly for two weeks, which...
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    Please help with possible AVIAN BOTULISM (updated)

    hey guys. i didn't end up posting a new thread, i just dug around and kept trying many different things, but stuck with extra vitamins and liquid vitamin e. I deduced that it most likely was brain damage. his appetite stayed up, but I believe he wasnt getting enough food because his...
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    Please help with possible AVIAN BOTULISM (updated)

    I am just having this problem with 5 week old silkie X banti that looks just like your in the pic there Minnie (if you know her breed, I would love to know as my friend just bought a handful of mixed bantis and she doesnt know their breed, but the mother of our brood looked much the same!) I...
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    Review by '' on item 'Silkie'

    Silkies were given to us for free, a male and a female. We just let her hatch her first brood of eggs, and 7 out of 7 hatched.
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    Plucky's Brood

    Not sure where to start, but let's just say- girl wants chickens, girl builds coop, girl gets chickens... and it all started at the salebarn. One day a little chicken named Plucky,(who was named AFTER her encounter with my father's dog)decided she no longer whanted to roost with the other...
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    Silkie vs RIRXLeghorn rooster - any chance they can get along?

    i guess dark partridge wouldbe the colour of Mr. Silkieroo! haha
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    Silkie vs RIRXLeghorn rooster - any chance they can get along?

    Hi there! Mitch here. We were given three silkies about a month or so ago. Two brown/black/greeny roos and one all white hen. They were doing great and the two roos got along fine. We kept the seemingly dominant one and gave the other to our friend who just started her own flock of mixed...
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