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    Southern NY, Dutchess county and below

    Question for the group. I live in Westchester county and this is my first winter with chickens I have four silkies. I just ordered a new coop which wil have electricity. It unfortunately does not arrive until Monday. At least it will be here for the second cold night. But tomorrow will be...
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    Hello. This is my first winter with silkies. I live in weatchester county by about 30 min from...

    Hello. This is my first winter with silkies. I live in weatchester county by about 30 min from the city. I have silkies. Four of them. Is tomorrow to cold for them temperature around zero. My coop does not have heat or electricity. I actually just purchased a new coop but it is not being...
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    Southern NY, Dutchess county and below

    Hi. The silkies are two years. They are two black, a partridge, and a blue! Where in rockland?
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    Southern NY, Dutchess county and below

    Question for the group.... I have silkies. This will be our first winter together. Thoughts on their hardiness during the winter or if I need an alternate heat source....
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    Southern NY, Dutchess county and below

    Silkies don't fly. Yes they can flap their wings really hard and it might get them a jump but not a fly. No way can mine get anywhere near six feet. They free range all day and more then flying they can find their way through tiny rails in the fence or through really dense bushes but not up...
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    Silkies stopped laying when I removed an injured chicken from the flock

    I have four silkies. I found one with a bum wound with maggots and immediately removed her and began caring for the wound. Happy to report I think she will make it. We have rounded a bad corner! I thought I could loose her, on a side note I found the medical protocol on this site to care for...
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    Chicken with maggots on her bum.

    Eight days ago I found one of my silkies with maggots on her bum. She was in bad condition and with a huge flesh wound. I thought I was going to loose her. I followed the medical protocol for caring for the wound on one of the forums. This is such a great site. Happy to report that she seems to...
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    Returning an injured chicken to the flock for a visit

    Eight days ago I found one of my silkies with maggots on her bum. She was in bad condition and with a huge flesh wound. I thought I was going to loose her. I followed the medical protocol for caring for the wound on one of the forums. This is such a great site. Happy to report that she seems...
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    Southern NY, Dutchess county and below

    Hi all...I am in westchester and have four silkies!
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    Silkie chicken wound w maggots

    Update.... She seems to be getting stronger. But still fairly weak. This morning I picked her up and decided to take her outside for two minutes and show her to the other three silkies...who have not layer eggs for 7 days now since I removers her from the flock. I won't keep her outside alone...
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    Silkie chicken wound w maggots

    Thank you all for the welcomes and advice. I will keep you posted. This am she did actually drink and ate some layer mash. She turned away from the eggs, or yogurt. But she ate! She seems a bit more perky but her clucks are so soft it saddens me. She is a sweet sweet lady and it would kill me...
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    Silkie chicken wound w maggots

    I am keeping her inside. No flys. I will get swat and keep trying. I am hoping since she has made it this far she will be ok. A friend of mine has chickens looked at her and told me she would not make it past a day or two. So I am hopeful she will since it is now six days but she has a lot...
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    Silkie chicken wound w maggots

    Hello All, I have silkies. One had a lot of flys around her bum. I cleaned her and she was fine. Two days later I again noticed flys and poop stuck to her, and now she was limping. I cleaned her but this time there was a large open flesh wound. I flushed with saline and noticed maggots. I...
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