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Lol ok I will make sure that she is poked at by myself and the kids to ensure that she is getting her daily dose of love and food. Thank you for all your help!

Ok, well I guess I will just continue to watch her. Do you take her out of the nesting box to make sure she is eating or drinking? My girl is the peace keeper of the flock. She is not as social with her feathered flock as what she is with her human flock. When she is out in the yard she follows...

Hi Suzie, Thanks for the comment. It makes me feel better. Do any of your Silkies lay eggs while they are broody? I have read that chickens do and do not lay eggs during this time.???

Yesterday I Went out to collect the eggs and found my silkie in the nesting box. She was backed into the corner of the box, feathers fluffed, tail high and quiet. I left the eggs in the other nesting box because I found a really really small egg and I thought my son would enjoy discovering it...

I have 3 Silkies. Annabell is my white chicken and she is 9 months old. She follows us all over the yard. She is also the peace keeper in her flock of 7. Patty is our Partridge. She is 3 months old and loves to be with Splash. Splash is our Splash and she is also 3 months old. She is the...

Yea Anaheim CA West side. :0) I will look the business up and see where they are. Give them a jingle and see what their inventory is.

Do u still eat the eggs when u feed them the DE? If the chicken is eating the DE won't it come out in the eggs?

Yea know, there is no place in the precausions that says not to eat the eggs. I have been throwing them away. Can we eat them if we rinse the outside of the egg off?

The dust that I am using is called Permethrin or ProAp Garden and Poultry Dust. The Feed store swore by this product. And it was all that they had in terms of a Dust. I would have much preferred to fog my house but I have a Miniature Macaw and fish in the house. And I don't like the film that...

Just a quick update and a question. So we have been watching our chickens to see if they are itching any less. ....When is a chicken not preening themselves? They do seem to be less flinchy I guess. There is still a lot of the eggs in the feathers. But I am not seeing any active bugs in the...

Hello Everyone, My coop has veggi oil all over the inside now. I decided not to put the oil on the chickens because I do not want the mite dust clinging to their legs and feet. I have been a crazy cleaning woman for the past 2 days. I am vacuuming 3 times a day. All my laundry is washed in hot...

I don't understand. I just got back from the store with the vegitable oil for the coop and the chickens. I just need to know what to use on my house. In reading about the mites. They can live upto a month in my house.

What do I spray the house with?

So for the 7 dust. If the local feed doesnt carry it should I go to the internet and purchase online? Does anyone know a good site to purchase from? As for the spray, which one is more recommended? Do I spray it like I would Lysol... all over the furniture and then do the perimiter of the house...

After searching BYC and the web I have decided to tell and then ask. I have 4 chickens around 6 months old. (1 is a silkie) I also have 3 2.5 month old chicks (2 are silkies). I treated all of the chickens with a All Natural Spray yesterday. I sprayed the coop and nesting boxes top to...