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    sick silkie. Not eating or drinking.

    I didn't force her to eat and drink the first day and the second I only gave her a little water but by the third and she still was not eating or drinking I thought I best do something. So I gave her water on 3 separate occasions and a little bit of food twice and today I gave her a little food...
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    sick silkie. Not eating or drinking.

    too young to lay yet, so not egg bound. But thanks anyway. I have been giving her staminade, vitamin B and apple cider vinegar as well as yoghurt, medicated chicken crumbles in water and weet-bix. These are fairly runny as I need to get them into a syringe. I will try her on scrambled egg...
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    sick silkie. Not eating or drinking.

    Hi. I have recently purchased 2 white silkie chickens. I think they are about 4-6 weeks old. They wont eat anything but grain and grass but the problem now is one of them is sick. I noticed a huge amount of mites on them so I have treated them, my other chickens and their run and nesting boxes...
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    chicken cant walk seems to have a sore right leg.

    Its really hard to look at her legs as she is often leaning forward with her butt in the air so I can't really get a good look at her legs and how she was standing but I did have a look as she was standing just before reasonable straight and I am now thinking its the left leg not the right one...
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    chicken cant walk seems to have a sore right leg.

    Thanks for the help. I am pretty sure she is too old for mareks and I have also been giving her some scrambled eggs and some tuna about once a week as well as fruit, which she does eat but mainly sticks to the layer pellets. I am guessing that is what she was used to. I am thinking that her leg...
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    chicken cant walk seems to have a sore right leg.

    Hi I am new to this but I was hoping someone could help me. I was given a Rhode island red hen that my daughter in law picked up off the middle of the road. She seemed OK except she could not walk and her feathers where falling out. I recently had another Rhode island red that could not walk and...
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