Recent content by MissSilkie

So freaking cool. My dream coop.

No, my neighbors don't complain. Well, atleast they shouldn't what with their dogs barking and howling all day. Thanks for your help, and yes we have looked into the surgery for our previous rooster who was not a bantam.

Hi. I have a silkie hen who recently layed her first egg. Before she laid it she was acting like a rooster, did "the dance" a couple times, crowed every morning with her man, and started pecking some of our new poulets. I am positive the egg was hers, and here are my reasons why: 1 I put her in...

Hi! I have a rhode island red who is about 3-4 years old, very healthy, happy, no signs of sickness, and loves to run around, be outside, and get attention. But.... she's molting.....and the usual temperature is 30 or below (F). And at night, even colder. She's losing a ton of feathers, which...

Seeing how she has poo stuck to the feathers on her vent, she most likely does have a prolapsed vent

Hi~ Welcome to the treats for chickens thread! Here's a recipe I make for my chickens often: Kitchen scrap pie! ingredients: Chicken feed water Kitchen scraps of choice (fruits or veggies) pie pan, container, etc. Yogurt (optional) Oats (optional) Method: Combine chicken feed (any...

She may have a prolapsed vent. This happened to one of our hens, she showed to same behavior as yours, and she died a few days after. (actually, 2 of our hens died of it...). It IS curable, my mother has done it, but that's also when our old girl was a chick. Just google search "How to cure a...

That would be great, TY!

Can you post some pictures of her, and close ups of the bottoms of her feet and toes, toes, and full feet (both feet), and legs, that may help people to identify what it might be. Ty!

Here is some stuff I found. Scald ~Scald is when the skin on the legs, and particularly the feet of your chickens, turns a very red raw colour and becomes painful for the chicken. This is a condition brought about purely through housing problems – wet bedding and flooring results in the ammonia...

Look at her toes, and see if any of them are curved at an odd angle. She may have broken a toe, and it will heal eventually, but still keep it's odd angle, and may appear "lumpy". I've had a barred rock who broke 3 toes, and walked funny, and also did stop to rest often. They did heal, and after...

I wanna join :D Name: Rhiannon Gender: Female Breed: Ural owl Mate: no Babies/chicks: no Region from: Moonlight kingndom Rank: Council member...? History: Nest attacked by raccoon when parents hunted. She was the only survivor. Personality: Fun, happy, yet...

It's totally fine if they eat chick food, and I'd recommend just mixing it with your regular feed, just make sure there's more regular food then chick food.

You don't need to seperate the food. Just mix the chick food and normal food in the same feed dish, they'll pick and choose, or just give everyone chick feed. We mix our chick feed and regular and it's all good.

Compost!!!! Cinnamon and Luna's favorite! (Cinnamon is a rhode island red, luna is a black astralorp). My spoiled silkies only eat when I feed them so they didn't touch it -.-