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Thanks. The cockeral is really really happy. He is scratching around in the bedding and is so active. I put olive oil and adams in his crest. It looks spikey and he can see really well. The pullet..I taped her crest up. I suppose I could cut it. I put olive oil in hers also but it is so long it...

She is fine today. Quite chirpy. I do put them out on the grass on nice days. I also open the door and pull them into the sun. I keep half the cage covered so they don't get too hot. I did treat the mites. I bathed them and sprayed them and used epinex. I sprayed with poultry spray also. (I mean...

I've never seen cocci. Bear with me please. I washed the birds that had mites. They are about 4-5 months old. I have had them a couple of months. They have been in a big cage in my garage. I still see some mites but that is another post. grrrr I taped her crest up so she could see better. She...

I washed them in flea and tick shampoo. He was a mess! I sprayed with adams flea and tick afterwards. Then I see a mite run across the pullets eye. DANG!! They were in a tote in my bathroom. I did clean the little cage they have been in and just put the cockeral back in there. I am going to post...

Does the electric fence work? We had weasels once. We had to get them before they got the birds. We also had an opossum. So gross. They eat the guts out. I lock my coops at night. I had thought about an electric fence but wasn't sure about height etc.

They are probably very happy birds all full of goodies!

You can take a vitamin E capsule and make a little hole in it and give her a little drop. Some people use polyvisol (sp) vitamins but I don't know how much. What breed is it? I have given a little vit B also. Just a little of the tab ground up and sprinkled in some yogurt. You can add sugar or...

If you walk around with them then get into the habit of tipping them so their beaks face the ground and the vent area is near your face. LOL Part the feathers and look around the vent area. Here, we have northern fowl mites. They are dark brown. You will either see the bugs near the vent or you...

I recently bought some birds. The roo had some scabby stuff around his eye. I thought he got shavings in his eye. I did look through the feathers and vent area. Obviously not well enough. His eye got crusted over again so I got him back out and he has so many mites in his crest. They have bitten...

I don't wear a mask if I am just sprinkling the pyrth. stuff in the bedding. I am careful not to get it on my skin. This is the same stuff that is some of the human lice treatments. I would at least wear gloves. If you think you might inhale some then wear a mask. I used 7 dust once without...

You buy one. LOL That is the easiest way though. I am not good at genetics. Lavender is also called self blue. We need a mod to sticky something about the self blue gene. People (including myself) are forever asking about it.

Disqualifications. You look at the silkie standard of perfection. Then you look and see if your bird meets the "standard". There are certain traits that automatically disqualify birds from competition. We have already determined that these birds are pet qualtity. Therefore they must have DQ's...

I have had them in the past and they were fast and startled easily. They are a bit high strung but not mean. I loved their eggs. I had one that layed double yolkers. I have two now that are young and these aren't my favorite. They are jumpy and hard to catch. They are very curious though and...

First you have to get the photos in your computer. Then upload them on here. It isn't horribly difficult but it does take some time. It is worth it to learn how though. A picture tells the story so much better. Good luck. Someday you will have kids (like me) and you can have them do all your...

Well, you can be a master of something. You just pick something you love to do so it seems less like work then learn all you can about it. LOL Sounds easy. After two degrees I decided I was finished with those. There are just too many things I want to master. Silkies, gardening, critical care...