Hi everyone! One of my babies found his voice this week. He's a 5 month old black and white speckled Serama. I wish I could keep him because he's sweet as can be, but I can't have a crowing rooster in my neighborhood.
Hi everyone! I started with a tiny flock of 3 - 2 silkies and 1 serama. Last week one of the silkies started crowing, so yesterday I gave him(!!!) to a friend. When I got home, I found the other silkie had died :( she had been sick. So, in one day I'm down to just one bird. She is looking all...
I had 2 silkies, one would go into the coop to roost at night and the other was always sleeping on the ground in the run. I asked the breeder and she said it's common for Silkies to not go to bed at night. She said sometimes they eventually figure it out and follow the others, but usually not.:hu
The other chickens were keeping her from eating, so we have been keeping her in a separate cage. She is eating and drinking now. She's still on medicated chick starter food and has electrolytes in her water. She was wormed a few months ago. This morning our rooster attacked her - pecked her and...
We did the scrambled eggs and spinach and it worked great for a few days, but now she's all stumbley again. Just picked up some powdered electrolytes to add to the water to see if it helps. Also we started feeding her separately from the other two. One of them has really started picking on her...
Hi everyone,
I have a sweet 5 month old silkie that is displaying strange behavior and I am very worried each morning that I am going to find her dead. She has always done this weird thing with her head, just like Stevie Wonder or Ray Charles! And recently, any time I pick her up she stumbles...