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    4wk silkie chick strange behaviour and not eating or drinking

    And at what age is safe for treats. All other threads I've read give a range of ages from hatching to 2 weeks as naturally they would be scratching about with mum from birth. I only started with little bits of sweetcorn with the skins removed and chopped up mealworms about a week ago, alongside...
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    4wk silkie chick strange behaviour and not eating or drinking

    No nothing visible in eyes or ears. I'm feeding chick crumble
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    4wk silkie chick strange behaviour and not eating or drinking

    Yesterday morning I noticed one of my chick behaving strangely. Very occasionally it will jump up and down a few times, usually backwards while making a noise and shaking it's head. It's hard to catch on camera. It's hardly eating or drinking. I've mixed crumb with water and it ate the mash a...
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    Day old chick, injured leg?

    Thank you for your reply. I did read it and didn't ignore your advice. It was hard to check for bruising as they are silkies. There was no swelling or bleeding. It may have been a slight sprain as it the chick pecked at its foot for the first day and then less and less for the next two days. It...
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    Day old chick, injured leg?

    Hi, I have a day old chick that suddenly bolted when being held. It fell around 1 metre. It's still walking but favouring one leg, pecking at the other foot. It is still in line and doesn't look misshapen. Any advice. This is from a brood of 5, under a brooder plate, in a school. Thanks
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    Introducing hand reared chicks into an adult flock

    Hi I am a teacher and in our school we have two silkie adult girls, around 4 years old. Although one becomes broody, she is unreliable. So, we are buying an incubator and brooder and hand rearing some eggs as part of the life cycles theme being studied school wide. I have incubated eggs and...
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    Crop problems, help please.

    Thank you for that. She is doing nothing like that, and there is no smell to her breath either, just from her rear end! Everyone is being so helpful. I am struggling to find Acidified Copper Sulphate here in the UK but I have added Poultry Drink to her water I am hoping that the copper sulphate...
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    Crop problems, help please.

    Thanks again. She is lethargic but not appearing to be in any discomfort. She is happy to have her crop massaged, to the point of closing her eyes. Despite being from my school, she has spent more time at home with me than at school, due to lockdowns. She hatched on my dining table, so feels at...
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    Crop problems, help please.

    Her crop had definitely gone down overnight as I have introduced some food this morning and it has grown again. She is drinking from a syringe, 1cc at a time. She is eating natural yoghurt with acidophilus in, and some extra grit mixed in, and scrambled egg with extra grit. She has access to...
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    Crop problems, help please.

    As for poop she has a messy rear end again but it does appear to be slightly more solid than last night
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    Crop problems, help please.

    Thank you for all of you help so far. I have checked her crop this morning, after withdrawing food overnight, and it still has something in, but it doesn't feel like as much. It isn't bubbling or liquidy, more doughy. The only time any liquid came out was once last night after she had a drink...
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    Crop problems, help please.

    I didn't check this morning but I have brought her home with me. She is inside, with water but no food. I will check her crop in the morning
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    Crop problems, help please.

    I am in charge of three silkies (approx 3yrs) in the school in which I work. On Wednesday, one had a messy behind (not unusual) so I washed her and all seemed well. I checked her again today and it was messy again and I noticed that she had lost weight. Her crop was full, but it was late...
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    Composting advice needed

    The run is in the school grounds, outside, hence the soil base.
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    Composting advice needed

    Thank you so much for your advice, especially about the coccidia as I had not considered that. I was thinking of mainly using straw and where we live, moisture is abundant! We tend to call it liquid sunshine to prevent it from getting us down. I was thinking of mainly using straw in the run...
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