I just noticed my hen not being able to walk out of the coop when I picked her up I noticed she had lime green poop stuck to her bottom. A little concerned, I did some research on it then took her to clean it off. As I was doing so, I not under her full half silkie plumage that there was blood...
My hen was found one day with a dislocated/cross beak. She didn’t seem in pain and continued to eat and drink still so all was well I guess.
I always have kept a close eye on her but just found her looking completely beaten up..the top of her head (comb area) towards the right side of the head...
My almost three year old silkie hen used to be very fluffy and beautiful…she stopped laying eggs and little by little her head started losing feathers. She is very skinny and bony. I don’t know how to help her.
Biscuit is about 6 months old. Supposed to be full Silkie but is obviously a mix a something else. We don’t know what tho. Has pink skin and five toes.
It had been several days and she had big ole bald spots on under and around her wings. We gave her a bath with Dawn dishsoap and blowdried her. the next day, she looked so much better. Her feathers have now grown back and she is completely fine. We have no idea what the cause was
I got 3 chicks about 2 weeks ago, all of whom were said to be silkies. After about a week after we got them, I noticed one of my chicks was way larger that the other two. A few days later I noticed also, that she was sorta of a different shape then my other two. She(hopefully a she) has a sorta...
I just recently picked up three baby chicks about five days ago. I noticed on the way home that one of my chicks was itching her head with her foot. I didn't think anything of it. The next day I noticed the itching got worse. I also noticed that she was itching her back by her wings with her...