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its been a little over a week since i took her to the vet, she is still really boney, she eats like crazy. she always has a full crop. she is alert and moving around. but just not gaining any weight. im really worried. i also have another hen that is starting to look thin, and i just dont...

OK, will try to attach the picture of her poop. if i can't it is white liquid with a black chunky center. this was in the kennel on the way to the vet. took her to the vet today, even waited to see the vet who specializes in birds. he looked her over, and did a intestinal parasite screen...

poop is looking slightly soft, brown, solid, all one color. not a normal brown with white on top. ill try to get a picture tomorrow morning and post. thanks for your input.

should i go ahead an use wazine and try to deworm them? i was under the impression that the ivermectin was the better option.

i have a 1.5 year old silkie hen that appears normal until you pick her up. everytime i check her, her crop is full, she eats like a pig, but she is nothing but bones, skin and feathers. her breast bone is protruding andi am extremely worried. this is what i have done so far for her in the...

i have a few standard breed cochins. i think i am going to try to get a few bantam cochins, i really like to cochins. ive noticed that the large breed pick on the bantams. i keep them together for about 3 days then separate them into two different pens. thanks for the advice though.

i have kind of a conglomerate of colors....white, paint, blue, splash, black, buff, cuckoo and the "i don't know" color. they are sweet i really enjoy them.

today is day 5 of this last batch and they are still all alive . i have been giving them corid, as suggested. i also gave corid to my remining older few silkies from previous batches and some of my larger breed chicks. i saw a big improvement in activity of the chicks after two days. i...

im going to get some cocci treatment after work today. even though i cleaned out the brooder and let it sun dry all afternoon, i think i will change the brooder as suggested above. ill let you know how this batch turns out. i had 24 silkie chicks hatch saturday as of today, monday morning...

i thought it was cocci also, but the feed is medicated for cocci, so i ruled that out. ill look into getting some extra meds for cocci. i really don't want to lost anymore. oh and yes i am cleaning everything between batches. i have been washing and then letting the sun air dry it for...

i an new to raising silkies. i have had a tremendous amount of loss, and i am not sure why. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. i have 6 hens and 3 roos. they have their own separate loving quarters. An 8x10 building lined with wood shavings, that has a small door to an enclosed gassy...

thanks for the tip on wood shavings. I have 2 silkies (paint hatching eggs i paid dearly for), i put them with other chicks of the same age on wood shavings, and the one little silkie started shaking his head. i showed him the water, and he was VERY thirsty. I knew something was wrong, so i...

i am fairly new to chickens too, this will be my second winter with chickens. I live in TN, so my winters are not as cold as yours. Last winter i didn't really know any better, and left my 15 chickens out in the coop with no lamp, we had a few nights that were in the single digits. A few...

i wish i had read and found this post last night. i have a brinsea incubator, my second one. this is my first hatch in my second octagon 20. i have had such good luck and great hatches with my first octagon 20 i never really paid attention to the temperature in my second octagon 20...