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My 22 week black star is stretching her neck and opening her mouth to breath in. She us eating and drinking but us a little lethargic. I am worried. I separated her from the rest of the hens for now.

Wow, happy story! She did recover nicely. She was a lonely bird for about a week. She avoided all the chickens and we were best friends. But now she hangs out with the banties again and runs a little faster if the bully comes around. I give them a lot of credit.

My 20 week old black sex link laid these teeeeeny egg today! (in the middle) The one one the right is from a red sex link. The one on the right is from a silkie cross banty. Yay!

Well at five weeks their little black feathers started coming in everywhere....sigh. So off they went with a girl up the road to show in 4-H. Cock-a-doodle-doo.

Can a chicken suffer from Pica? My silkie has been pecking and trying eat things that have no nutritional value..cotton balls , paper, tin foil, wood, etc. What is going on? She eats a layer from our local co-op. She has access to grit, oyster shell and lots of water. She gets treats of...

Wow! I guess they can withstand more than I thought! Good news.

Yes. She is my problem chicken. A gloomy black cloud suspends above her.

Thanks, guys. I flushed it with saline the best I could. I covered in neosporin. Looks like she'll be in the kennel a couple days. The bleeding stopped and I cooked her an egg. And I thought I was just going to have a quiet night with my book.

I would say it's twice the size of a pin head. Is this a vital area ? As in, could she bleed internally? Lose too much blood? Get infection? I thought about cutting feathers back but then they help keep out the elements.

I take that back. She is bleeding.

My *@&#% of a red star just pecked a hole in the neck of my silkie. I can pick up the skin and see inside. She is bloody buy not bleeding out. She is walking around okay but how do I clean and prevent infection???

My chicks have been free ranging with my flock since they were 3 weeks old. Their adopted mom is near them. But now at 4 weeks she's a little less protective. I have never had a problem. But I think hiding spaces are important just in case.

Today the two chicks are 4 weeks old. Here are their new pictures. I still see male feathers and female feathers. Chick 1: Chick 2: