Recent content by winkle

LOL, i wasnt going to roll her in the flour. although as a silkie baby she is about the size of a nugget, maybe a tiny bit smaller.

yeah i just put a bit of flour onto the red blob. i havent seen any more blood spots yet. but im not sure if the red blob will go away by itself.

It's not the yolk sac. its currently pressed as close to the heat as it can get and it looks a little happier. i will try dunking it in the flour though. the other chicks keep pecking at it though.

My silkie chicks are between 1-3 days old. I have 16 of them, one or 2 were born with what looks like a red blob where their umbilical cords were. one of them looks to have dried up and been sucked inside. but it was a smaller lump. the chick who still has it has a large red blob still and is...