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    Broken leg?

    Thanks so much Duckworth. Really good tip. Apologies for my delay getting back. My brain boggles about how to create the separate area as I don't have lots of timber/chicken wire. But I'm sure I can get resourceful. I have an old door which has glass windows so that might work. Thanks...
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    Broken leg?

    Hi there. I'm just back from the vets with a silkie chicken with a suspected broken leg. I have been given 10ml Metacam to give her for 2 weeks. She is staying in her coop as it is low to the ground. The vet has told me to keep an eye that she is not being picked on while vulnerable by the...
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    Sick Silkie - help appreciated

    I am now googling how to check "her crop is emptying overnight". So new to chicken world - but loving it!
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    Sick Silkie - help appreciated

    Hello. Thanks for your time. She is 11 months old. She hasn't gone broody before. Good point though - hope it's that! No oil/chemicals that I know off. Usual family garden - not one I over manicure, so no weed killer etc. Good question ref last egg. I've not seen her definitely on nest...
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    Sick Silkie - help appreciated

    Hi there. I have 5 Silkie chickens. One of them is off form. She is a little confused and has taken herself to her nesting box for some quiet convalescence. Very sweetly at coop close tonight I noticed that my girls - who have a set sleeping order - were not in their usual pattern. With the...
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    Electric Fencing - what's too much power?

    Thank you so much. I feel much better. Now to work out what battery to get.
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    Electric Fencing - what's too much power?

    Thank you. I have foxes locally - plus Buzzards. So I think I'll need a light net over the electric fence. My gardens going to be looking very netty! But the Silkies definitely want to get out and roam a bit more.
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    Electric Fencing - what's too much power?

    Thank you! Very useful.
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    Electric Fencing - what's too much power?

    Hi there. A neigbour kindly gave me a electric fencing power box - to attach to a battery. It's a Rutland Electric Shepherd ESB57 Battery Fence Energiser I've attached a photo of it. Is anyone clever enough to let me know if this model would be too powerful for poultry fencing? I'm keen to...
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    Possible St John's wort poisoning

    Thanks for the comments - you were right they were broody! Now back out in the garden - the sit in is over.
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    Possible St John's wort poisoning

    Thanks so much. They aren't sitting on eggs at the mo. But I think it might be heat exhaustion. It's been a two month heatwave and is above 30C - tomorrow looks set to be the hottest day in the south of England EVER! Wow. Have given silkies lots of shade, frozen veg and electrolyte water...
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    Introduction

    Thanks and Hi!
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    Introduction

    Many thanks!
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    Possible St John's wort poisoning

    Hello there. I have 5 silkies. 3 of them are staying in their coop and sitting very still. They are also making a more high pitched/twittering sound when stroked. I am worried that they have eaten some ripe St John's wort berries which have grown into their run. They are around 6 months...
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    Introduction

    Hello there. I've just joined backyard chickens. I have 5 silkies. We are based in the South of England. Not my most chatty post but I have an important question ref possible poisoning to ask so will add more soon.
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