She's a year and a few months. She's been laying for months very reliably and has never had this happen before. We soaked her several times, and felt nothing hard at all. She's roosting right now (thank goodness she feels well enough to do that!) and we will try and coax her to eat some yogurt...
One of our easter egger hens is acting egg bound. She's still drinking water but doesn't want to walk around and acts like she needs to pass an egg. I checked her and couldn't feel an egg and there's no blood or shell shards that I can detect.She did lay/pass this semi-hard pale green thing that...
Oh no, i hate to say it but...
We had two Silkies mixed in with our 6 EE/Brahmas, and they ALWAYS kept to themselves and were afraid of the bigger birds. Then, one of the Silkies passed away (no visible reason) and the other one is now lonely and sad. It refuses to associate with the other...
I LOVE silkies! They have the sweetest personalities. Ours follow us around and beg to be picked up and cuddled. And who can resist a begging cotton ball?
Ahh sorry aussie! Thats our prolblem. We have other chickens too, and the Silkie absolutely refuses to associate with them. They don't pick on her, but she stays as far away from them as possible. It doesn't help that she doesnt like to roost either. She sleeps in a corner by herself. So we need...
oh wow! thanks for the info everyone. I will definitely have to get one ASAP. The only thing im worried about is the frequency of changing it...what if we're gone for the day? Would we just have to put her in a big dog kennel with newspaper instead?
I searched BYC on them, and they had some people selling them, but i didn't find enough general info on it to run out and buy one haha. And we tried. Nobody is selling, so at least for the short term, we need a solution.
Ok, so one of our two Silkies passed away two nights ago, and his remaining buddy is tragically lonely. Britches absolutely refuses to associate with the other chickens, who in turn ignore her. She follows her human friends around pitifully whenever we go into the run, and so we took pity on her...
We are sadly giving away our precious Silkie, Little Britches, because his/her Silkie companion passed away. She is very lonely, and while our other "big chckens" dont pick on her, she does not associate with them at ALL, and just wants us to cuddle and stay with her. We're asking $20. We also...
If anyone is looking to find a good home for some pet quality Silkies, you found it! We are looking for two to keep our now lone Silkie company. Her best friend Nugget passed away "/. We will be willing to pick up as long as it is not too far away. Also, would be willing to trade light brahma...
We offered water and food inside and out, and now food just outside. Our 6 teenagers learned after a week of sticking them in their at bedtime that the coop was very comfy, and I went down to get them and they were all inside. They will get the hang of it if you keep sticking them in their, just...
I am so glad somebody asked this! I was wondering the same thing about my two lil Silkies. All my other birds roosted
I hope they are both girls though, I don't want one to be lonesome (I have to get rid of any cockerels because we're suburbs.) I would hateee to have to get MORE silkie chicks...
Yay! I'm so happy to hear its not an immediate off-to-the-country for them They really are the sweetest birds. Neither one of them appears to have wattles. Hopefully it was just a fierce hen tiff! I will give them a few more weeks.
My neighbor was taking care of them when we were gone, and swears one tried to crow. I'm hoping my guts out it was just a funny hen noise. They are about 7 weeks old, and the sweetest things ever! You go crouch in their pen, and they run over and hop on your arms and shoulders to talk to you and...