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  1. Debbie292d

    Open Contest Official BYC Article Writing Contest - #24

    This doesn't belong here, but I felt bad reading this so giving you what I know. I've dealt with many chicks and chickens over the years and never had to go as far as tube feeding. Here's the article though if you wish to learn...
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    Possible causes of thin hen?

    You're not stupid. Drug names are difficult to understand. I found it at TSC though, so check your local one? Ours says it's out of stock and can't be shipped. Hopefully yours has it. It's not noting a prescription needed but thought it was unless they only show that if it was in stock...
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    Post in thread 'Tips on sexing silkies!' https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/tips-on-sexing-silkies.1477252/post-28928613

    Sure is cute! Do you know what she's crossed with? Normally, with pure silkies it's more like 3-4 months but this one you might be able to find out sooner. I guess I'd lean pullet too.
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    Ended Feathered Days of Autumn, a Text-to-Image Contest—Official 2025 BYC Mini-Contest

    This contest is closed now. Thank you for all of the entries! ☺️ I hope you had fun, as I sure love playing with these! Our judges are starting to judge the contests, and there are a lot of them, so please be patient for the results. Best of luck to you all! 🥰
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    Happy Birthday! 🎂

    Happy Birthday! 🎂
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    Tips on sexing silkies!

    Sure is cute! Do you know what she's crossed with? Normally, with pure silkies it's more like 3-4 months but this one you might be able to find out sooner. I guess I'd lean pullet too.
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    Possible causes of thin hen?

    I did not check but everyone says Twin City Poultry is fast except me lol. I’d think they’d all ship the same or next day though. If you can get to a pet store, I use Kaytee Baby Parrot food Plus Fat for any in trouble. I mix that with a raw egg yoke, water and crumbles if they can eat...
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    Possible causes of thin hen?

    The usual suspects of skinny chickens are not eating enough, mites, or worms. The latter two, one would think the others would be exhibiting problems as well. I've never wormed our silkies in the near decade of having them, but in this instance, I would just to eliminate it. Tapeworms are the...
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    Hello from Hawaii

    DE is a preventative. I replied a suggestion on your other post to use permetherin/garden powder. DE just keeps them out making the environment uninviting and takes days to kill them if they make it in. Permethrin kills the mites in seconds. You'd need to redo this in a week to 10 days to...
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    Broody hen in danger of dying?

    I would get some permetherin/garden dust, remove her and powder her well with it. Her nest probably has them too. If you have help, while you're holding her, someone gently removes the eggs to the next nest, clean out that one she was in, sprinkle permethrin in the bottom, then put fresh nest...
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    Debbie's Silkies

    Since it's a mix I can't be sure, but if it were a silkie, that'd be a cuckoo as that's the only barring a pure silkie can have. This is a pure silkie, lemon, but has cuckoo silkie in him. The one way in the back is a cuckoo.
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    Hen stopped laying and losing feathers — normal molt or something wrong?

    Here's one of mine. After a year, she's almost over it, but won't sit with them. She sleeps either in a nest box by herself or up there on top. She was an orange (buff) frizzle silkie prior to molt. Looks like she's going to be a rust color now.
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    Broody hen in danger of dying?

    Taking her out to a dust bath isn't a bad idea actually. I'd have a food and water dish right there too and see if she'll eat/drink while there. This is getting down to the end for her though, and she may know it so fight you on this. Try giving her a dish of mash first. Just wet some chick...
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    Rooster Spurs 🐓

    We only have one old silkie mix rooster here that we have to take care of as his spurs grow inward. Hubby used his Dremel until I bought a fingernail one. Chewy has one for dog nails that's probably better. After years of this, we opted to take his spurs off, just the spurs, nothing painful...
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    Hen stopped laying and losing feathers — normal molt or something wrong?

    My guess is she's going through a molt. I have a couple of silkies like this right now acting about the same way.
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    Debbie's Silkies

    This morning after a huge storm was supposedly bringing 6-12" of snow. We got 3-4". These nine out in their growout pen chose to leave their warm shed and pile up together in the corner. Hubby was over by the coops so I made them a path to come out. They were out, but I got in trouble...
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    Duck eggs!

    If you have nothing, you could wet a paper towel and lay on it, then spray that often to keep it moist. It has to stay moist. If you have to do this, then I would jack up the humidity. Opening up the incubator several times to do this is lowering the humidity for the other one, so you may...
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    Duck eggs!

    What kinds of oils do you have? You want something light. If nothing else, vegetable oil will work too.
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    Hello from Hawaii

    Hiya, and welcome to BYC! :frow You might want to post the details about your hen in our Incubating and Hatching Eggs forum. It sounds like she was molting prior to going broody? If this was earlier in the incubation, I might have pulled all of the eggs. Since she's only got three days...
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    Hard Molting Chicken is walking very weird...

    Be sure to give a little scrambled eggs too, as those contain enough selenium to help the E absorb better. It'll make the E more effective.
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