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    Silkie chick with vaulted skull that's leaking?

    Hi all, I hatched 15 beautiful silkie chicks 2 weeks ago. :)One has a vaulted skull, she's a feisty little thing, she's tiny at around a third the size of the rest, so we called her Dot. ( obviously hoping she's a girl) . The problem I have is that her head seems to leak from time to time. Her...
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    Vaccinations against Mareks or breeding for resistance?

    Hi, I've recently lost one of my silkies to Mareks and I'm unsure whether I should vaccinate or not when I hatch my own in the spring. I let one of my broodies hatch last year and seen as the chick I got is still with us at 6 mths I'm wondering whether it was due to her bein around the virus/...
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    silkie keeps falling over

    Hi all, my 2 yr old Blue silkie is falling over like she's drunk. I haven't noticed anything different with her until today, when I let the girls out she was the last to come out. As she walked she stubbled as if he balance was off. I brought her in immediately and she won't eat or drink...
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    Poorly Silkie, PLEASE PLEASE help!!!!!!

    I have a poorly silkie and i really dont know what else to do. She has always had a Barking noise or cough since we got her, she is now 2. We took her to the vets and nothing could be found, the vet thought that she may have once had some kind of illness. She said the noise was coming from her...
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    Eggs not hatching!!! Please help!!!

    Hi, I've got a broody sitting on 10 fertilised eggs but they've not hatched yet. I put them under her on the 25th may which makes this the 23rd day and so far nothing has happened. I picked the eggs up from a local award winning breeder and put them under the same day, she didnt move from them...
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    Broody silkies!!!! Help!!

    Hi all, I am fairly new to keeping chickens. I have had 5 silkies since april’12 and so far 4 of them are or have been broody. It started with Ginger, she was in the nest box sitting on no eggs for 2 weeks, i kicked her out and closed access to the nest box. She got so wound up and it was...
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