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  1. BuckeyeFoodie

    Guess the franken-color?

    So, I have a pair of fertility-test babies from a oddball cuckoo Silkie pair that I've been playing the "what the heck color are THESE going to be?" game with. Mama is either black or blue cuckoo, although I'm leaning towards blue. Dad is...... Blue-Cream cuckoo? Lemon Blue cuckoo? Red Pyle...
  2. BuckeyeFoodie

    Putting weight back on thin birds?

    So I have had a hellacious time with mites in my Silkies this year, and unfortunately didn't catch the latest infestation until I lost a bird (I have since been obsessively treating with Ivermectin and Elector PSP, and I think I can mix permethrin premise spray in my sleep now). Most of my...
  3. BuckeyeFoodie

    What is wrong with this chick?

    So I had a Silkie chick hatch out with really weird feathering that I've never seen before. It's both naked and... hairy? Instead of fluff it has all these wirey-feeling long feathers. The chick is pure Silkie, Splash x Splash so no hard feather or lavender shredder genes, and comes from a...
  4. BuckeyeFoodie

    Rooster sets on eggs?

    Does anyone else have a rooster that goes and sets on the egg after his wifey has moved off the nest? I have an Aracauna pair that lives on their own in my horse barn, and every day after the hen lays her egg, the rooster goes over and sets on the egg. He doesn't eat eggs, just hangs out on it...
  5. BuckeyeFoodie

    Recovery from mite infestation

    So I have a silkie pullet that I thought had a respiratory infection, but it turns out she also had mites. I used Elector PSP on everyone and everything on Friday, and the mites appear to be dead. Unfortunately before I caught on to the mite issue this pullet had gotten to the point where she...
  6. BuckeyeFoodie

    Nurture Right 360 buttons not responding

    Hey all. So I've got a slightly older model NR360, probably 3 years old. I went to reset the day count, and the Menu/OK button does not respond. + and - do seem to be working as I can manually trigger the turner, and the light is just fine. Does anyone know a solution? (And yes, I've tried...
  7. BuckeyeFoodie

    Split wing

    So, an odd question about split wing, specifically in Silkies: Is it possible for a bird to look split-winged during the process of feathering out, but it isn't? Is it also possible for a bird to be split-winged on only one side, but perfect on the other? I have a 7 month-old pullet that is...
  8. BuckeyeFoodie

    What sex is this Belgian d'Uccle?

    This is my roughly 10 week old pity-buy Bearded Belgian d'Uccle (it was the only chick left in the bantam bin). I don't have any pics of it alone, but you get a good view of the comb. I'm leaning towards pullet from the lack of comb, and the constant cuddling with my littles - it let's itself...
  9. BuckeyeFoodie

    A argument for keeping the turner on until day 20.

    So I've been breeding seriously now for about three years, which I know is nothing compared to many people here. However one thing that never made sense to me about incubating eggs was the three-day "lockdown" period where the eggs just sit there "moving into position to hatch". Hens that are...
  10. BuckeyeFoodie

    Weak legs in adult birds?

    So I have a pair of birds, an Ayam Cemani cross that's about six months, and a Silkie Cockeral that is about 8 months. For about the past month (after I heard someone, somewhere, sneeze three times and did a ballistic treatment for EVERYTHING) I have noticed that these two birds are both wobbly...
  11. BuckeyeFoodie

    New chick with exposed tendon.

    I have a silkie chick that is less than 4 hours old that has hatched out and at first I thought it was splay-legged until I picked it up and saw it has an open wound with the tendon exposed. Anything I can do? Or should I write this one off?
  12. BuckeyeFoodie

    Head-trauma induced wry neck

    Hi all, I have a 4 month old silkie cockeral that has developed wry neck after getting badly pecked in the head by my evil broody Ayam Cemani hen (I can see the spot on his head where she hot him). My question is when do I stop giving him the vitamin cocktail?? It's been 4 days since I found...
  13. BuckeyeFoodie

    Temperature and fertility

    Has anyone out there noticed extreme cold affecting fertility? I have found plenty of research about heat, but not cold. We have been having a *delightful* cold snap here in Ohio (Canada, come get your weather, it's drunk) and none of the eggs I have set in the past 14 days have been fertile...
  14. BuckeyeFoodie

    Hen with pasty butt/constipated?

    So I have a Silkie pullet who has been living in my laundry room for a little while (putting weight back on her after my feed debacle I talked about in another thread), and I noticed yesterday that she was straining to poop. checked her vent and she was pasted over. She is not prolapsed. I...
  15. BuckeyeFoodie

    Stubborn splay leg

    So I have a chick that hatched 12.7 that has a splayed leg. I have had the baby taped off-and on (I take it off every 12 hours or so to assess and adjust) since the morning of 12.8. There has been no progress, because the little booger just won't use the leg! I have introduced time in a...
  16. BuckeyeFoodie

    Changing chicken feed: a horror story

    First and foremost before I share my story, I am absolutely not complaining about the quality of, or trying to demonize Front View Feeds. My story was a very unfortunate set of circumstances I am sharing so hopefully no one else goes through what I did. The company is completely blameless, I...
  17. BuckeyeFoodie

    Reptile heating mats for keeping water warm?

    Hey all, I was wondering if anyone has tried reptile/seedling heating mats under their water fonts as a way to keep them from freezing? I use diy 5 gallon plastic buckets with water cups, and last year I had a heat-lamp set one on fire so I really don't want to do that again this year! I have a...
  18. BuckeyeFoodie

    How to help a cresty Silkie see?

    I have a really gorgeous pullet that I would like to exhibit, but she is so cresty and beard-y that she can't even see to eat. For now I have trimmed around her eyes, but obviously that's not an option for an exhibition bird. I've tried little hair scrunchies, but they don't stay in very long...
  19. BuckeyeFoodie

    November hatch-a-long

    Alrighty then, I figured I would get this one rolling - because I am impatient and haven't divided my colors back up yet, I have 10 mixed-color Silkie eggs in the 'bator, due to hatch 11.08....
  20. BuckeyeFoodie

    Refeeding a starved hen

    So, my very best Silkie pullet is suuuuuuper skinny. I have had her home for a few days, and realized that she is so cresty that she can't see to eat. I have just trimmed her crest so that she can see now, and I started tube feeding the Katy Exact baby bird feed last night, on top of her having...
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