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  1. Silkie Sue

    Slipped Tendon?

    Hi there, i have a 4 week old shamo baby that has been walking funny since yesterday, i could not find alot of helpful advice so maybe my progress will help someone down the road. i saw a utube video and a lady was trying to manipulate the tendon back into the groove on the back of the hock, i...
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    Chicken Saddles and Diapers

    Breeding can be hard on a hens back feathers and skin... hen saddles are the perfect solution to protect the girls from the cocks spurs and toenails Standard size $10.00 Bantam size $7.00 Turkey size $14.00 Shipping extra Diapers available in standard and bantam sizes ( please provide a...
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    Swollen Eyes

    Yesterday, i saw this guy, his one eye was quite swollen and oozing clear liquid. i cleaned him up and put some penecillan directly into the eye and gave him a shot This morning it was less swollen and infection had come out. i cleaned him again and reapplied the penecillan to the eye. i...
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    Polish hen actually hatched chicks HELP

    I have a Standard WC black Polish hen who has been sitting on eggs. They are not known for their motherlyness/ Well today 3 of them hatched. 2 of the chicks were behind the doghouse that they were born in which i thought was strange, do you think they were chased out by the hen? and i found...
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    i think 1 of my babies is dying

    i just went to check on my 8 Polish babies that hatched 6 days ago and one is very lethargic. i gave him some sugar water but he was making a noise every time he breathed. he is not doing it now but we are just sitting on the couch and he looks like he is sleeping. i don't think there is...
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    Polish hatching WAAAAYYY early

    Hi Guys, this is probably my 6th hatch using an incubator so i thought i had it all figgered out...... Well, i set my eggs on July 12th and i wrote on the calendar that lockdown was Saturday the 30th. when i got up this morning i guess i was confused and thought lockdown was today, so i shut...
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    survivor of mink attack healing but won't eat on his own

    My barn was raided by a mink 2 sunday's ago and i lost 14 birds. my silkie roo was attacked and moments from death but his head wounds have healed but he won't eat. i have force fed him scrambled eggs with polyvisol vitamins and yogurt with honey and have been injecting him under the skin with...
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    Weasel or Mink???

    Anyone know what this little chicken killer is???? the trap is a small rat size trap. for a size reference that is a sardine can in with her. this little critter killed 14 of my birds on Sunday morning. 5 baby ducks, 2 polish babies , 6 Silkie hens and 1 rooster and critically...
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    Sad Ernie News

    To all of you who have been encouraging me with Ernie through his " big lump" ordeal and are waiting for the news tomorrow of his surgery.... I am heartbroken to have to tell you.... he was killed last nite by a WEASEL that got into my barn along with 13 other Silkies and baby Muscovies. I am so...
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    Ernie has a problem *GRAPHIC PICS*Not Good News

    A few days ago i noticed my Silkie roo had a growth on his chest... it did not look good i gave him a shot of penicillan this morning i had the day off so i decided to play vet i tried to aspirate with a needle and a syringe but only a little blood came out... i did it in a couple places i gave...
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    Does Ernie have a tumor??

    I just put everybody in their outside pens for the day because it is beautiful out and i went to grab my 2 year old Silkie roo and when i picked him up i thought his crop was really large ( baseball size) but it is not his crop.... it is on the left side of the front of his chest, it is hard and...
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    Chick not right update i just culled,,, awful experience

    this is how he sits. i splinted the legs but that is not his problem i don't think... one leg looks normal and the other looks " withered" his eyes do not open all the way and it looks like he has a " fat head" he is polish and was born 2 days ago the other 5 are doin great and i still have...
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    Leg band question

    I would like to know the proper way to keep track of offspring... Does the rooster have a certain color of legband and the hens all have different colors... what about the chicks do they all have the same color if they are from the same hatch..... what if you have 1 roo and 3 hens.... do the...
  14. Silkie Sue

    Frinky toes UPDATED W/PICS

    i have 4 week old Polish chicks and when they are running around their toes look normal and straight, but when i let them perch on my hand the toes look all crooked, is this something i should worry about? both parents have normal toes. will they grow out of this ? i am really trying for SQ...
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    I''m a Duckie gramma

    My Muscovy hen " Ivy" has been sitting on her 4th clutch of eggs ( the others all tragicallly would not hatch) and she is sooooo happy because she is finally a MOMMA !!!! 3 down and 2 to go and here is IVY
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    Hen with day old chicks has mites??? Question

    my Silkie hatched some chicks on Saturday and i noticed today that she was crawling with mites her eyes were crusted shut and i felt so bad) i put the chicks in the brooder and bathed her and rinsed her and soaked her and still the mites were there. I got out the DRI-KIL ( which i hate) and...
  17. Silkie Sue

    hen and me hatchoff--part 2 DILEMMA

    OK.... short story long... Set eggs in incubator.same day Silkie started sitting Eggs hatched yesterday except for 1 still under hen.probably hatched by now...i will look in a couple minutes... i have the 2 incubator hatchlings in a brooder in my spare bedroom... i was gonna wait until all the...
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    Mount Forest Fur and feather --- CANADIANS this is great!!!

    when i look on this site i see most American festivities and I feel left out.... On May 1st in Mount Forest Ontario there is an awesome sale at the fairgrounds, it starts before the sun comes up and ends at about noon. if you are anywhere close ( or feel like a road trip) I have been about 4...
  19. Silkie Sue

    I Got A Pip!!! UPDATE:1 hatched pics

    i just looked in the window and one of my polish are putting a hole in the shell.. gotta go i know its not the best pic but he has a BIG WHITE HEAD
  20. Silkie Sue

    Silkie Hen and Me Hatch-off-- advice please

    Good Morning, Here is the thing.... Last month i put 20 of my Silkies eggs in the bator and nothing hatched. i candled and i guess i made up stuff to see in there. I don't have to say i was more than a little disappointed. My first theory was that the eggs got frozen in the time it took them to...
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