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    First Time Wry Neck

    In the several years I've had silkies, this is the first time I've dealt with wry neck. We noticed it yesterday. Penny is still full of energy and we've been hand feeding her today and giving her plenty of water, but I've been reading about treatments and I'm so confused. What dosage of vitamin...
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    Silkies

    I am looking for one to three silkie pullets in red, buff, paint, partridge, or splash. I have been on Craigslist daily for a year, and none of my local breeders will sell me just pullets. All require that I take a rooster as well. Unfortunately for me, I've already been forced to re-home my...
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    Bumblefoot Drama

    My white Silkie hen has managed to get bumblefoot on both her feet. I'm quite offended by it; I try my hardest to keep her coop and run super clean and free of materials that can cause injuries, but...it's clear as day. I know everyone says you can treat it yourself, but honestly, the thought...
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    Poop Problems & Foot Favoring

    Okay, I feel like I've been posting a million questions lately, but I have more, so I'm gonna throw them both in here and see what advice comes from it. One. Will blueberries make my Silkie girls' poop darker than normal? I gave them a handful yesterday and today, there's poop in the coop...
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    Broodies In Blizzards?!

    So, this is fun. One of my Silkie girls is broody. After losing a hen to broody stress, we decided it would be best to handle Banjo's broodiness differently. We've been locking the girls out of the coop during the daylight (they have food and water in their predator-proof run), and Banjo has...
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    Can't Tell If New Girl Is Eating Enough?!

    HELP! I have a very small flock right now. We just formally introduced our newest girl, Moonshine, to her flockmates, Banjo and Number Nine on Sunday. When I got Moonie, I was told she was a year old and laying. She's much smaller than my other two, who are less than a year old. Both of those...
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    Blood On Egg Shell

    I just went out to let my girls out of the coop, and I noticed when I went to collect eggs (one sad, pathetic egg so far), I noticed the egg shell had blood on it. Not a lot, but enough that I noticed it as soon as I opened the door to the nesting boxes. Should I be concerned? The girls seem...
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    Crazy Pin Feathers Keeping New Girl From Flock

    I have a "new girl." I've had her in isolation since November, because she was in quarantine, and then once we were able to take her out of quarantine, my alpha hen went broody & then became very ill, and I didn't want to introduce her to the flock without the alpha. As it turns out, my alpha...
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    Broody Silkie Girl Going Strong For Over 3 Weeks And We Are Starting To Worry...

    I have a super broody Silkie girl. She's been in confinement, in my garage, in a wire rabbit cage, for well over 3 weeks now. She has fresh water and food every day, but she will not break. Yesterday, she stopped eating and drinking. She had pellet feed, but I've since added crumbles, and...
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    Quarantine

    I have a small flock - just three adorable silkies. I have been building their coop and run, and for the time, they are living in a wire rabbit cage, and getting "play time" in the yard, in a fenced in, covered temporary type run during the day (weather permitting). I have another silkie "on...
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    Silkie Newbie - Pullet Or Cockerel?

    I very recently (as in five nights ago) acquired three Silkies. The woman I acquired them from said she believed them to be about 2-3 months old, but that as they came from a large free range property with hundreds of birds owned by her father, she wasn't entirely sure. I was looking for...
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