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    Help!!! 4 week old silkie with crooked beak!

    Hello all! I hope someone can help! I just noticed today that one of my silkie chicks has a crooked beak. I'm always cleaning watermelon juice off her face and today was the first I saw this. I don't know if she hurt herself or if this is how scissor beak starts. Her mouth opens ok, she's eating...
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    Help!! Hen breathing very heavily, fluid from nose and weak!

    I've had my silkie hen inside the last 2 nights cause she seemed weak. She was getting stronger and more spunky, eating, drinking ,pooping etc. Just found her limp, breathing really hard and slow...thought for sure she was done. Held her upside down to get any fluid out from her nose and lungs...
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    Silkie has deformity. Has anyone seen this??? Need advice!!

    Hi all! I posted in diseases too, but thought I should also post to my Silkie people! I have a 3 month old Silkie cockerel who appears to have a deformity on the bottom of his foot. The bigger he gets the more pronounced his limp gets. He also stands crooked from time to time because of the way...
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    Silkie with deformed bottom of foot and increased limping

    Hello all. I have a 3 month old Silkie cockerel with what appears to be a deformity on the bottom of his foot. He's limped on and off since I got him 2 months ago, but I was told he was dropped. After about the first week of having him I noticed his one toe at almost a 90 degree angle. I thought...
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    Need help with Oxytetracycline powder dosage!

    Hello all! So first alittle background info... Last month one of my silkie hens started with bubbles in eyes, and swollen sinuses. Was suggested I get Tylan, which I did, and treated her for 5 days. Also treated with Vetrx and saline drops in her eyes. None of this helped. After almost 2 weeks...
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    Toulouse goose limping and holding leg up!

    Hello knowledgeable people! Today I noticed my goose limping significantly. I checked her foot top and bottom and then up her leg. I couldn't find any wounds or excessive swelling, but the leg and foot was hot. Besides keeping an eye on her is there anything else I should be doing? She's been...
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    Silkie hen with eye bubbles! Dont know how to treat! HELP!

    Hello all! It's been awhile since I've been on here, but I know this is the place to go for help! My one hen, approx 2 yr old silkie, has been having clear bubbles in the corners of her eyes. It started about a month ago and she had alittle nasal discharge. With the crazy weather I thought just...
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    Need HELP/ADVICE for wry neck silkie chick!

    Hello all! I'm reposting what I put on the silkie thread hoping someone can help me. My #2 mom is really pecking at her still. Maybe she knows something I don't x but I'm not ready to give up on this baby!! She's come so far in 2 days! Anyway here's the original post below. Thank you...
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    HELP SICK CHICK!!!

    I just found one of my 3 day old silkie chicks standing by itself with her head hanging to the floor! Looks kinda like wry neck. Can chicks get wry neck?? What do I do??? Shes shaking and peeping! Keeping her warm close to me. Don't know why her mom let her sit alone! PLEASE HELP!
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    HELP! SHOULD I HELP MY CHICK HATCH

    My #1 egg was laid 5/31 or 6/1...didn't know if I was gonna let my hens hatch babies this year so didnt date first 3. Anyway I expected to see a chick or at least a pip today but still nothing. I can hear a faint peep. Should I start a pip or just leave it and pray??? Lost 3 last year was hoping...
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    Need HELP/ADVICE about my Silkie hens...

    I had posted this on another forum but didn't get any replies. So I thought I'd try to get some help here. Thank you to anyone who can provide me with advice. Hello all super knowledgable chicken parents! I have a silkie roo and 3 silkie hens ( 1 is the mom of the other 2 - year old hens) A...
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    Need HELP/ADVICE for my silkie hens! PLEASE!

    Hello all super knowledgable chicken parents! I have a silkie roo and 3 silkie hens ( 1 is the mom of the other 2 - year old hens) A month ago my chicks started to hatch, out of 8 eggs I got 5 chicks. All of the hens were getting along and sharing mothering duties. Agnus, the mom hen, has 3...
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    NEED ADVICE!!

    Hello all! This is my second year letting my silkie hens hatch their eggs. Last year all hatched at either 20 or 21 days. This year the babies are not going by the book! My 1st egg hatched on day 20, my #5 egg hatched today at 20 days. Numbers 2,3 and 4 still haven't come into the world and I'm...
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    HELP MY SILKIE IS HURT!

    I'm hoping someone can help me help my little girl! My almost 4 month old silkie hen was hurt today. I think she may have gotten run over by a mini mule while trying to avoid the rooster. I didn't see it but found her in the mini mules paddock laying on her side very still! I picked her up and...
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    HELP! NEED ADVICE BEFORE CHICKS HATCH..

    Hello all! I put this in another forum, but I thought this one may provide more help. I'm still new at a lot of things and I have some very important questions before my chicks hatch...providing nothing goes wrong. I have 3 silkie hens, 2 of which were broody (the one hen was broody for 2 months...
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    HELP! I need advice before the chicks hatch!!

    Hello all! I'm still new at a lot of things and I have some very important questions before my chicks hatch...providing nothing goes wrong. I have 3 silkie hens, 2 of which were broody (the one hen was broody for 2 months and sitting on nothing). Well somebody started laying eggs and my broody...
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    Broody Silkie hen with Wry Neck again...I think?!

    Hello experienced chicken parents! I have 3 Silkie hens that I've had for about a yr and a 6 month old Silkie Roo...that I've had for about a month. All has been going well since his intro, except all 3 girls have been broody. The other day when I went out to the coop to "kick the girls out" so...
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    I'm new and need to make sure I'm feeding my girls right!

    Hello all! I so love this site...so much great info! I've got a couple threads going about other issues, but I need to make sure I'm feeding my girls what they need. I have 3 Silkie hens approx 2 yrs. I took them over for a friend who didn't want them anymore. They were a bit rough when I first...
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    I'm new and need some advice....PLEASE!

    Hello all knowledgable chicken parents! I have been referring to this site for about 7 months now, that's when I became a mom to 3 silkie hens. My friend didn't want them anymore so I jumped in! I've done lots and lots of research, and still feel like I don't know enough. So today I decided to...
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    I'm new and could use some advice...I know this is the place to get it!

    Hello all knowledgable chicken parents! I have been referring to this site for about 7 months now, that's when I became a mom to 3 silkie hens. My friend didn't want them anymore so I jumped in! I've done lots and lots of research, and still feel like I don't know enough. So today I decided to...
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