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1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Silkie/Polish Mix, 2 Months old 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Seems to have paralyzed legs and wing. Still alert and chirping. Just cant move around hardly at all. 3) How long has the...

I have a 2 month old silkie polish mix that we hatched ourselves. First i noticed that Peeper wasn't putting any pressure on one foot. I examined the foot and noticed that it had a broken blood feather. We took care of it by plucking the whole feather out. It bled a little and clotted quickly...

I have a two month old polish silkie mix. When I got home today I noticed that Peeper was limping. I inspected the foot and found this....I'm still pretty new to chickens and have yet to see something like this. I have no clue what do to help fix this. please, any advice would be greatly...

I've recently hatched our first chick on 4/21/17. I just wanted to share the progress of this chick we have named Peeper. Peeper is a Silkie Polish Mix. To my surprise so far the chick seems to have all it's fathers (Silkie) traits. Here are pictures of the father And this is what the mother...

When I came home from work today I noticed that one of my chicks vents is super swollen. I've never had baby chicks so I have no idea what the cause of this is and what I can do to help my poor little girl. I washed her bottom in some warm water and cleaned her up with a q-tip. There wasn't any...

When I came home from work today I noticed that one of my chicks vents is super swollen. I've never had baby chicks so I have no idea what the cause of this is and what I can do to help my poor little girl. I washed her bottom in some warm water and cleaned her up with a q-tip. There wasn't any...

I have my speculations from doing research and collecting info on here but I'm new to this whole being a chicken mommy thing and I'm just not sure if my silkie is a hen or a roo. I have no clue how old this little silkie is but it may still be too soon to tell? I have no idea, please help! It's...

I'm a total newbie to this whole chicken thing. It all started about 2 months ago, I was going to garage sales with my mother in-law when I suddenly spotted a chicken rummaging around in a bush in this ladies front yard. I, the animal lover that I am said, "look, it's a chicken!" The lady must...