posted a couple days ago, she was having issues after foraging in our backyard. she laid a thin shelled egg, scoots backwards everywhere (although she seems to be walking more and more, albeit unsteady on her feet),her droppings were foul smelling but the smell is gone from this one. I've...
Hi! I haven't posted in a while...
My silkie is sick. I put her out yesterday morning after a couple days of rain, went back out to get her an hour or so later and she was limp and lazy. I thought she was full, from worms and grass. Noticed later she wasn't standing. Got up this morning...
i have a silkie that lays pretty consistently (every other day) and i've noticed that she has few normal droppings (greyish with white cap) and many strange droppings (watery, with grassy contents). i can actually hear her poop is this normal? this silkie prefers grass to crumbles/scratch...
New to egg ownership! Just wondering why she does that. We take them away (which makes me feel bad) but I wait a couple minutes to see what she will do and she pecks them every time. Thought silkies were good mommas???
I love her no matter tho! Don't get me wrong!
I am a nervous new momma. My 6 month old silkie has a clogged nostril (almost look like a seed is shoved up it). I wiped her beak with warm washcloth but it stayed in place. She seems ok, but I did hear her weazing earlier when I was holding her. Should I leave it alone? Is this common...
So excited. We've been preparing for them the last couple days. Thanks everyone who directed me in the right location for them. We've named them Laverne (white) and Shirley (black) even though we haven't met them yet!!
I'm going to attach a picture of them that Tracey sent me.
I'm...
My name is Amber from VA. I have three children that I stay at home to raise. We have two golden retrievers and 2 cats. We want to get a pair of silkies to raise in our backyard so any advice to us newbies is greatly appreciated!
where can i get them? i'm new to owning chickens and want to get these two for my daughters birthday. it would be great if they were older, just about or already laying.
thanks in advance!
amber:)