My 3.5 year old silkie (and the flock) had lice but she was in the worst shape. I brought her inside, treated the lice, and will treat again for anything that has hatched since.
After the lice where dead she perked up quite a bit but isn’t eating and seems to have a tic or something. I fed her...
The bird on the top is a rooster, obviously. I got the other one at the same time as the rooster when they were a few days old. They’re now about five months old. I feel like I’m losing my mind because the bottom one is crowing. It never starts the crowing, but once the rooster starts it will...
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Hello! I found my 1.5 year old silkie will a poo butt this morning. I soaked her for 15 minutes and cleaned her up. I don’t think she’s egg bound, I used a lubed finger to feel for an egg and didn’t find anything. Her belly feels soft so I don’t think she’s constipated...
About five or six days ago we thought that our silkie went broody for the first time. She spent two days in the nesting box (coming out for food) but then starting acting pretty normal. She hasn't laid an egg in about a week. She's maybe acting a little lethargic, but nothing too noticeable...