Hello all, I have a new silkie I just got last week with 4 others when I got home it was very evident one was sick she just stood hunched up almost like a chicken with coccidia I had started her on corrid then also noticed mites on her so treated her for them but unfortunately she passed now one...
I hatched out some silkies that are currently a week old I’ve already lost 2 and they’ve had the same symptoms the start limping on one leg then holding their wings out to balance and then they get increasingly worse until they’re weak and cannot move then they die. The one that is currently...
I have a silkie someone gave me because their flock was picking on her and she seems to not be able to walk she sits and backs up while flapping her wings and she keeps one foot forward like in the picture not sure if she’s injured from their flock constantly picking on her and pecking her or if...
Ok so went out to feed the chicks one morning I had 2 new quarantined chicks and when I went out they had been standing out in the rain they were soaked and cold I brought them in dried them with a hair dryer put them under the heat lamp and on a heating pad for a while it’s now been a couple...
So I’ve noticed the past week or so a few of my ducks are missing keel feathers it started with one duck and now a couple more are missing theirs also are they doing this to themselves and why? I’ve looked online and all I can find is that it’s part of molting is this true? Or is there something...
I have 4 silver Appleyard’s that are 7.5 weeks can anyone tell me what sex they are hoping I only have 1 drake but my husband thinks we have at least 2. Also anyone know what breed and sex the other 2 ducks are they came from rural king as assorted ducklings so I’m not sure what they are.