I watched this thing come out of the vent of my 6 day old chick. It has not been around any other chickens besides the chicks(of the same age) that is was shipped with and has not been outside. It's not a poop, and is stringy/gelatinous in feel. The whitish thing on it is a piece of shavings...
We just bought silkie chicks yesterday and tonight noticed this one has two different colors on each eye. I don't know how old the chicks are, maybe about 3 weeks(the breeder had different sizes together between 3-12 weeks) They are all still peeping, not fully feathered. This chick isn't as...
One of my newer young silkies (less than 5 months old) has been having loose stools. On October 29th we realized that something was wrong with her vent. It looked like it had built up, dried Stool on the inside of it and was swollen and red. After talking to a local chicken nurse and treating...