Hi. I have a 9 month old silkie hen who hatched chicks 3 weeks ago and they're brooding in my house. Today I noticed my hen has a little clear liquid dripping from her beak and she sounds like she may be weezing occasionally. Any ideas of what this could be and how to treat her? Her chicks...
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A few weeks ago my silkie hen went broody on one egg. She has been on it for about 21 days now. When I candled it a few days ago, it appears to have a chick. I couldn't tell if it was alive. Two days ago my broody hen started laying eggs again and she just keeps adding them to the one she's...
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I have a 6 month old silkie hen who has been laying for about a month. Over the weekend she laid an egg an sat on it all day. I left her because the roosters keep her running. I thought she was avoiding them. 😉 the next morning she left the coop with the other chickens and went into the run...
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This is my 22 week old silkie. I believe it is a pullet but I am not totally sure. She behaves like my silkie cockrel. She chases the other pullets, she is more aggressive than the other pullets and she seems to have steamers. She has never crowed. Could she be a cockrel or a bully...
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I purchased day old chicks which are now 5 weeks old. They were said to be pullets. The white one is a rainbow, which I understand to be a mixed breed. The other is a silver laced wyandotte. Do they look like pullets or are they still too young to tell?
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I have a 13 week old frizzle easter egger cockrel that was hatched and brooded with silkies. I have 2 silkie cockrels. They all got along well until last night when the easter egger attacked one silkie cockrel. He calmed down and they all slept fine. This morning it started again...
Hello everyone. I have 7 silkies that are 11 weeks old. Six of them are about the same size. One is smaller. She eats, drinks and behaves normally. Is there something I should be doing for her to promote growth?
Hi. This is my 7 week old easter egger. I have read that easter eggers don't have combs and wattles. Mine clearly does. Also, No. 1, named due to the fact it hatched first, behaves mostly like a pullet. However, the last week seems to be trying to crow in the mornings. Although it doesn't...
Hi, my husband and I are new to chickens. We have 8 chicks that are 7 weeks old. 7 silkies and an Easter egger. We were given eggs by a friend. Two easter eggers hatched. One only lived a few hours. The eight are doing well and growing fast! They're so interesting and we really enjoy sitting...