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  1. babsh

    very thirsty, lethargic, swollen crop, water in poo

    I have a beloved Barred Rock that has been acting very lethargic for months now (lies down when you set her down, closes eyes). I decided to worm the flock to see if that was it. (Dose of Wazine, about to to Ivermectin as well). Last night my kids discovered her crop was huge. I spent the day...
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    Do you think a mouse would bite a chicken?

    I have a sick Sebright with bumblefoot. We have her quarantined in an ark. She cannot walk at all and just sits there. We have brought the food and water right up to her, though she is barely eating anything. My kids went to check on her tonite and found her very bloody. We brought her in the...
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    Is it really a big deal to give them the correct stage of food?

    I have one 12 week old chick. I am about to run out of chick starter for her. I have 7 other adult hens that I feed layer food. Do I really have to go buy another 50# bag of chick starter at this point? I know they are supposed to be on it for 16-20 weeks, but I'm wondering if it is that big of...
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    Excessive preening?

    I have a 10 week old Sebright/Silkie cross. She was attacked by another chick recently so we had her in the house for a week. Now she loves being in the house and I've been allowing my daughter to bring her in for a couple of hours each day. I have noticed that she seems to preen a lot. When...
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    Rooster took a beating

    We had to rehome our Silkie rooster, Elvis a few days ago (one of my neighbors complained). The home he is at has about 24 hens and 2 other roosters, all standard sized birds. The roosters are very old and quite crippled. They can barely walk. I saw them fight a little and we had to take Elvis...
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    28 weeks old and still not crowing (Silkie)

    I have a silkie that has the tell-tale male streamers off the back of his head. He has a larger comb and wattle than our other silkie. He's got to be a male, unless females can have the streamers, too. So why isn't he crowing at 7 months of age? Barb
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    Have you ever seen this b4? Silkie is reraising the same chicks.

    I gave my broody silkie some eggs to hatch a few months ago. She raised them for about 8 weeks or so (I let her keep 2 of them) then 'weaned' them and went back to the main coop (though the chicks prefer to sleep in the ark that I keep for broodies). About a week or two later, she went broody...
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    How to trim a hooked beak?

    I have a silkie with a hooked beak. She is doing OK (she's 12 weeks old), but I think that she isn't getting quite enough food (she acts extremely hungry when i bring her a dish of food at night) and i need to do something. I was going to pick up a dog nail clipper today. I've also heard there...
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    I thought they don't lay at night? (weird behavior)

    Tonight, (8:30pm) we were watching the chickens and noticed one of our silkies in the run, looking strange. She was just standing their, in a weird position. She looked like she was constipated and trying to poop. After a few minutes, and egg plops out. She immediately, turned around, pecked it...
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    When do chicks "wean"?

    At what point will momma begin to ignore her chicks? I would like to sell them, but wanted to wait until momma silkie was 'done' with them. They are 4 weeks old and so far, they are all still very attached. Barb
  11. babsh

    Am I asking for trouble? (chicks in with the big girls)

    I have 8 silkie chicks being raised by a momma silkie. I separated her while she was brooding, but a few days after the chicks hatched, we let them join the flock. They seem delighted to be in the big run and stick close to mom. Every once in awhile, I have witnessed one of our Sebrights peck...
  12. babsh

    Help! Silkie chicks seems to be having trouble breathing.

    I have 8 silkie chicks out in the flock with their momma. I fed them some chick food and noticed afterward that one of the chicks seems to be having a hard time breathing. She holds her head/neck up (like when they are drinking) and keeps opening and shutting her beak. When I pick her up, she...
  13. babsh

    How do I keep their food separate?

    I have a momma hen with 8 babies who have recently joined our flock of 8 adult birds. How do I make sure the babies have chick food and keep the adults from eating it? So far, they forage all day and when they "go to bed" for the night (we keep them separate at night) I put a dish in for them...
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    When can I take chicks from momma?

    without them (or her) freaking out? I have 4 day old chicks being raised by a hen. I plan to sell them, but don't have the heart to do it right now, as anytime I pick one up it gets very upset. And the one time momma was separated from them, she freaked out. I know that she will begin to...
  15. babsh

    Taking chicks from a momma hen

    If I take a 2 day old chick (or two) from her, will she get upset? If I swap chicks with her, will she know? I was thinking of taking two from our incubator and swapping them for 2 that are under momma. All were hatched yesterday. Also, can they count? Do they know how many chicks they have? TIA
  16. babsh

    My broody is pooping in the nest!

    Why isn't she getting up to poop? It's day 20. It doesn't look like she's left the nest for 2 days and it reeks! I lifted her a bit and saw she is just going right there on the nest. Her butts in the corner so at least it's not on top of the eggs, but isn't this going to be a problem when the...
  17. babsh

    Is a poopy egg going to be a problem?

    I peeked under my broody hen today and saw that two of the eggs have quite a bit of poop smeared on them. (Maybe I shouldn't have given her those raisins!). Today is day 20. I candled them all midway through and I know the eggs were good then. What should I do? Leave it alone or try to clean it...
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    Will the other hens hurt the new chicks?

    Once my chicks hatch (under my very dedicated Silkie), do I have to keep her and chicks separated from the rest of the flock (I have 8 other birds)? She is separated right now, but it would be much more convenient to have them together. Could I just move her nest box back into the coop with the...
  19. babsh

    Broody nest is not on the ground? what do i do?

    Hatch day for my Silkie should be tomorrow or Thursday. She is currently separated from the flock in her own coop. It is an A-frame tractor with the coop on top and the run below. I know new chicks cannot navigate the fairly steep ramp, so what do I do? Do I: 1)leave her where she is and just...
  20. babsh

    Well, it hatched. Not a healthy chick though...

    Our one and only chick to hatch has been out for almost 24 hours now and it is not healthy. It looks like it didn't absorb all of the yolk so it has this yellow thing protruding from it. It won't open it's eyes and it's feet are sort of curled up so it cannot walk well. However, it seems like it...
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