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My bantam year old silkie rooster named piper suddenly stopped being able to walk. At first we thought he had broken or sprained his leg, but today I decided to give him a bath to soak his leg and found that he seems to be in no pain what so ever and has no ability to move his left leg. He's...

Starting this for everyone to share their winter photos and stories! Here is my little silkie PomPom modeling her Holliday Bow!

I recently bought some white bearded silkie month olds that come from show parents and while I know not all of them will be show quality I am hoping to get at least one ribbon winner out of the bunch! So I was wondering what it takes for a bearded silkie to be of show quality and everything I...

This is goingquackers daughter, we have yet another emergency with ducklings! For whatever reason mommy duck has opened the egg, it's still alive! Judging by the last baby we aren't sure if its ready to hatch. Right now we have it under a heat lamp. Is their anything else we can do? Or if its...

Whole group of six - plus two buff girls. Crested chicky, i think a partridge? Another of the crested - hopefully - partridge chickies sitting the centre of duct tape Self blue chicky - born yesterday morning sitting on a stuffy One of the two week old self blue silkies claiming...

Our duck turfed an egg while we were out, younger daughter didn't know what to do, we assume it to be dead and opened the egg. As we where digging a hole and then it opened its eyes and looked at us. We had to cut it from the yellow sack, is their any hope for this little guy? Any ideas on how...

How young should you start bathing your silkies? Also what soaps and how often should they be bathed ? When they arrive they'll be less than a week old.

At the end of may my 6 silkie hatchlings will be arriving. I read that sand is wonderful to use in the brooders, however I've also read that silkies and sand don't go along too well. Would sand be okay to use or a big don't do it?

I just wanted to know how long can muscovy duck eggs can be left alone if the hen leaves the nest for a while because my hen has been brooding and she has left the nest a few times. -Thanks

Can Ducks see colours?

We recently bought two 3week old muscovey hens. We are keeping them in the coop while the rest of the flock is free ranging. We have a little fenced area that we bring the babies out into to play and forage. Accept every time we do this they do not play Or forage they sit at the fences edge and...

Is it okay to keep two silkies (as in only a pair) or will i need to keep more? I am trying to keep my numbers down due to coop size and the inability to free range.

Can anyone post some pictures of their coop please? I can't seem to find any good coop pictures anywhere and have no idea as to what to build. Thankyou!

I am planning to take on a couple of silkie chickens, since this is a bantam breed and we have hawks I don't plan on free ranging. The research i have done seems to be saying that my best bet is to have a chicken tractor for day time use and a coop for nighttime. Is this the best option? I could...