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I have about a 10 week old chick that was with one of my hens. Last week I noticed its eye looked red/runny. Then I noticed it was not opening its eyes at all. It doesn't seem to have any other symptoms - no runny nose, coughing, or sneezing. I separated it and have been treating the eyes with...

I should add that the little one actually somehow got stuck to her and that is how I found it this morning (stuck to her wing while she walked around) peeping sadly. Once I detached it she did not seem to interested. When I last checked she was up and about and didn't seem to interested in it...

As a result of my inexperience, I ended up with a broody Silkie on a clutch of eggs that kept getting added to by my other hens. I had two chicks hatch at the 3 week mark, and then another two the following week. I thought that would be it, but she was still sitting on a few eggs, so I decided...

I have been wondering when my Silkie girls will start laying. I got them the first week of August, and they were about 1 week old at that time. How long does it typically take? I have two girls and one Silkie Roo, who is very feisty. He and I have had a few squabbles lately, but I think he's...

I am in the same boat. I had 3 silkie chicks and knew there was a risk that I would end up with a rooster, and I did. He's a cute boy and cares for all his ladies. He has started to get a tiny bit more aggressive with me (pecking at my hand, once thinking about attacking my leg until I changed...

Yay, MB! It must be something in the air.. for the past 3 days I've also gotten 4 eggs I know both of my EE girls are laying now since I got two blue eggs yesterday. I also know that my BR is laying because I see her sitting in the nest box every morning now (hopefully not thinking of going...

I have two silkie hens, too, and one silkie roo. I'm have at least 3 of my standard hens laying now, but nothing from the silkies. My rooster had no interest whatsoever in his fellow silkies. It's pretty amusing watching him woo the hens twice his size, though. He must be having some success...

I had major blue egg envy of CatSol, but yesterday I got this surprise And on the same day I got this huge whopper egg. I almost feel sorry for whoever laid it (in the middle) egg to the right is a standard store bought egg for comparison. Today I cracked it, and it was a double yolk. Pretty...

Oh, and not sure if this could be helping things along, but I do have a thermostat-controlled infrared light in my coop. Since temps have gotten lower here in the past week or so, it has been on almost 24 hours a day.

Early Christmas present today from my girls - after two weeks of one egg a day, a second hen has finally started laying I think it's my barred rock. My RIR eggs are getting bigger each day. The new egg is the smaller brown one that is a little deformed. (But still precious.) They are 24 weeks...

I'll join! I got 6 day-old chicks on August 1rst. Last week I got my first egg. I believe Henrietta, my Rhode Island Red, laid it. Sadly, I was out of town for work, so I found out via text from my neighbor I felt like a mother missing her kid's first steps. It was still pretty exciting for me...