Thanks alot, the advice is very helpful. My girls aren't too aggressive and are even sharing the boxes... They rotate and keep them all covered when one gets up to eat or drink. Its weird but already looks like a team effort lol. They have plenty of space and free range during the day so I think...
I have 4 hens sitting on eggs right now, due to hatch within the week. In the past, I have only had one go broody at a time... So its a little more intense this round. My question is about raising the chicks. I normally let my momma hen do her thing but this time I have 4. Can they bring their...
Ok, when I got home from work I noticed my other silkie, Molly, beginning to show the same symptoms. Lethargic, full crop but not eating, she just sat in the coop all day. She has diarrhea but it isn't green/yellow/red. Should I now switch to dosing all of them with corid or only her? I'm...
Thanks, I really wasn't sure what to do! I'm going to buy some corid while I'm in town today, just to have in case someone starts showing symptoms. I cleaned the coop first thing after losing my rooster and started them on the medicated feed. I guess all I can do now is keep an eye on them.
I'm by any means no expert, but it sounds similar to what happened to my silkie over the past weekend. He wouldn't eat or drink, lethargic, no balance, bad diarrhea, and appeared shaggy and unkept. His crop was also full. He died from coccidia on Monday. Its an intestinal parasite that kills...
Over the holiday and weekend, my silkie rooster became very ill and started having horrible diarrhea. When I was finally able to get him to the vet on Monday, they said it appeared to be coccidia. Then told me he probably wouldn't even make it through the day, even with meds and IV, so we had to...
My first Silkie-Cochin cross chicks, Born in August (2 Roosters, 3 Hens)
This little guy is still young and getting more color everyday!
Same as above
Another Rooster, a little bit lighter than his brother
One of the ladies
Same as above
Hen
One of the girls with her silkie momma on the...