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Here is the photo, I'm pretty sure she is vulture hocked, which is such a shame :(

Hi, so I have a new silkie and someone has mentioned that she may be vulture hocked, what does this mean in terms of showing, and is it possible to remove them?

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Thank you this helps a lot, from tonight they will be in a new coop with attached run (I will attach a photo), I'm gonna try and let them out now and again but keep the door open for them, hopefully they won't wander off! Don't want to keep them in the run all the time.

So I've had a couple of silkies for about 3 weeks now and I've been keeping them in a coop with an attached run, I would love to start letting them out to free range now and again when I am home, but I'm worried bout not being able to catch them or that they won't go back in, what does everyone...

I bought two hybrid hens a few months back, 2 speckled and 1 bluebell, one of the speckled and the bluebell is laying and have been for a while but the other speckled isn't, I'm pretty sure she isn't laying outside either as I've literally looked every so many times, when the other two are...

My black silkie was making such a funny noise this morning, like a high pitch seagull noise! Is that like a warning noise or something?

Only have three silkie bantams in their

my chickens live in a coop with an attached run, I will attach a photo below, my three silkies are little devils and love to scratch the grass, but the grass is slowly disappearing and becoming horrible smelly mud, I originally thought it was smelly because obviously that's where they go to the...

thank you, once mine have been picked up they soon settle and seem okay, they just go frantic when k try to pick them up!

thank you so much, your advice was really helpful, I will try the cheese balls!

I don't really want to breed them I want the ones I have to become tame, but thanks anyway :)

I have recently bought 3 silkies, one partridge (4months) a white one (5 months), and a black one (year old). My year old black silkie was handled quite a lot before I bought her so she isn't too bad, but my other two, the partridge especially is very nervous and hates being picked up. I though...

I have 2 silkies and have just bought a new one today, how would I introduce her to the other two as at the moment their not getting on very well

I have a bluebell hybrid hen, and she has runny eyes, a runny nose, and keeps making a strange noise (I think it's sneezing). I've put some apple cider vinegar in her water but she doesn't seem to be getting better, I'm really worried about her but don't know how to help her, can someone please...