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I have a little silky hen who took on a visiting rooster. She did the whole jumping up and clawing with the feet bit like your hen did. It was so strange because she doesn't really fight with the dogs like the other two hens do, nor does she really fight with the other two hens, who are always...

My most favorite chicken, Gertie the 7 month old silky hen, laid her first 7 eggs and went broody. Question one: I know silkies are known for going broody, but I didn't expect this, the first 7 eggs she lays in her life and at the beginning of winter, give me a break! I'm kinda worried, does...

I think the friendly rooster thing depends on the rooster. The only silky rooster I know is a holy terror to everyone he encounters. He is far worse than any of the other roosters in the barn. Depending on what you mean by sort of fighting, it may be normal "chicken play" where they charge at...

I have three hens, all about 7 months old, my silky loves to be picked up and will walk right up to me, the second, an Ameraucana doesn't like it so much but will let me and the third a Australorp, doesn't want anything to do with it. The silky is a charming pet and the most favorite animal on...

Hi, I volunteer at a wildlife center and we sometimes get in birds with West Nile virus who act a lot like the chick you have. The center gives them food and water and waits it out, some live and get over it, some die. I also once had a chick who didn't know how to eat and acted like your...