Hi, I know this is a really old post but I'm looking for info. One and only one of my bird have this on her wings. I will try to treated with Ivermectin as propose even tho that I looked and Haven't seen any sign of parasite. No pecking, no overbreeding, no molting. Will thoses unfeather thing...
Don't worry if they haven't lay yet, don't forget they just been rehome and they need to adapt to their new life right now. Last thing that they have on their mind right now is to lay you an egg but it will come ;) !
I do have a rooster. She just finished being broody two weeks ago (none of her egg hatch). Could it be possible she went broody again that early and she is hiding somewhere to hatch eggs. I have not seen a single egg either since she finished her broodiness. I can't see where she could have been...
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One of my hen is missing. When I went to open the chickens door this morning I realized that the door was already open. I checked everywhere in my yard and I didnt find her. There is no blood or anything. There is feathers here and there but there was already some before that, because...
Silkies are hard to sex. I only knew I had one rooster and one hen when one started to crowed and the other started to laid. I have add a picture for you to see the differences between the two of them. The gray one on the left is the hen, the black one on the right is the roo. Notice the comb...
Eggs that have no sign of pipped or anything yet seem to be vibrating and noises that is looking like a chick trying to get out is coming out of it. Is this any good?
Hi, it is my first time trying to hatch eggs (they are silkie eggs) with a broody silkie hen. It is now day 20-21 and when I candle the eggs all I can see is a dark orange color. I don't see any veins or black dots as sign of eyes or anything. For some of them you can see clearly the air sac...
They were 4 weeks on last pics they are now 5 weeks. I will try to post new pics in the following weeks. They lady I getn hem from said that if she was not mistaken they were girls.