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  1. Mother of Chicks

    How do I know if she's recovered? Omphalitis? Runt?

    She didn't have splayed leg, and I don't really know what it was (but walking was fine when she bothered getting out from heat plate). I guess it was mushy chick from the symptoms. Anyway, she has made a full recovery and I am pleased to say she is now a great little layer. It took quite a bit...
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    Okay so at day 24 and nothing?

    There's not a lot you can do now really but wait. Sounds like your temp may have been a bit off for the incubation. Did you calibrate it? Just get the temp and humidity right now and I'll have my fingers crossed for you.
  3. Mother of Chicks

    Okay so at day 24 and nothing?

    Nothing to harm by candling quickly and gently then. Let me know x
  4. Mother of Chicks

    Okay so at day 24 and nothing?

    Also - what are you incubating? Chickens? Ducks? etc :)
  5. Mother of Chicks

    Okay so at day 24 and nothing?

    You are looking for movement when candling but it will be hard to see as it should be full-ish. You may also see veins but again it's harder to see when the egg is full. I would candle if you are sure there are no external pips yet. You may see internal pips when candling which looks like a...
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    Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

    Yes she's a lovely red. I also have 2 white, 1 black, 1 blue splash, 1 blue chocolate, 1 true blue and a silver partridge. Oh and 2 white crested polish...but that's another thread :love
  7. Mother of Chicks

    Food storage and grain mites

    Advice taken on the grower feed only from now on. It will save me time in the mornings which is a bonus. I'm not buying that type of food ever again (for obvious reasons) but it was not my first choice anyway. It was a lockdown crisis Amazon purchase when everything had pretty much sold out. I...
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    Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

    I love my 8 silkie babies...just hopping on the thread :D Hi all!
  9. Mother of Chicks

    Am I a silkie.. and am I a hen?

    Definitely silkie - and looking like a pullet at the moment too. I have 4 month old silkies and 6.5 month old silkie pullets - this one looks younger than my 4mo ones but that might just be a genetics thing. Lovely birds :)
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    Food storage and grain mites

    Background to why I have different types of food (in case you are curious): I have 14 week old silkies who are on growers pellets and doing just fine - they are in a separate coop to the pullets at the moment. I have new silkie and polish pullets who when they came to me were on layers...
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    Poopy Prolapsed Chick??? Help Please

    I am so sorry x
  12. Mother of Chicks

    Poopy Prolapsed Chick??? Help Please

    This is a link so you can see if yours matches https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/mushy-chick-disease-yolk-sack-infection-omphalitis.64686/ TC x
  13. Mother of Chicks

    Poopy Prolapsed Chick??? Help Please

    Just thinking mushy chick. I had one with (expected) that. She survived and is now a lovely pullet. I had to wipe the area with iodine twice a day, keep on top of pasty butt and give encouragement to eat. As well I gave her chick vits and electrolytes to boost her and some scrambled eggs for food.
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    Sex my silkies please AKA which pronoun? :D

    Thank you. #3 was the one when hatched I was certain was a roo - and then now looks more pullet. Time will tell on that one. I'll be lucky if I got a 50/50 gendered hatch though so can't complain :)
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    Sex my silkies please AKA which pronoun? :D

    You gotta love them - my 2 definite pullets here ^^ Don't get them if you aren't willing to bathe the one who sleeps at the bottom of the pile regularly. My guys can't roost/won't roost ;)
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    Sex my silkies please AKA which pronoun? :D

    I was thinking the same #1 for sure is male. Good job I can manage that ratio... I just bought 4 more POL ladies so I will have 2 happy boys if so XD. I keep going back and forth on #2 as s/he has a very pom pom like crest too - damn that silkie sexing malarky :lau
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    Sex my silkies please AKA which pronoun? :D

    I would appreciate any thoughts you have on the gender of my 6 babies (13 weeks old). I know they are hard to sex and the usual you can only be sure with an egg or a crow etc but I am looking for indicators. Thanks very much in advance for your help B x Chick 1 (I think obvious boy)...
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    Help please - new pullet distress call - plus coop pic

    Hi all, I have set up coop #2 and got a delivery of 4 pullets on Thursday- 2 silkie and 2 polish bantam. They had all been living together before they arrived. Now, one of the silkies (Bento - they silver partridge) keeps making a distress call especially when I go near the coop. She doesn't...
  19. Mother of Chicks

    (Not an emergency) Blind Chickens

    I have a silkie 12 week old, Teriyake, who may have a sight issue. He has terrible beak-eye coordination so I have to feed him by hand with treats as he can't peck at anything on the ground. I've taken to grinding mealworms/seeds so he can get some. Any suggestions welcome. :)
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    Help with chicken math(s) please :D!

    Squeee - I managed (eventually) to order 4 new silkie pullets. I am so excited and they are arriving on Thursday. Now I just need to finish that coop before they come 😳 I mean - we have started converting the shed but we thought it would be ages before we found some as demand has been crazy. So...
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