Hi all, I'm wondering if you lovely lot have any experience with what I am about to describe with your silkies and if so what was it/how did you deal with it.
I have a hen approaching a year of age who when young maybe 4 months ish had an episodes of looking like a drunk hen. Unable to walk...
We had our first egg yesterday (fantastic) and a second today. Both white and the same size. Both are very small for a bantam egg, compared to my dad's Pekins. I don't mean silly small like you can have from time to time from chickens but on the small side.
Now here's the thing, I have a...
Morning all, 2 days ago I noticed my gorgeous mini Silkie girl acting a bit slow on the movement front and veering off to one side as she lost her balance sort of thing. She would sit on the ground and seems to tip forward quite significantly before 'righting' herself.
So this girl was hatched...
Hi all, I'm a newby here but not a newby to chickens, however I have a new problem. When I got in from work late tonight around 9.30pm my son said one of the chickens (a 5 month old silkie bantam) was half in half out the coop. She was roosting on the doorstep so to speak. I immediately...