Hi, Tiffany,
I'm curious how you made out with your injured silkie? Fellow registered nurse here :) But a newbie to the chicken world!! It's like being floated to NICU/pediatrics as a surgical nurse!
This is an older post, so I'm not sure if anyone is still reading this? But here is my 2 cents :)
I have a 5 month old Partridge Chantecler rooster, Limpy, who had a slipped tendon that didn't respond to splinting. He was being bullied when he was with the rest of his flock of 10, so now I...
Hi! Newbie here with partridge chantecler chicks. 8 weeks old.
Yesterday, I noticed one was keeping to herself, and didn't get flustered at all when I picked her up. She was lethargic, and keeping her eyes closed. The only physical symptom that I can see was one bout of white diarhea...