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  1. Novice Chicken Mum

    Silkie Hen Vent Blow Out - Prevention - how to prevent long term - Diet? Advice needed?

    Thanks so much for your advice - scratch (lollies) is not good for them in access and I find with silkies it gets stuck in their crop!, I have had about 20 or more silkies and had 2 with sour crop and 2 with blow out. Not sure what "all-flock" is - in Australia there is a "mixed-flock" brand. I...
  2. Novice Chicken Mum

    Silkie Hen Vent Blow Out - Prevention - how to prevent long term - Diet? Advice needed?

    Thank you, this is really helpful information!!
  3. Novice Chicken Mum

    Silkie Hen Vent Blow Out - Prevention - how to prevent long term - Diet? Advice needed?

    Thank you so much, with the hen 5 years ago I tried repairing her myself and with gentle vent manipulation. It actually worked, but like all chicken stories often, it didnt last once she had the prolapse she was prone again and thats why i hope to prevent. I will investigate what you have said...
  4. Novice Chicken Mum

    Silkie Hen Vent Blow Out - Prevention - how to prevent long term - Diet? Advice needed?

    Yes, I recently saved a hen with yogurt and she loved it - so mashed up complete pellets (we buy the best we can get) with some yogurt might do the trick? and the scratch is lollies - special treat only. Any other foods recommended for keeping vent blow out under control (calcium and shell grit)...
  5. Novice Chicken Mum

    Silkie Hen Vent Blow Out - Prevention - how to prevent long term - Diet? Advice needed?

    Thank you, yes I was mixing a small amount of scratch into their pellets because they are so fussy in feeding, about 20:1 organic complete pellets: scratch. I wont mix in scratch anymore.
  6. Novice Chicken Mum

    Silkie Hen Vent Blow Out - Prevention - how to prevent long term - Diet? Advice needed?

    thank you, yes i think scratch is a culprit, silkies are fussy, and mine wont eat the organic feed pellets, they want scratch and corn - so i think this is the problem. 90% of their food is organic layer pellets but they just wont eat it.
  7. Novice Chicken Mum

    Silkie Hen Vent Blow Out - Prevention - how to prevent long term - Diet? Advice needed?

    Thank you so much for your advice, that is really helpful, i've had about 20 silkies altogether over 15 years and 2 had severe blow out and death. but some of the others about 3 others have also be prone but responded to treatment. just large eggs from bantams so genetics must be part of it.
  8. Novice Chicken Mum

    Low energy 6 year old hen video

    It looks like what I have just dealt with one of my silkies, she had vent gleet - from the picture looks like your hen has a discharge/ yellow/white is that right? I just saved one of my hens that I was really worried about because not only did she have the thrush infection (Vent Gleet) but she...
  9. Novice Chicken Mum

    Silkie Hen Vent Blow Out - Prevention - how to prevent long term - Diet? Advice needed?

    Thank you, so too much scratch feed in the beginning may be a problem? How much should I add compared to normal layer feed (scratch is a treat right). I think the problem is the hens ignore the layer and go for the scratch. What about adding apple cider vinegar to drinking water every now and...
  10. Novice Chicken Mum

    Silkie Hen Vent Blow Out - Prevention - how to prevent long term - Diet? Advice needed?

    Hi Everyone -this is a great place for advice and I have learnt so much from BYC I am hoping to get Prevention advice here from any of you experienced chicken people. Question > Tips.... I am looking for advice on what can I add/or remove to the food and water, when feeding, to prevent young...
  11. Novice Chicken Mum

    Should you try to make a chicken with a sour crop vomit?

    This thread is a bit old, but my 2 year old silkie had a huge crop and we saved her! Its day 3 now, but i basically gave her a warm bath and massaged her huge crop, then once blown dried we gave her a dose of oil and kept her in a crate with liner and straw and a small bit of water. followed...
  12. Novice Chicken Mum

    Should you try to make a chicken with a sour crop vomit?

    This thread is a couple of weeks old, but my 2 year old silkie had a huge crop and we saved her! Its day 3 now, but i basically gave her a warm bath and massaged her huge crop, then once blown dried we gave her a dose of oil and kept her in a crate with liner and straw and a small bit of water...
  13. Novice Chicken Mum

    Should you try to make a chicken with a sour crop vomit?

    This thread is a bit old, but my 2 year old silkie had a huge crop and we saved her! Its day 3 now, but i basically gave her a warm bath and massaged her huge crop, then once blown dried we gave her a dose of oil and kept her in a crate with liner and straw and a small bit of water. followed...
  14. Novice Chicken Mum

    Backyard chicken farms near city - Lead poisoning?

    Hi All I got the shock of my life because my husband made me aware of a problem with lead accumulation in backyards and in Eggs. The ABC article claims backyard eggs (free range) have 40% more lead than store bought cage eggs. We are in Sydney Australia and according to the map (we are far...
  15. Novice Chicken Mum

    HELP!!!! Prolapsed vent on hen!!

    Great news! I've had problems in the past with a couple of my silkie hens having prolapses. One tip I got was when you isolate them - keep the box darker than normal (Lengthen out the night time) to help try to discourage egg laying after they have had the warm bath and the vent pushed back...
  16. Novice Chicken Mum

    Is This Vent Normal? NSFW

    Hi Galaga6846 - I am no expert, I just have a few chickens and been doing this since 2008 but because I've only had silkies and only a few chickens at a time I m still learning. I have a problem at the moment with my chickens and scale mite. I was reading your thread and wanted to let you know I...
  17. Novice Chicken Mum

    Advice Please - Silkie Hen - Very Sick

    Its more that their faces have a pale scale on it. Now peeling from my treatment - looks like sunburn peeling. I now worry its not scale but something else? Can any experts out there advise me?
  18. Novice Chicken Mum

    Advice Please - Silkie Hen - Very Sick

    Hi all my chicken got better and now worse again the scale is really only on her face her legs look fine - but she is now looking mangy and is losing her feathers its so sad to see my best looking hen look so scrawny and sick looking. I have to take her to the vet - which in Sydney is very...
  19. Novice Chicken Mum

    Eat with chickens

    So did you blend up the vegetable scraps for their feed?
  20. Novice Chicken Mum

    New Member - Hi

    Thats great advice thank you!!
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