been enjoying my raptors, working on ways to make winter in Idaho better for them. Growing sprouts and boredom busters. Lovely photo of my soon to be 5 year old Jersey giant bard rock cross. Smoore. Lost a silkie to cancer and a black star to something Else. And two others in a tragic accident...
Her toes do move. The leg is functional but when I feel the joint it has muscle and specific protective growth around it that prevents me from rotating it back into place without causing pain and possibly breaking something. I will keep on the vitamins, try some muscle relaxation...
Thank you so supper much. No she didn't hatch that way, they said she injured herself wich has me suspecting b vitamin deficiency weakens that tendon. I gave her some liquid b complex today. I'll see what they are willing to do. It seems that the leg is positioned that way to help her...
Sigh, so to start, this is not my bird. I'm helping a new chicken keeping family in my neborhood. I visited today and saw this. It's obviously slipped tendon curly toe that went wayyyyyyyyy to long. Be kind they did what they could with what is out there. No vet that works on birds here. What...
Yep. I even crush up egg shell and add it in. I am just concerned this laying behavior is diffrent from my full size hens. And this is my first bantam silkie.
No, that was her hatch mate I ordered at the same time. turns out she wasn't fully developed on the inside which is why she was so picky but also not growing. She sadly passed away.
I'm thinking I might need to take her on little walks she might not be moving around enough to help her pass eggs, I'd do birth control if I had a avian vet here otherwise I'm not confident in my understanding of it.
Occationally a live mealworm here and there she had a bit of tomato like a pinky tip sized peice yesterday. The other hen was the picky eatter. This one eats what she should.
I can when she lays this one she's working on. Someone traded eggs today and her last one was in that group. She eats layer feed crumble. Country companyon
I'm a bit concerned over my little black silkie, she started laying dec 31, layed 3 eggs every other day then quit and had a egg yesterday with help, she does this crazy restless wandering and yelled and whines for hours until she passes the egg. The eggs are fairly big. About twice the...
I'm not sure, I'll photo her vent again tomorrow to see if I can get you a better look. Yes that's current. And now that I can torpedo feed, I will not give them anything eles but feed. Is liver dysfunction treatable.
She is 41.7 Oz so 2.6 lb pretty small still and I can feel her sternum or keel bone. It's really pronounced and sharp.
She is 41.7 Oz so 2.6 lb, so . 57ml of the medicine for 10 days? Shes pretty small still and I can feel her sternum or keel bone. It's really pronounced and sharp.
It was more for there skin comfort, I didn't know if bathing to often would be irritating for the silkie. And about that time the egger was having bad poop stuck to her but feathers. So she got one too. But no mites no infestation, not even in the other pen of birds. Ah well I have a scale...
She did let me torpedo feed her I'll have to get some photos in the morning, no it's just her and the silkie in the 10ft by 10 ft coop/ run. I only did the fenbendazole once about a pea sized amount of the squeeze bottle kind 10% fenbendazole. I did that on the 6th of Dec, her appetite...
I did as you told me she was ok for about a month then went back to this not eatting garbage. Her vent healed at that time. I've given her noodles only the last 3 days because she isn't eatting and is supper thin. She does empty her crop but she almost never fills it I was getting desperate...
I know what you mean. I tried to give her some layer feed, she wasn't impressed. I've been mixing her food with water and occasionally nutri drench. She will eat a little then not touch it again. I've tried 3 diffrent feed brands and types and her sister the silkie will eat but she won't. She...