Ok i have the perfect place for her in a secure shed ive tried breaking her brood before but i feel bad locking her up but it will be better for her than letting her health deteriorate. thank you
Thank you so much i do have a cage suitable for her and will try and apply some vaseline and i can fit a little perch in there for her, thank you so much youve been so helpful! :) i hope she gets better!
Ive cleaned the coops and treated the birds im not sure what to do about the hens face but i sprayed down the coops with insecticides hope that will sort it out
She is still broody because when i come in the coop she puffs up and starts clucking, she only comes out the coop for 10 minutes for food and water. I have 3 chickens with scaley leg, i add mite treatment and vinegar to the water and smother the feet in vaseline, i cant afford fancy treatment at...
She has got scaley leg mites and im treating them but i feel bad cause i didnt realise since i have such a big flock and ive left it for to long and its got quite bad :( she is a very strange looking chicken, she is a silkie x pekin and is rather strange but let me get some photos…
Ok thank you soo much i will go get some photos for you thank you so much for helping she has had the white face crusts for months and i have no idea whats going on
I have a broody hen who i have noticed white crusts on her face ive checked her for lice and mites and she is completely free so im not sure what it could be or how to treat maybe its fungal? I dont have the money for any fancy treatments so im not sure what to do
any help is much appreciate! :)
I have a lovely silkie cockerel and he has got red mite, i noticed them in the coop last summer we have diatomaceous earth and mite powder in the coop, we took apart the coop and torched it, after that we decided to put him and the others in a mainly metal shed, but we haven’t been able to get...
Helloo, update on the silkie, we decided to tie up her floof cause she couldnt see at all and she seems so much happier now, she is pecking and scratching around now, the cockerel approached her and she acctually moved and ran away :))) so at least she is more active and not bothered by the...
It was baby bird starter food and once she got big enough we gave her chick crumb then moved her on to a seed mix but we would always give her little treats like veggies and some corn and fruit :).
I have a beautiful silkie hen who was rejected and we had to bring her inside and hand rear her in the kitchen. She was a very lively happy chick who would stuff her crop with her favourite seeds until one day she wouldn’t come out of her nesting box and just sat in there all day. The following...