I got my first silkies this last summer and so therefore my first winter with them. they seem so fragile I worried about the cold and how they would handle it. they did super so far. Even thriogh this terrible sub zero week with wind chills down to -45 Reg temp regularly at sub zero for a...
Do silkie males crow? mine have not yet but all my other breeds at the same age are. they are about 5 months old. I am trying to figure out what sex I have. I now have 3 white and 2 blk and love them so much. I am even consider breeding them cause I had such a hard time getting them of good...
Hi all! I am quite new to all of you but am re-enterting my old hobby of raising chickens. I left with a broken heart about 2 yrs ago this summer when a weasle or fox took out almost my entire group of 30 beloved birds in 1 afternoon. I had birds for 3 years with not 1 preditor problem -- even...
Help! I am really new to this forum but need help from everyone and -or anyone with some feedback on this. I have been treating my birds with amprolium -corid 9.6 for 2 weeks for cocci-- cause there was blood in birds droppings. all chicken friends thought that it was cocci as well. I got...
Okay this is crazy. I live in the midwest and no one here (vets) know or even care about chickens enough to guide me to a medicine I can give my chickens for cocci. Seems most only do cows horses and cats dogs etc. There is blood in the droppings of my new batch of very young hens I just...