I haven't had those particular issues to my knowledge...but I can't help but think there is SOMETHING wrong here. I don't think I am doing anything to harm the birds but they keep doing this. It's very discouraging
We have had silkies for about two years now. We got our first group of 6. One was taken by a predator, the other two were females and died suddenly at about 4 months. The others were roosters which are still happy and healthy. We bought two silkie hens on one trip and both lived well over a year...