I have a silkie that has a crossed beak and today she cracked it right at the end of the blood in her beak. It bled a little bit and then stopped. We took it off at around 5 o'clock and when I went it the garage to check on her at 8 o'oclock she had not eaten any of the food. I'm really nervous...
So mad!!! My silkie hen hatched out four chicks over the last 24 hours and there was one more that was starting to crack the egg but she was too busy with the chicks so she abandoned it and it got cold and the chick died. All of the eggs were fertilized and had some sort of growth in it but she...
Yesterday and last night my momma hatched out 2 white silkie chicks, one black silkie, and one mille de fleur/silkie mix. 3 more eggs are left and I'm hoping I get at least one more. I'm so happy. :)
I don't know what to do. I am starting to like my silkies more than my large chickens. But I don't want to get rid of the big ones and I don't have any time to build a new coop. Ahhhh