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  1. only1bgirl

    Silkie thread!

    Couldn't resist fun with the kids. Winner winner Chicken dinner?!
  2. only1bgirl

    Silkie thread!

    Just here to show off the new babies! We have a grey and a white momma and a buff dad. They're splits, the stripes and spots are from the two mommas. Will be interesting to see what colors they mature into.
  3. only1bgirl

    Silkie thread!

    I wondered about the hermaphroditism with my crazy hen who looks and acts like a rooster but lays eggs, she even crowed once. I had two young roosters with the three pullets, two laid fertile eggs but my boss hens eggs were never fertile. She also likes to pretend brood with her hatchmate but...
  4. only1bgirl

    Silkie thread!

    Looks a lot like my first two birds are they from Florida by chance? Here's our Freedom and Liberty the fourth of July chicks! Liberty has the pony tail.
  5. only1bgirl

    Silkie thread!

    I'm not sure but I'm not positive but I would suspect possibly Marecks disease, especially since more than one is exhibiting the same symptoms. There are several articles on here and the Internet in general. I'm Sorry for the loss of your bird.
  6. only1bgirl

    Silkie thread!

    I have my broody girl in the house so I can keep an eye on her and take her for potty breaks. Her hatch mate sister has been missing her so I let her in once a day to visit where she plops in the nest beside her and fakes broodiness for about an hour or so then takes off back outside. I...
  7. only1bgirl

    Silkie thread!

    Yes I've been watching her closely, I have her in a nest box inside the house. She will not eat, drink or poo any where around her nest. I have to take her out for a break and she eats but will not drink. She's off the nest for 3-5 minutes max. I've been watching this one like a hawk, she also...
  8. only1bgirl

    Silkie thread!

    This little momma will not budge from her eggs, I have to pick her up take her outside for potty break and a snack, she's not drinking which concerns me nor is she turning her eggs, she just plops right back on them.
  9. only1bgirl

    Silkie thread!

    I've had four in my little coop, the run area is 32x72" with a 32x 45" house attached, It was a bit tight for the run, sleeping quarters were just fine though. I Do let them out daily to range the yard, forage and get some excercise. If I had to keep them in there full time I'd only keep three...
  10. only1bgirl

    Silkie thread!

    I just caught that sorry auto correct and I don't get along to well. Should of been broody!
  11. only1bgirl

    Silkie thread!

    Thank you, here's hoping she's going to be okay. I put a call into a vet 60 miles away waiting for her to call back now. She's been laying some huge eggs lately too, I've been saving them up if she is healthy she just might get those eggs under her yet.
  12. only1bgirl

    Silkie thread!

    Would going Broody slow her crop down causing it to swell or not empty?
  13. only1bgirl

    Silkie thread!

    Yes this would be her first time going broody, she doesn't have any eggs under her though and yes she does puff up, I almost wonder if she thinks that swollen crop is an egg.
  14. only1bgirl

    Silkie thread!

    She's not clucking more of a whiny or growl noise I think she would eat if I put crumbles without being wet or oily out for her. I tried to limit her food through the night and afternoon yesterday and today. She just wants to lay down, I took her outside for a bit just now and she perked up...
  15. only1bgirl

    Silkie thread!

    She was running out of coop stuffing herself going back to nest box all day then coming out to gorge before going back to box, she did this for two days. I thought she was going broody on me but she was still laying eggs. The third day , yesterday, I picked her up and found her crop huge and...
  16. only1bgirl

    Silkie thread!

    Thank you! I'm wondering if this is it too, it does feel more like a water balloon today than a hard mass like yesterday, it has gone down a bit, I did give her a probiotic tablet mixed with the dulcolax and water, this morning. is the parrot food a vet item? Thank you so much I'm fresking...
  17. only1bgirl

    Silkie thread!

    How do you handle a large crop in your Silkies? I thought my seven month old was going broody spending along time in nest box, she's been laying some large eggs too so I've been keeping a good eye on her to make sure she doesn't get bound. I kept her in last night and her crop is still large...
  18. only1bgirl

    Silkie thread!

    My white Silkie hen makes the loud egg laying song and the whiny. She is louder than the boys when it comes to egg laying time. The partridge babbles on too for quite awhile before she lays, they both just started so maybe with time they'll not be so vocal.
  19. only1bgirl

    Silkie thread!

    Miss Becky, so sorry you have to get rid of them. I'm just wondering though because I have a white bearded that I thought was a Roo, even crowed once, just started laying eggs shy of 6 months old, she looks like the birds in your 2nd photo. The first photo of the NB is definitely a boy. Do you...
  20. only1bgirl

    Silkie thread!

    This chick hatched out of an egg marked blue, she is white, no color at all. Someone told me she could be a splash but wouldn't she have spots of color now or could that come later?
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