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To avoid forcing it on the peep and possibly having it get in the air way, mix the dose in some feed and make it a moist mash. That way its getting the drug, getting some fluids and is not stressed with forcing it to take the drug. Try doing it several times a day. Just mix the solution and each...

I doubted that is was gape worm from the get go. Now from your description of where its housed and its age I can pretty much guarantee that it is not. Someone already stated it might very well be respiratory. You need to investigate what antibiotics are available to you that deals with...

Quote: Try the polyvisol vitamins for a few days, a couple of drops in the beak. When I use electrolytes I use Pedialyte, tastes better and they are more willing to drink it. I have an old head injury girl, when her nutrition is lacking she begins to tuck. She is my early warning system when...

Quote: I'm sorry I missed your post! Have you been keeping the incubator closed and the humidity high (at least 60 degrees) If not the chick may have gotten too dry to hatch. I usually can't resist helping after 24 hrs. though some people think you shouldn't try. Here's some good info...

Beth G. : I agree it could be alot of things but, when your talking vitamin defiency there is no way that one leg would be doing that. Vitamin defiency usually give them a lame leg or a bit of toe distortion but, not a total overnight, turn of the leg at the hock/haunches area like that. Look...

Quote: Its not as bad as it sounds and is not always necessary. It really depends on how the birds are housed. If cage kept with no access to get out and scratch around the need for trimming goes up. When they are kept in a way that allows for behaving like a chicken their natural propensity...

Quote: Its not as bad as it sounds and is not always necessary. It really depends on how the birds are housed. If cage kept with no access to get out and scratch around the need for trimming goes up. When they are kept in a way that allows for behaving like a chicken their natural propensity...

Quote: Most use the small, hard sided pet carriers. That way they can be stacked, have handles for carrying.

Quote: Sadly, they won't be until they molt and grow new feathers. I've got one that hasn't been in with a male in a couple of months and still looks just as ragged. That's why breeders choose Spring time to do their breeding, that way the birds will usually molt before the show season begins...

Quote: Probably your best bet is to post in the wanted section. Many breeders have pulled the males out for show season so eggs might be hard to come by. I haven't had my males and females together for two months now.

Quote: way too early for any tells for sex. there have been numerous ideas and thoughts on sexing, but none have ever proven fool proof, or prove true from bloodline to bloodline. I have one, when I have a gray chick hatch out of my whites they are always boys. Its been going on for years now...

Quote: You don't. You make certain their bedding is deep and clean. By tomorrow you won't recognize them. To help with the mud problem in the run toss out a thick layer of straw. Keeps them drier and less muddy, it also gives them something to do.

Quote: I'll warn you now, chances are very high this will happen with that hen again. Might even be over night tonight. Get a comb out and give her underside a good combing, it will help but might not prevent it completely. Robin, why did this happen? Just because she is tangled up under...

Quote: I'll warn you now, chances are very high this will happen with that hen again. Might even be over night tonight. Get a comb out and give her underside a good combing, it will help but might not prevent it completely.

I'm tired of looking for the original thread about the head tuck bird so I decided this was close enough. These are current pics of Head Tuck a few days ago. The one where you can see her looking towards me was because I called her name. She was a perfectly normal pullet before she got...

Quote: I live in S. TN, there are breeders in TX, FL and the desert SW. Silkies don't appear to have any more trouble with the heat than my other birds. The important part appears to be air flow and humidity. Using fans, hosing down runs and buildings when it gets in the upper 90's helps a lot.

Quote: If she's seeing what I think she's seeing vitamins won't change it. I'm trying to get ready for a show this weekend, I will try my best to get a pic of Head Tuck then you all can see what it looks like. Am only sharing what worked for me. Theres tons of info here on BYC beside the...

Quote: The peep might not be getting enough to eat. Try making it a warm mash with the crumbles and feeding it to it. See if that doesn't give it a better start.

Quote: Head Tuck started with a head injury and for some reason it caused her head to be held differently. She has it where her beak is held straight down with her neck perfectly straight. Thing of you bending your head down without moving your neck so that your chin touches your chest, that's...

Quote: If she's seeing what I think she's seeing vitamins won't change it. I'm trying to get ready for a show this weekend, I will try my best to get a pic of Head Tuck then you all can see what it looks like. So, what you guys are seeing is something totally different than wry neck? Thanks...