Chickens are my children

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Noodle123

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New to the forum, about two weeks ago I purchased 7 babies lost my first one ( a naked neck silkie) a week after. The next day a second silkie baby of mine got sick... I came across this forum and was able to diagnose and treat her because of the info found on this site! Excited to be a new member and thanks for all the great info... Although I've been an Aviculturist at Seaworld for the last two years (penguins) I'm completely new to the chicken game! I look forward to learning how to give my pet chickens the best care possible.
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Welcome to BYC!

So sorry you lost one of your babies. But I am glad you were able to find help here with the others! This is the place to be when you own poultry. We are just bursting at the seams with knowledge!!

Have you stopped by our learning center yet? Lots of great articles on all the aspects of keeping poultry...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center

And if you want to share your new babies with other Silkie owners, or just want to chat about them, you can do that here in the Silkies thread....

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/297632/silkie-thread

Enjoy your adorable babies and welcome to our flock!
 
Hello :frow and Welcome To BYC! Sorry about the chick you lost, glad everyone else is OK, good luck with the flock! After penguins, chickens should be easy!
 
What a beautiful little Showgirl (naked neck silkie) , such a shame. I'm glad you saved the other chick. Would you mind telling us what the chick had and how you saved it? We are here to learn as much as anyone else. Great to hear success stories.
 
Well we first noticed lots of open mouth breathing accompanied by a loud phlegm filled chirp. The naked neck went down within hours of noticing anything wrong. :( The next day our second silkie chick "in the pic" started showing the same symptoms. We immediatley assumed she had coccidia and started a Corid treatment every 4 hours. She seemed to get a bit better but developed a different set of symptoms that resembled more of a respiratory infection. So thanks to BYC we found some great help and promptly changed over to a Tylan 50 regiment of .25 CC every 8 hours orally. Its Day 3 and she seems to be doing much better! Cross your fingers, she should be out of the woods in a couple more days!

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