HELP! EMERGENCY, SICK SILKIE HEN! What can I do?!

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Did you get her completely wet to clean her? When I have to bathe a hen, I use my daughters baby shampoo and warm water..I do it in our small bathroom with heat on blast, then take a blow dryer and completely dry them off.

Could she just be really broody and ****** that you moved her away from her eggs? I dont have a lot of experience with broodies but I have heard they can get very lethargic/moody.

If you do not have chicken electrolytes/vitamins on hand, you can water/honey as suggested..or if you happen to have infant drops at home, the poly-vi-sol drops are good mixed in water. The other thing people recommend is raw vcv(2 tbsp per gallon) in the water...It has antibiotic properties and can help boost the immune system.

Your description of what is wrong with her is sort of vague, I am sorry i can;t help more..I am battling my own sick baby silkie now too :(
Hope she gets better.
 
She didn't make it thru the night. Not sure what happened. Thinkin it had to do with getting peed on all the time. Altho the other birds did pick on her a lot. What should I do with her rooster? He has no one left now. They pick on him too. I'm gettin some new silkies today or tonorrow from ideal...will he do ok with them?
 
I just saw your post now.
I am so sorry for you and your little Silkie
Silkies are prone to "crookneck" - when their heads twist back towards their body, that might have been of her illness?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=511204

The foamy or bubbly eyes sounds like an eye infection or could be a symptom of a respiratory disease when other symptoms such as sneezing or coughing and wheezing are present: maybe CRD (Chronic Respiratory Disease) or MG (Mycoplasma gallisepticum). These are a plague on poultry flocks large and small, but can be treated with antibiotics or other more natural remedies depending on severity.

I am so sorry for your loss. As JH said: holding them, keeping them warm and letting them pass in peace is the best we can do sometimes.
Silkies are wonderful little chickens and very stalwart little creatures.
But the longer I keep hens, the more aware I am of how things happen to them (a fox, a pecking bully, a virus) and that I can't always save them.
I do take some solace in the fact that they have had a great place to live, with good care and lots of room to play and hang out.
Your little silkie probably had a lot of love. And that is such a wonderful gift for a little animal.
 
I am so sorry for your loss. It is never easy to lose a loved one, no matter how small. I just lost my little week old one yesterday at 1 am...I tried to save her round the clock for 3 days, but realized I was just prolonging her suffering when there was no improvement..I wrapped her in a pledge feather duster thingy, held her on top of a heating pad and just waited for her to pass :( She was the tiniest of them, at only .75 oz and I just "knew" something was off from day 1.

If your Rooster is getting picked on, I would separate him from the rest..Or maybe you can try to find another mature silkie or bantam hen as a companion for him?

While we are on the subject of crook neck, can I ask if Vitamin E is really a good preventative to use? A breeder told me she gives hers Vitamin E for a few weeks after hatch and has never had one have that. I have 3 week old silkies left now and want to do everything I can to make sure they are healthy. I am giving them Poly-vi-sol without iron in their water now and plan to continue for a couple weeks.
 

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