Silkie thread!

[henney penny]

Silver/ grey partridge with autosomal red leakage.

Thanks

 

[dwegg]

I don't know why people say that? By 4 months old, I can pretty much tell who is what. My boys started crowing at about 9 weeks, and were chasing the girls by 4 1/2 months! Pullets started laying by 5 months. I'm sure it may be different with different lines, but that's what I'm seeing here. Also, watch their posture and attitude, that's usually my first clue. The boys will be more upright and there may be some play-sparring going on with two or more boys. My girls all have a very rounded, fuller crest, and smaller and narrower dark combs. That said, I have also had pullets and hens that spar too!

yes I agree...I can usually tell the boys from the girls early on as the boys are USUALLY bigger and feel heavier, the girls crest is round early and I have found that USUALLY only my boys jump and play fight...but that has been my experience and I have know boys from girls pretty early...

 

[Suzierd]

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Valbazen is considered the best wormer but it is quite expensive.

Fenbendazole is just as good, easier to find and use, and cheaper. Fenbendazole - Safeguard dewormer

You can use the paste OR the liquid suspension - I personally prefer the liquid 10% suspension for goats. 1/2 cc per standard 1/4 cc per bantam OR 3 CCs in a gallon of water for 3 days dump and refresh water each morning. Withdrawl is 14 days after last day of treatment.

If you have adult birds that have never been wormed - use wazine 1 ounce to a gallon of water. egg withdrawl 14 days.
ten days after the wazine treat with the safeguard/fenbendazole - again withdrawl 14 days. so if give precise medication per bird with safeguard your egg withdrawl is 24 days. if you use water worming its 27 days.

THEN after that FIRST worming you can just use safeguard - as I said steer clear from summer wormings because it can super stress out the birds. I suggest bi-annual worming. (2 times a year spring/fall) OR if your afraid of overworming worm them once a year, anything is better than nothing.

Also between wormings you can add cayenne pepper to feed and ACV to water a few times a week to help keep the worm load down, Cayenne and ACV DOES NOT kill or expel worms - but after a worming it can make it harder for worms to 'take up residence' in the body and keep that worm load down.


If you have laying birds you plan to eat eggs from, if you have them in 2 seperate pens your best bet is to worm 1 pen one month and worm the 2nd pen the next month that way your not out of eating eggs.

Does it still stress them if you put it in there water instead of forcing it Down the throat? I think my old hen has a respiratory infection and needs antibiotics too. I don't know if I can do both at the same time, I'm going to run a stool sample to the vet to make sure on the worms. Thank you

 

[peepblessed]

Humor me, y'all! We took our chicks out for the first time today. Ages 2-6 weeks....

My 5 year old with "princess". Silkies were her idea.



My 8 year old with his favorite "Yang"



Yang and Yin - these are my two solids from paint.



The babies all tuckered out. This is Bacon and Princess


How did I not find silkies sooner? We are so in love with their little selves!!

Just adorable! Children and peeps!!

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

Does it still stress them if you put it in there water instead of forcing it Down the throat? I think my old hen has a respiratory infection and needs antibiotics too. I don't know if I can do both at the same time, I'm going to run a stool sample to the vet to make sure on the worms.
Thank you

the application of the medicine isn't whats going to stress them in the way I mean. Think of when you take an antibiotic - it screws up your stomach, makes you feel off...your body is stressed when your stomach is upset and everything, can dehydrate you etc. same happens with chickens as their body is expelling those worms, their digestive system is flushing out the worms and it can be stressful to their system.

no you shouldn't worm and give antibiotics at the same time. Antibiotics first, then wait 1-2 weeks after you finish the antibiotics and do the worming.

 

[Suzierd]

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the application of the medicine isn't whats going to stress them in the way I mean. Think of when you take an antibiotic - it screws up your stomach, makes you feel off...your body is stressed when your stomach is upset and everything, can dehydrate you etc. same happens with chickens as their body is expelling those worms, their digestive system is flushing out the worms and it can be stressful to their system.

no you shouldn't worm and give antibiotics at the same time. Antibiotics first, then wait 1-2 weeks after you finish the antibiotics and do the worming.

Ok Thank you!

 

[dwegg]

I love to hear them, too. But I was sure she was a girl!! My paint "pullet" crowed on Sunday and now my blue!! I am over run with beautiful roos!!!!

x2....I live in the city and currently have 4 crowing roos...my neighbors don't mind me having one roo...but 4!!!! I have found a home for my white boy...and want to kep my blue boy (who is the lowest quality of all but I love him!) and also my paint roo who is big and gorgeous...so just have to find a home for my splash roo...

 

[peepblessed]

x2....I live in the city and currently have 4 crowing roos...my neighbors don't mind me having one roo...but 4!!!! I have found a home for my white boy...and want to kep my blue boy (who is the lowest quality of all but I love him!) and also my paint roo who is big and gorgeous...so just have to find a home for my splash roo...

I had success with Craigslist. We didn't have people come to our home unless we felt really secure about them. My husband met people in town to deliver in a business parking lot mostly.

 

[sager:)silkies]

thanks everyone on the pasty butt help

 

[Cynthia12]

ACV - apple cider vinegar (organic / unpasteurized ) it is NOT a de-wormer it will not kill worms or expel them. BUT given between wormings in the water 1-2 tablespoons per gallon (only plastic never metal waterer/container) a couple times a week along with Cayenne pepper and or DE mixed in feed can help to keep the worm level down. ACV, DE, and Cayenne all have been thought and found to help keep the levels down by changing the acidity and natural balance in the gut of the chickens, it makes it less inhabitable for the worms to take up residence. but as I said it will NOT kill and expel an infestation.

Thanks SOS, I feel a bit silly..I remember now what ACV is. This is great info..thanks! I have to admitt. I really thought that the ACV would do the trick if my birds ever got infestation. Thankfully, hasn't happened. I have DE, now I have to ask, how do you use it in the food? Of course I'm using it on them a few times a year, and in the nest boxes..but food? I always wondered about the eating part because, I heard that once it gets wet, it doesn't work..of course meaning, wet for the mites/lice..but what about for internal help? It gets wet!