Silkie thread!

[Suzierd]

You can see Sandy's crooked beak in these pics kinda. Do yall think it's a problem?

Doesn't look to bad hopefully it won't get worse. As long as she can eat well, I have heard people make a mash out of their food and they eat better. FF would be good.

 

[OneCrazyCowgirl]

Doesn't look to bad hopefully it won't get worse. As long as she can eat well, I have heard people make a mash out of their food and they eat better. FF would be good.

Ok thanks so much. She seems fine right now.....

 

[Mumsy]

Actually the light color is very common for the grey Roosters, just a little FYI. Mine is the same. He is very nice. Marge is awesome, and I just got a buff roo from her.
Check with Marge. I got some grey eggs from her and they did well in hatching. Nice babies. I'm sure she can help you.
Have a great night.

Thank you! Truly! There are so few Grey silkie images out there. I just love the color. Light or dark. I was really hoping to have my first Grey hatch from my pair this summer but the pullet got sick and I had to end her suffering. It was tough. Let me tell you.

I so very much want to get more Greys.

 

[Mumsy]

can u ff starter?

Yes. I have a glass bowl on my kitchen counter with fermenting chick starter. I ferment the non-medicated vegetable based bag made by Purina. I feed it when my chicks come out of the incubator until they are two months old. Then I feed them All purpose with lots of additives and goodies to up the protein and nutrition.

 

[littlecritters]

Do you guys remembered my girl with the mystery disease? Well she is not improving after treating her for so long. I kept bathing her, treating her for mites and even though her skin isn't as bad as it used to be, she is still struggling. However, now I am very concerned because for the past two days I have seen blood coming out her vent. I know it is not coccidia, but I was thinking it might be an overload of Adams/ frontline, etc..... Will that be possible? She is eating and moving around like nothing is wrong with her, but obviously it is just an illusion. I am thinking on giving up on her after more than 3 months of trying to fix her. I just don't know what else I can possibly do for her. The blood in her vent scares me and makes me realize something more serious is going on. It makes me mad not to know I am not able to help her out and not be able to put a name on her disease. I have spent hours and hours researching but I have never seen a case like her. Therefore, I will probably put her down sometime this week.

I am so sorry. :-( You have tried everything under the sun to help this bird and have spent a small fortune in the process. Please don't be hard on yourself as I don't think there is anything else you could possibly have done. The blood she is passing may be due to an irritation, but sadly I don't think it is a good sign. Know that you have gone the extra mile for this little gal and you have given her 3 extra months of llife with loving care. It's ok to,decide that this is the right time to let her go. Sending you many hugs!

I haven't posted pictures in a while...

Goodness gracious! You should be so thrilled with your flock!

[COLOR=FF0000]HELP![/COLOR] I sent two of my girls for a necropsy in hopes of finding out what was wrong with them and to be sure it wasn't some infectious disease that was going to spread through my flock...and worst case...through the whole farm! That would have been a disaster because we are a large non-profit farm.. Good news, they do not have avian influenza or pullorum. Bad news is, I have no idea what most of this report says. lol This was the final comment and in language that I could understand. lol Preliminary Comment: There were no gross diagnostic findings in any of the chickens. Histopathology and culture are pending. Final comment: There were no microscopic findings that could explain the cause of the clinical signs observed in these chickens. No evidence of any inflammatory, infectious or neoplastic disease process was observed. The hyperplasia of the respiratory associated lymphoid tissue is indicative of a persistent antigenic stimulation; however this is non-specific and it can occur with a variety of causes or insults. In one chicken, there were several nematode parasites in the lumen of the intestine. The bacteria isolated from the nasal cavity of both birds are considered either as environmental contamination or normal flora. If someone wants to take a look at the full report out of curiosity and help me understand what it says, here it is: [COLOR=FF0000]http://www.sanna-c.com/Tootie&Bandit.pdf[/COLOR] So, luckily there was nothing contagious and I can take a chill pill now. I was starting to freak out over the black hen that had a puffy head. She's the one that had the parasites. I will treat my flock for parasites, for sure. Once we get a warm(ish) day, I'll take and empty the whole coop clean it up and spray it with Oxine just for the heck of it. Any suggestions for a good product to kill parasites? I treated them a while back with the safe-guard paste for horses which was recommended by someone here on the forum. If there's something that's better, I'm all for it!

Sounds like the necropsy and tissue slide observations indicate that something was causing an inflammatory response with the production of lymphocytes. It may be a mystery until you get the bloodwork results. Sorry...

I went out to check my broody with chicks later then usual today bc we had quite a bit of snow come down last night. Her little Silkie chick was strangled to death and the little Cochin now has what appears to be a broken wing I went and trimmed all of the fluff off her belly after I found the last strangled chick. The Silkie was stuck in her leg feathers and the Cochin was stuck to her butt I don't think I'll ever use her as a broody again. So discouraging. My other broody Silkie was still preening and keeping herself tidy during the whole ordeal of hatching and such. It doesn't look like Ellie has been doing that. Her feathers are such a mess. She started with 8 and is down to 3. I hope she enjoys this experience, bc it'll never happen again :/

I'm sorry this happened. I have heard of this before and even seen a video of a dead chick caught in the leg feathers of a momma.

So, are males just as motherly as females?

We have a new roo who has been quite motherly to a little 3 month old cockerel. This roo allows the little guy to snuggle up under his chest. It's very cute.

 

[SilkiesnFrizzle]

 

[LaPetiteFarmer]

I am so sorry. :-( You have tried everything under the sun to help this bird and have spent a small fortune in the process. Please don't be hard on yourself as I don't think there is anything else you could possibly have done. The blood she is passing may be due to an irritation, but sadly I don't think it is a good sign. Know that you have gone the extra mile for this little gal and you have given her 3 extra months of llife with loving care. It's ok to,decide that this is the right time to let her go. Sending you many hugs!

Thanks Tina,
Your words mean a lot to me. I just didn't have the courage to do it... I sat down for quite a while and kept an eye on her... and couldn't do it. It's already difficult to do it whenever they are only chicks, but her she is not a little chick anymore. Anyway, I will wait a bit more and decide to put her down if I see more and more blood. Thank you again

 

[babffel]

How do you tell the difference between a white chick and a splash? I have one that just hatched and im not sure what color it is.

 

[CALI CHICK]

How do you tell the difference between a white chick and a splash? I have one that just hatched and im not sure what color it is.

My whites seem to start out more yellow or creamy. The "splash" start out more white/greyish..........and in a few weeks you will see shadows of darker feathers come in. As they get older the "splashes" get darker and there will be more of them.

 

[Feathersprings]

How do you tell the difference between a white chick and a splash? I have one that just hatched and im not sure what color it is.

Hard to tell from this picture but looks more like the color splash chicks are. What color are the parents ?