Silkie thread!

[PaintedFeathers]

Hilarious!

Too funny! He sure has big eyes

He looks like a little Alien

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Post photos of your other birds and we will critique them for you.

For the boy pictured here, the one major issue that I might see (photos can lie) is that in hte last photo he looks like he might have a wry tail? (Twisted to one side). That is a very bad fault, and would mean he shouldn't be bred as he will pass it on to his offspring. If his tail is okay, then all my comments are nit picking.

Too many non-silkied feathers in his tail, crest is a bit lacking (that could be that some helpful coop-mate is over grooming it). His type is awesome, and he has TONS of saddle feathers! Nice beg fluffy bird!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: He may be from a prcelain project pen (porcelain is a project, not a finished variety), but he definitely does not have two copies of lav, so he definitely is not porcelain. He might be a breeder for porcelain, but definitely not the variety itself. This is porcelain:


Now with silkies, mottling has not been bred in (which is why they are now being called self-blue cream), but these are the colours you get with two copies of lav.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

New rooster! Just got him free. Poor dude was covered in lice and scaly leg mites so he isn't much of a looker ATM. I think he will look nice for a non-bearded once he's conditioned. How do you all think he will look? Also, is he a chocolate? burnt black? Or a burnt blue? The lady was calling him black but with all this feather loss I can't tell. He looks brown and has some slight copper coloring in his hackles.

Likely a sunburned black. When he molts, you will know if he is dun. chocs are VERY rare.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Not necessarily CRD, there are a number of respiratory infections. Warm wet compresses to the eye to open it, antimicrobial eye drops or ointment (even neosporin would work) will help along with the durmycin.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Even some table salt dissolved in warm water will do the trick. I draw it up into a syringe and squirt from the beak outwards . You don't want to drown them. I used human eye drops in my Roos ear when he had sinus infection. Our avian vet was happy for me to do so. I have since used them on a goat with conjunctivitis , with great results. Could this just be a reaction to a dusty environment ? You should isolate them until you get a better idea of what you are dealing with.

Yes, it is possibly dust or eye injury, but the sneezing is why respiratory sounds likely.

 

[Urchin]

Jazz did the teenage cockerel's version of the rooster dance for Dr. Puffles. He kind of shuffled around "her" with one wing sticking out. Puffles just ignored him. Now we just have to wait and see if his prediction that Puffles is a pullet is right.

Their both only around three months old and I didn't expect the roos would start to get hormonal yet. But he's dancing and Tails the cochin roo (also around three months old) jumps on the backs of the two young cochin pullets. He has no clue what he is doing because he tried to mount Penguin while on the roost, surprised the heck out of her and ended up on the coop floor. I was lucky enough to catch that gaffe while refilling the waterer in the coop.

 

[PaintedFeathers]

Likely a sunburned black. When he molts, you will know if he is dun. chocs are VERY rare.

Okay

I can't wait to see how he blossoms. I am doing a day by day progression album on my farm facebook page with the day and notes so everyone can see how he is progressing all in one place, including me! I would love if he ends up being a nice dark black, but dun would also be pretty awesome

Unfortunately any babies from him and Icelynn would most likely end up being pets because he's non-bearded and she is bearded. I could get him a nice non-bearded showgirl hen though, someone is selling them near me.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Thank y'all I am going to do just that.... After looking up mareks I am a little worried. Her eye that she can open is farther back if that makes any since. I can't get a good picture of it but it doesn't look right. I also notice my barred rock has a weird right eye that is farther back like that..

This is not how the ocular form of Mareks presents. Mareks causes a grey iris and irregular shape to the pupil. It does not cause blindness, swelling or oozing. http://extension.usu.edu/files/publications/publication/AG_Poultry_2013-01pr.pdf and http://www.avianweb.com/mareksdisease.html show photos of an eye with occular Mareks.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Thanks everyone!!! So glad y'all are so supportive on this forum! I placed some of the salt water on her eyes and she opens them every so often. I don't imagine I should place them in her eye while they are open correct?
Also just so I can be sure I have this right. I need to go to the feed store and get either tylan or something called duramycin? And get some vet ex to rub on their combs and such? Anything else I need to pick up while I am there?

I am going to deep clean there cage I have them in right now and the entire room they are staying in.

IMO, hte VetRx is not really helpful as a medicine. Terramycin eye ointment would be helpful. YES, put saline drops in her eyes to clean them out. Tears contain saline.