Silkie thread!

[B J Hopkins]

Yes it does. Thanks.

 

[jajeanpierre]

So an update on my little girl who has head trauma. She is still alive, haha. She is very thin, but I am feeding her multiple times a day with a syringe and feeding tube. Her food is a slurry of pellets, baby parrot formula, vitamin/electrolyte powder, and water. Sometimes I run it through a strainer to make syringe feeding easier if I have time.

She has perked up, and has started to "talk" again like she used to . She still doesn't do a whole lot all day, and she won't eat and drink on her own yet...but hopefully we'll get there.

Here she is during my lunch break. She's been coming to work with me everyday since this happened.

Good job! She will improve. Head injuries take time. I'm almost 100% but it took almost 10 months. When I started this adventure, cashiers in the grocery store would talk to me really, really slowly using little tiny words and short, simple sentences. It took me a long time to start to remember to eat and feel hungry. At night, I would realize I hadn't eaten all day. The whole episode was pretty awful, but, like I said, I'm almost better. The test will come when I start to play bridge again. I used to be a pretty good duplicate bridge player. There isn't anything you can do (even a neurologist will tell you that) except give her rest and no stress. Sleep is really important, so make sure you put her to bed early and make her sleep area very dark and without any disturbances. With my own head injury, I deteriorated for about a week or two and then slowly started to improve. It took months for me to notice any improvement, but there had been improvement I didn't notice because I was so unaware of myself. Are you using Calf Manna for part of your feed? Make sure she has lots of B Vitamins. My neurologist put me on B Vitamins, Magnesium and Amitriptyline. She said the Amitriptyline was a "brain glue" that would glue my addled brain back together. I don't think you want to even attempt to dose that drug for a chicken because it is a very serious drug.

I can understand if you don't want to go through the bother, but if you do, have hope. How long since the injury? Keep us posted.

 

[jenifern]

The ear lobes are supposed to be Blue - and the comb is supposed to be either black or dark mullberry, so red is not acceptable for the Silkies. I don't know if the red colors are considered a fault or a disqualification though. Any wattles are supposed to be minimal - although beardless can (and do) have slightly larger wattles. The proper comb will suppress the wattles almost entirely - so it looks like no wattles. Bringing in the Showgirls can cause the red color and wattles to show up again.

If you hatch your Partridge Showgirl's eggs they will be pretty obvious they are hers - she will be the only one who throws Showgirls - and she will be the only one with oddball colors. All the other chicks from the other White hens will be White. Does your Showgirl have a White parent? Because if she did then she can throw White chicks too.

Yes all the silkies and my show girls came from the same parents. It was a White Show Girl Roo over a Partridge Silkie Hen.

Ok here is a picture of one of my roosters, he has what I think you are calling a mulberry (like a dark red/black blood colour) coloured comb, is that right? His ears are blue though.

 

[hokankai]

Good job! She will improve. Head injuries take time. I'm almost 100% but it took almost 10 months. When I started this adventure, cashiers in the grocery store would talk to me really, really slowly using little tiny words and short, simple sentences. It took me a long time to start to remember to eat and feel hungry. At night, I would realize I hadn't eaten all day. The whole episode was pretty awful, but, like I said, I'm almost better. The test will come when I start to play bridge again. I used to be a pretty good duplicate bridge player. There isn't anything you can do (even a neurologist will tell you that) except give her rest and no stress. Sleep is really important, so make sure you put her to bed early and make her sleep area very dark and without any disturbances. With my own head injury, I deteriorated for about a week or two and then slowly started to improve. It took months for me to notice any improvement, but there had been improvement I didn't notice because I was so unaware of myself. Are you using Calf Manna for part of your feed? Make sure she has lots of B Vitamins. My neurologist put me on B Vitamins, Magnesium and Amitriptyline. She said the Amitriptyline was a "brain glue" that would glue my addled brain back together. I don't think you want to even attempt to dose that drug for a chicken because it is a very serious drug.

I can understand if you don't want to go through the bother, but if you do, have hope. How long since the injury? Keep us posted.

The injury happened on the 26th, so we're coming up on two weeks. I feel like she's racing against the clock, her brain healing vs malnourished body. I am trying to keep her from being malnourished, but it's really hard to tell how her body is doing. She gets food and poops though so that's good I suppose.

Unfortunately I can't keep her totally stress free, because tube feeding is stressful, riding in the car to and from work is stressful, etc. However she seems to be responding well to being interacted with and having people pet and talk to her. She sits in my car until after my lunch break and probably just stands around or lays around since that's all she does...haha

 

[Lady Chickadee]

Blue pullet and white hen getting ready for the show this weekend.

 

[fishermans wife]

How do u DNA test them? What is the process & how long does it take?

I know there is a breeder in S. California that will do it for you (when you buy his silkies) for $35 a bird. I would love to know how it is done!

 

[fishermans wife]

Blue pullet and white hen getting ready for the show this weekend.

Absolutely gorgeous! Good Luck!!

 

[fishermans wife]

you simply pluck about three feathers off the birds chest and lable that sample so you know which bird it comes from. ( I use colored leg band) I would as a example label the sample buff red meaning buff with red leg band or buff green meaning buff with green leg band. Do each sample seprately in its own envelope labled as to which chick it comes from then get a bigger envelope and send off all the samples put into the bigger envelope. Once the sample arrives it takes about two days for results. The lab I use ONLY costs ten dollars a sample! Its called Accu-metrics. Its in canada but serves world wide. I do recommend RUSHING the shipping. I live in California and didn't rush my shipping and that took the longest so I recommend rushing it. but its that simple pluck the feathers and send them out.i do recommend using the color leg band system so they're won't be any confusion.results will read as a example buff green female or buff red male. The leg bands system is really nice hope this answers your questions.

OOps...didnt' look far enough into the thread! Thanks so much! So, the BIG quesion is, what to do the with extra roos?

They are very difficult to rehome around here!

 

[ChickNmamma]

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Yes, his Comb coloring is fine. Wattles are a little on the large side for a bearded and you could use more head poof. Those were probably changed with the Showgirl breeding. He has a nice dark beak and dark eyes though, which is good.

 

[jajeanpierre]

The injury happened on the 26th, so we're coming up on two weeks. I feel like she's racing against the clock, her brain healing vs malnourished body. I am trying to keep her from being malnourished, but it's really hard to tell how her body is doing. She gets food and poops though so that's good I suppose.

Unfortunately I can't keep her totally stress free, because tube feeding is stressful, riding in the car to and from work is stressful, etc. However she seems to be responding well to being interacted with and having people pet and talk to her. She sits in my car until after my lunch break and probably just stands around or lays around since that's all she does...haha

Try upping the fat content of her feed. Also, try Calf Manna. When riding in the car, do you keep her in a crate or a darkened box? If a crate, throw a towel over it to darken it and remove the visual stimulation.

Are you galvage tube feeding her or just putting the food in her mouth for her to swallow? If galvage feeding, just feed more. She's got a big crop for a reason.