Silkie thread!

[Suzierd]

K Epp that's a great shot of the two of them fighting! I love Aunt B

 

[K Epp]

K Epp that's a great shot of the two of them fighting! I love Aunt B

Thanks. She is so funny. She thinks she is a bantam because she grew up in the brooder with Silkies and a Seabright. She and Sally Seabright think they are sisters and stay side by side.

 

[TiaRC]

Has anyone ever bought silkies from MPC? if so how did they turn out quality wise?

 

[Suzierd]

Thanks. She is so funny. She thinks she is a bantam because she grew up in the brooder with Silkies and a Seabright.  She and Sally Seabright think they are sisters and stay side by side.

How cute! I love your names

 

[Jharper]

Merry Christmas from the Lambs!

Does your hen have trouble finding food and water?

 

[kmollyhughes]

Has anyone ever bought silkies from MPC? if so how did they turn out quality wise?

Definitely hatchery quality. Correct amount of toes and stuff...but I'd personally go with a breeder. Hatching eggs are WAAAY cheaper than MPC if you look at shipping also. A friend and I order about 20 last year. A few died in shipping, a couple "sexed" ones were roos. But, for a breed that hard to sex until they are a few months old...they actually did okay. If you want super fluffy and full crests...breeder for sure!

 

[K Epp]

I found one of my Silkie pullets down. She had poop stuck in her behind feathers. I cleaned that off, put her in garage with a light, gave her a few drops of Corrid and Poly V vitamins. I also put the corrid in her water. I don't know of anything that could have happened to her. Bantams are all that's out today. This am a Wellsumer escapee tried to mount her but I was there and knocked him off and put him up.

I just checked on her and she is standing and acting more alert. Is there anything else I should do?

 

[Fancychooklady]

I found one of my Silkie pullets down. She had poop stuck in her behind feathers. I cleaned that off, put her in garage with a light, gave her a few drops of Corrid and Poly V vitamins. I also put the corrid in her water. I don't know of anything that could have happened to her. Bantams are all that's out today. This am a Wellsumer escapee tried to mount her but I was there and knocked him off and put him up.

I just checked on her and she is standing and acting more alert. Is there anything else I should do?

I wouldn't give vitamins with corrid. The amprolium is a B group inhibitor it works by starving the coccidia , so when administering corrid best to hold back on everything else. Have you wormed them lately?

 

[K Epp]

Yes in November with Ivermectin. I have that Safeguard for goats and Wazine. Should I do it with one of those. We gave had a very wet fall. I even had to move coops because if the mud.

 

[alamb1]

@Jharper
Nope. She has no problems at all. She's a hearty eater!