Silkie thread!

[ThePolishPrincess]

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I see...

Is it possible in any way that my hen may not be using this gland to keep her feathers healthy and conditioned? I just don't know how they get so dry and weak...

You might try adding some oils to her diet--black oil sunflower seeds, safflower seeds or oil, olive oil, flax seed or oil, cod liver oil. Just don't go overboard. Also, older feathers do tend to be weaker and less likely to appear conditioned or healthy.

I already add plenty of BOSS to the feed. That's a norm in their diet...how do I add olive oil? Mix a little bit in the feed? These feathers are VERY new, about 3 weeks old...I've been rubbing her beard with a small amount of VetRX...not sure how much good it's doing, but it's certainly 'oily' and is pretty much harmless... Thank you.

 

[Colie <3]

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don't give up! I know it's tempting but don't do it. Can you call animal control see if you can get a live trap?

 

[Colie <3]

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I want this!! I'm having the hubs turn one of my larger custom built coops into a rear pen style so I can walk into it. I so wish I had a bigger yard so I could have something like this!

 

[Colie <3]

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Ideally, so would I, but until I can get some help to get my 15x20' shed converted, I need something simple and easy enough for me to build. I was thinking of it being off the ground too. Is this a bad idea? Seeing as how their eyes seem to get covered up some what, do they do well with ramps/ladders at all?

Mine will NOT do a ramp still! It's driving me crazy since my two biggest coops are the style where they have to use a ramp to get into the coop.

 

[chickendales]

 

[Colie <3]

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LOL woo-hoo great minds think alike lol glad you caught the bugger!

 

[Colie <3]

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Yes you can, personally I wouldn't for a long period of time though.

 

[chickendales]

Colie <3 :

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Yes you can, personally I wouldn't for a long period of time though.

i have breeding pens with wire floors i love it the poop falls to the ground and my bird seem to like it​

 

[Colie <3]

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All of them?

I think my favs are Splash and Lavender but I'm a sucker for a beautiful white, black or blue as well.

 

[Colie <3]

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I've got enough blacks, partridge and will have enough whites when these newest chicks grow up. I need to work on getting buffs and I would love to have lavender but it's hard to get the eggs.

I rarely see any offered in the swaps. When I do i'm always too late to get them.

You don't want lavender hatching eggs, they are still too hard to hatch when they remain in place. Shipping would pretty much guarantee a non hatch. I've wanted an opportunity to say this, anyone selling and shipping lavender eggs at this time are either clueless to the hatching issues or know about it and are doing it strictly for the money.

I totally agree I have almost no luck at all hatching shipped lavender eggs. Most people have told me that even not shipped their hatch rates are low so add shipping on top of that and it would be a lucky thing to get 1-2 out of a dozen or more to hatch in my experience.