Silkie thread!

[dowgirl71]

She looks like a Daisy.

I always thought I had a clue about sexing if there is such a thing.  I think even as chicks, the males stand more upright.  Most females won't walk away from the group, but a male will.  Males are more inquisitive.  I think just posture and behavior can tell just as well as any other way on these little cuties.

. That's good to hear! I have another one who I have my suspicions about. It does stand more upright and is more aggressive. I think I do have a "Daisy & Donald."

 

[Sylvester017]

I m taking today off and bring her to the vet get it done but when I call and ask do they do chicken? "We can do it 4u" do u know bumble foot of a chicken? " never heard of it"
Then I tell them what I know n read on internet n how it need done I just don't hv the tool "is ok we will do it 4 u"

I ask 4 price "60-90"
May sound weird but is 50% cheaper then a "bird vet"
Bird vet I called they still want me pay 4 $110 check up first then arrange an other day cut it off extra $$$ on top on everything

This vet I m going to soon just "60-90" get it cut done done...

I was going to drop franklin off there m go to work
Later on I think.... I should take off m make
Sure
They know what to do with her better then something get wrong...

The thing I worry the most is how to hold her stay....

So far I bath her the day b4 I put her in towel flip her over I think she get scare n do no.1 n 2 , 1 after 1

I done my other chicken 3 yo old English game she is fine when I first flip her n stay steel.

Franklin I can't hold her steel at all.....

Any tips???

I have found avian (bird vets) veterinarians grossly expensive. My particular vet does mostly cats/dogs but originally advertised cats/dogs/exotics/birds. But cats/dogs took over his practice. But every vet has been trained in ALL animal veterinary but choose to specialize in just one or two animals. I was fortunate to find a vet that not only takes the traditional cats/dogs but sees turtles, chickens, lizards, etc. Very rare to find such a great all-round vet in a city. Cat/dog vets at some part of their medical training have studied birds and all animals but you have to call them in advance to see if they are willing to see your poultry. I did that with our vet and now we take all 5 hens to him and the office staff love the change to have chickens instead of the traditional cats/dogs patients.

Some chickens that you handle frequently are not a problem holding upside-down, or giving injections, or take medications willingly and others are spooked, nervous, wary of a stranger vet, etc, so holding them still is a challenge. Birds upside-down puts pressure on their breathing and is an unnatural position for them so they will struggle to stand up. When we have to treat our hens it takes two of us with the skittish birds - one person to hold the chicken still and one to apply the treatment. We try to keep the bird upright and not on their back so they don't struggle - holding the wings down where they attach to the body is the best place to keep wings from flapping. We have only one little Silkie that will stay still upside-down for a quick vet injection and then we immediately upright her. She's the only good chicken patient because we've handled her a lot and took her to the vet a lot. The other 4 chickens are not quite as good a patient as she is and I need a second person's help with the others. Hope some of this helps you.

 

[Sustained]

This may help.

http://pathfindersfarm.com/Vaccinate.html

Thank you


Another question for anyone who has had this happen. Do your hens sing the egg song just for fun? I've heard it every day for about a week but no eggs. I've looked over the entire coop and run. Nothing.

 

[Sylvester017]

Thank you


Another question for anyone who has had this happen. Do your hens sing the egg song just for fun? I've heard it every day for about a week but no eggs. I've looked over the entire coop and run. Nothing.

The first time our little Black Silkie was to lay her first egg she cried for 24 hours. She's still a noisy egg song girl 3 yrs later. And occasionally she lays her egg in the yard if another hen is sitting inside her favourite nestbox. She'll run back and forth wanting to come into the house to lay her egg in the indoor pen but we have new juveniles inside in quarantine so she's layed one of her eggs outside in the grass last week.

Our Partridge Silkie is the opposite at 4 y/o, quiet and dainty. We never know she's layed an egg until we open the nestboxes.

 

[seminolewind]

Quote:
I ended up getting vaccine from Randall Turkey this time because they were more reasonable. It costs approx $16-20
for the vaccine and $20-25 for shipping. It hopefully arrives cold and stays cold until you use it. I can't say it's easy to vaccinate the skin of the neck. I got quite a few that ended up with vaccinated fuzz and I had to redo. It's necessary to me so I do it.

 

[Sustained]

I ended up getting vaccine from Randall Turkey this time because they were more reasonable.  It costs approx $16-20
for the vaccine and $20-25 for shipping.  It hopefully arrives cold and stays cold until you use it.  I can't say it's easy to vaccinate the skin of the neck.  I got quite a few that ended up with vaccinated fuzz and I had to redo.   It's necessary to me so I do it.  

I will look into that. I've ordered meds from KV vet so I will look there too. I grew up with chickens but my parents don't vaccinate and my first flock members were hatchery that came vaccinated so I never once thought about doing it myself. My chickens are pets (even though my husband thinks I'm stark raving mad for cuddling a chicken). If a few extra bucks helps prevent losing them to a disease then that's what I'll do.

 

[Adorkable]

Quote:
It means you will probably have an egg within the next few days

 

[ochochicas]

Quote: I'm incubating silkie eggs for a neighbor. I'm going to recommend she vaccinate the chicks, but ultimately it is up to her. If they were mine, I'd do it in a heartbeat, but they won't be my chicks this time.

 

[seminolewind]

I had a problem with J*ff***'s with the vaccine the other day. The shipping was $18.00. Then a few days later they want another $17.00 due to "oversized freight" . I emailed them and they said that's an increase in shipping. I told them it was robbery and please cancel my order. So beware.

People have learned to love and care for chickens at an increasing rate and everyone wants to make a buck.

 

[Badgley Mishca]

Hatched on Good Friday from the eggs I purchased here on BYC. All 6 made it!