Silkie thread!

[Fizzybelle]

My little Agnes enjoying some apple (it's bigger than her head hehe). She's ended up with the nickname "bumble chook", as she's fuzzy like a bumble bee, and moves about like one too. I tgave her some wormer in water the other day and now she's been very suspicious of all water bowls, refusing to drink from them. I didn't realize how stubborn Silkies could be. I've been adding water to her food and holding mealworms in water to get her to stick her beak in bowls again.

 

[silkiecuddles]

My little Agnes enjoying some apple (it's bigger than her head hehe). She's ended up with the nickname "bumble chook", as she's fuzzy like a bumble bee, and moves about like one too. I tgave her some wormer in water the other day and now she's been very suspicious of all water bowls, refusing to drink from them. I didn't realize how stubborn Silkies could be. I've been adding water to her food and holding mealworms in water to get her to stick her beak in bowls again.

aww she's so cute!

 

[jmdarrow]

Depends... are you looking to breed specific birds or just produce chicks? Remove any boys you don't want breeding to the bachelor pad. If you just want chicks leave whatever roo you like best in with the girls. After a few weeks with only him all the eggs produced should result in his offspring. If you want to breed specific males with specific females you will need to breed separately in pairs or pens.

Thanks should I wait it out till they show brokenness? There is no sign of that at the moment and I'm hoping they wait til spring. I should probably seperate all the boys now tho.
Question...if I bring a roo out for awhile, then put him back to the batchelor pad and swap for another roo, will there be problems in the batchelor pad? Don't want chaos in the batchelor pad....

 

[QueenMisha]

Thanks should I wait it out till they show brokenness? There is no sign of that at the moment and I'm hoping they wait til spring. I should probably seperate all the boys now tho.
Question...if I bring a roo out for awhile, then put him back to the batchelor pad and swap for another roo, will there be problems in the batchelor pad? Don't want chaos in the batchelor pad....

Lol not sure what you mean by brokenness... I assume you mean "broodiness" but autocorrect got ya? I would do all moving and rearranging right now. It'll make them more settled in by the time you are ready to breed them, and will ensure that you don't accidentally produce chicks from other males, since hens can produce eggs fertilized by other males for two, three, even four weeks after they are separated. Plus, some may go broody sooner than others - once they are laying age, Silkies might choose to sit any time of the year, rain or shine. Although it is more common in spring.

There will be some fighting, but since they are Silkies and have been raised together, it shouldn't be terrible. Make sure there are plenty of hiding places and feeders/waterers in the pad for newly transferred boys to access.

 

[Fancychooklady]

I heard that figure before. This will be a long treatment but she is so pretty it is worth it.

Why remove corn? Not questioning just curious. I ran out of turkey grow yesterday so she has been on a corn-based flock raiser. I need food tomorrow anyways, goddanged forgot to get it when I left work yesterday. I'll pick up more wheat-based grower then.

He is separate, mostly for his own sake. I know respiratory disease, got an unfortunately quite close relationship with the Mycos, both S and G. It's not that, definitely an infection.

Any ideas as to where I can get spray Terramycin? I can get the powder form of it anytime, my boss accidentally ordered a massive box of it a while back and it didn't sell so he just gives it out if I ever need it.

I usually wouldn't jump straight to Baytril but it's looking real bad this morning.

Corn has very little nutritional value and popcorn may well lead to impacted crop.
I also use chlorsig eye drops in my birds, swollen eyes can be a symptom of mycoplasma and if you have had mycoplasma in your flock any birds that survive are likely to be carriers and can become symptomatic at any time . In saying that sinus problems, blocked nares and scratches or injuries to the eye can cause similar swelling. I would still be quarantining him, just to be on the safe side.

http://www.browneggblueegg.com/Article/CornAndSilkies.html


If you have Terramycin in the powder form you can use that. I can only find the ointment on this site, but the vetrycin is also said to be a good product to hep with relieving the irritation.

http://www.jefferspet.com/categories/cattle/health-wellness/eye-ear-care-1

 

[Traceaskew]

I brought home 3 babies last night! 2 paint and a white.

 

[silkiecuddles]

I brought home 3 babies last night! 2 paint and a white.

Congrats! They are adorable!

 

[Alex1010]

My Silkie's are 5 months old and I'm starting to give them small quantities of laying pellets mixed in with there food. Should I wait, or just go ahead and feed them laying pellets?

 

[Fancychooklady]

My Silkie's are 5 months old and I'm starting to give them small quantities of laying pellets mixed in with there food. Should I wait, or just go ahead and feed them laying pellets?

It's generally recommended to start layer pellets a month before they commence lay. Depends really on the protein and more importantly the calcium content.
If the calcium levels are high and they are not laying and expelling the excess, then you could be creating problems for later on down the track.

 

[Alex1010]

It's generally recommended to start layer pellets a month before they commence lay. Depends really on the protein and more importantly the calcium content.
If the calcium levels are high and they are not laying and expelling the excess, then you could be creating problems for later on down the track.

Yeah I might just stop. What do you normally feed Silkie's that are not in lay?