Silkie thread!

[3ChickensinNC]

I just thought I would share a picture of my porcelain boy Chris. He did his dance to me so I guess that means he

me!!!! He is from Catdance. And he is so wonderful . Also got a beautiful pullet from her too. Just love them to pieces.

 

[flower]

I just thought I would share a picture of my porcelain boy Chris. He did his dance to me so I guess that means he

me!!!! He is from Catdance. And he is so wonderful . Also got a beautiful pullet from her too. Just love them to pieces.

stunning color, how old is he ?

 

[Sanna]

Have you guys seen this website? Or tried any of this?
http://www.grit.com/fresh-eggs-daily/nesting-box-herbs-chicken-aromatherapy.aspx

Nesting box herbs, aromatherapy for chickens. I thought it was interesting. I might plant some herbs in the spring and try it out.

 

[ocap]

Have you guys seen this website? Or tried any of this?
http://www.grit.com/fresh-eggs-daily/nesting-box-herbs-chicken-aromatherapy.aspx

Nesting box herbs, aromatherapy for chickens. I thought it was interesting. I might plant some herbs in the spring and try it out.

will you share this post on another thread (url below)?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/729605/the-natural-chicken-keeping-thread-ots-welcome

 

[ihavechickens2]

this is my black silkie pair:

 

[Sanna]

will you share this post on another thread (url below)?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/729605/the-natural-chicken-keeping-thread-ots-welcome

Will do

 

[Flowerbh]

How old is a Willie before they lay? Mine is now almost 11 months old and no eggs.

 

[ChicksNherps]

How old is a Willie before they lay? Mine is now almost 11 months old and no eggs.

mine is over a year and still hasn't layed... but the winter will slow them if not keep them from laying sometimes due to the light changes.

 

[littlecritters]

I can't believe that I didn't know the skull continued to grow and cover. That is really encouraging. I could tell it felt tougher and wondered why.

That is interesting to know...I could have sworn that I saw slides from autopsied birds that showed the open holes.

 

[ChicksNherps]

Almost just lost poor little peep

Her owner (my friend) had put her under some blankets that were on top of a heating pad because she likes to be covered, but she put WAY too many blankets in there and the poor thing couldn't get out! So I was about to leave but for some reason decided to check on her before I went and I found her panting heavily, twitching, and limp

I realized she was having a heat stroke and immediately brought her to the sink and ran her feet under cool water and blew on her. After about a half hour of blowing on her, making her drink and calming her down she slowly got back to normal, but was tilting her head to the left a bit. When I left she was pretty much back to normal but I made sure I was clear NO MORE HEAVY BLANKETS because she would have been dead within the next half hour if I hadn't found her(she kept denying she would have died and said that she was fine, I think she didn't want to believe she almost killed her because she also lost her snake a few days ago and has been feeling bad about that too). I told her to make a nest rather than shoving her under all of the blankets so she can get out if she needs to and to cut the blankets up into smaller pieces. I hope she makes a full recovery, I told her to keep an eye on her but she looked like she was going to be okay.

Has anyone else ever experienced a silkie chick have a heat stroke?