Hello all! I am new to the Silkie breed and am already in love with these funny little creatures. I have 5 babies now, hatched on April 9th that came from a breeder. I started with 4, one died shortly after coming home with what we suspect was just "failure to thrive",..The breeder was kind enough to replace him/her for me, and I wound up leaving with 2 more..thats chicken math for ya.
Anyhow, I will be trying to read through the thousands of posts on here to learn everything I can about these babies. I have raised chicks before, but nothing as teeny as these. We love all of our chickens, but the silkies are a little extra special
I have to take some good pictures later, but here is a camera phone pic.
Good news and bad news....
bad news, my wry neck chick suddenly took a turn for the worse and today I found him dead, after apparently having one of his flopping spells and landing with his head in the water and drowning himself.
good news, one of my silkies hatched 6 babies (mostly LF mixes, olive eggers, cochin crosses, wyandotte crosses) today and yesterday! She is a first time mom, and is doing very good with them.I have another broody silkie on 4 turkey eggs due next week, pics are sure to show up on here of them too when they hatch.
it can take up to a week to kick in and after that still take another few weeks to completely recover. Make sure the poly-vi-sol also has NO iron. I treated a severe case with only poly-vi-sol, 2-3 drops 4 times a day.
Are there certain kind of products/brands that you guys would recommend for treating wry neck? I'm thinking I should have these things handy in case I ever end up with a chick that needs help. Hopefully not, but better be safe than sorry, right? I have the Save-A-Chick probiotic and vitamins/electrolytes packs, that's about it.
The poly-vi-sol, that's just something you can buy in the baby section of any store? What about the selenium? I'm assuming I would want the drop form? Same for vitamins E and B?
Are there certain kind of products/brands that you guys would recommend for treating wry neck? I'm thinking I should have these things handy in case I ever end up with a chick that needs help. Hopefully not, but better be safe than sorry, right? I have the Save-A-Chick probiotic and vitamins/electrolytes packs, that's about it.
The poly-vi-sol, that's just something you can buy in the baby section of any store? What about the selenium? I'm assuming I would want the drop form? Same for vitamins E and B?
Help Guys! I need some quick advice! Today is day 18 of incubation for my Catdance babies. I just took them off the turner. However, I did not notice that 3 had already started to pip! The incubator was open for about 5 minutes! Are they going to be shrink wrapped, what do I do?? I have waited so long for these! Please advise! Thanks!
Are there certain kind of products/brands that you guys would recommend for treating wry neck? I'm thinking I should have these things handy in case I ever end up with a chick that needs help. Hopefully not, but better be safe than sorry, right? I have the Save-A-Chick probiotic and vitamins/electrolytes packs, that's about it.
The poly-vi-sol, that's just something you can buy in the baby section of any store? What about the selenium? I'm assuming I would want the drop form? Same for vitamins E and B?
I wouldn't worry about teh vit E or B and the selenium, Poly-vi-sol is all you need. It already has those in it. You can overdose on vit E. Yes you can buy poly-vi-sol in the baby section of walmart, a grocery store, or a pharmacy.
I wouldn't worry about teh vit E or B and the selenium, Poly-vi-sol is all you need. It already has those in it. You can overdose on vit E. Yes you can buy poly-vi-sol in the baby section of walmart, a grocery store, or a pharmacy.
need some help. So I think the reason nori can't lay is because she is prolapsed =( i soaked her again and tried to work it and she was just prolapsing, no egg. I put some nupercainal on, it's like preperation H but better. I have heard before that any sort of "caine" is toxic to chickens
But what choice do i have... I can't bring her to the vet again. Poor thing, I hope she makes it. She's been such a trooper. Does anyone else have any suggestions?
Good news and bad news....
bad news, my wry neck chick suddenly took a turn for the worse and today I found him dead, after apparently having one of his flopping spells and landing with his head in the water and drowning himself.
good news, one of my silkies hatched 6 babies (mostly LF mixes, olive eggers, cochin crosses, wyandotte crosses) today and yesterday! She is a first time mom, and is doing very good with them.I have another broody silkie on 4 turkey eggs due next week, pics are sure to show up on here of them too when they hatch.
