Silkie thread!

[PaintedFeathers]

I have a question I have a flea problem in the broody pen house and I have martins viper insect dust I got from the feed store would it be safe to use around the babies to dust bathe in my poor little silkie baby has fleas around her eyes and comb it's not a massive amount though please help!?

Are you sure it is fleas and not black mites?

 

[sheeshshe]

I think my splash hen Lucia, broke her leg!!! I can't figure out where the break is and what do I do?

 

[NOLA Chicks]

I think my splash hen Lucia, broke her leg!!! I can't figure out where the break is and what do I do?

Have you checked Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures? I wish I could help but have no experience in this area. I hope things work out well for her.

 

[NOLA Chicks]

Checking in with a couple of updates from my little farm aka my backyard.

Yipee!!! My first Silkie hen (or hen of any kind for that matter) who laid her first egg on the 7th has gone broody with 12 eggs in her nest!

I'm relatively confident the eggs are fertile. I cracked her 1st two eggs - one was definitely fertile, the other I wasn't sure about. The roo is black and hen is blue. Both are from Bobbi Porto so the chicks should be gorgeous if everything goes well and they hatch. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Next is more of a question about the coop Stormey is in. It is a predominantly open pen with 1/2" hard cloth floor and walls. There are a couple of paneled areas to protect against weather and wind. The pen sits 4" above a raised wood deck and her nesting box is a milk crate with hay in it. All-in-all, everything is open or has holes - the milk crate on hard cloth raised above a raised deck. I'm worried about her being able to keep the eggs as warm as she needs to with no solid surface underneath. Should I slip something under the crate/nest to help hold the heat?

 

[PaintedFeathers]

He is such a freaking ham!

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=224773931009762

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

He is such a freaking ham!

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=224773931009762

Love the flapping!!!!!

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

Can you guys help me sex this splash? Its almost 7 months old now, and I still have no clue. I thought it was a pullet for a long time, but now its looking more boyish. Still has tons of pin feathers in its crest, feathers on its middle toes are still coming in and check out those cape-like hackles. No comb, though it is wide. This ones father also had a big bonnet crest and was really slow to mature, but not this slow Any insight is much appreciated

 

[NOLA Chicks]

Can you guys help me sex this splash? Its almost 7 months old now, and I still have no clue. I thought it was a pullet for a long time, but now its looking more boyish. Still has tons of pin feathers in its crest, feathers on its middle toes are still coming in and check out those cape-like hackles. No comb, though it is wide. This ones father also had a big bonnet crest and was really slow to mature, but not this slow

Any insight is much appreciated

Looks like a pullet to me. Pretty girl.

 

[Kaybug137]

Are you sure it is fleas and not black mites?

what do black mites look like these little things are brown and hard to get off

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

Can you guys help me sex this splash? Its almost 7 months old now, and I still have no clue. I thought it was a pullet for a long time, but now its looking more boyish. Still has tons of pin feathers in its crest, feathers on its middle toes are still coming in and check out those cape-like hackles. No comb, though it is wide. This ones father also had a big bonnet crest and was really slow to mature, but not this slow Any insight is much appreciated

I have a working theory going on Silkies. The boys tend to have a defined straight line from the start of their tail poof. The girls tend to arch up toward their mid back when looking directly over them. I have been 100% accurate with birds 4mo and older.