Silkie thread!

[Cynthia12]

Photo overload! I am now wondering, if my white one is a girl. I've been thinking boy, but the comb isn't real big..looks big in the photos now that I posted them..I parted the feathers apart for the photos. And the top isn't that swept back. Three months old a couple of days ago. Still no crowing, but it's sibling started crowing at the age of a month! I know that's unusual. But happens. This little one could be either, I don't mind..I was kind of hoping for a boy, but, if I get a blue boy out of the younger ones..that would work..with my paints, and my splash.




It looks wide, but no pink really. Poor baby hurt it's nose. :/


Side view of the head and tail


LOL..stink eye! Poor nose. It is healing real well though.


The sore nose doesn't show up as bad from afar. Thankfully. Hope when the scab comes
off, it will look fine.

 

[subhanalah]

Photo overload! I am now wondering, if my white one is a girl. I've been thinking boy, but the comb isn't real big..looks big in the photos now that I posted them..I parted the feathers apart for the photos. And the top isn't that swept back. Three months old a couple of days ago. Still no crowing, but it's sibling started crowing at the age of a month! I know that's unusual. But happens. This little one could be either, I don't mind..I was kind of hoping for a boy, but, if I get a blue boy out of the younger ones..that would work..with my paints, and my splash. It looks wide, but no pink really. Poor baby hurt it's nose. :/ Side view of the head and tail LOL..stink eye! Poor nose. It is healing real well though. The sore nose doesn't show up as bad from afar. Thankfully. Hope when the scab comes off, it will look fine.

that looks like a peck mark. I would watch them to see who is bullying this one.

 

[emvickrey]

I posted about an older hen that has eggs hatching has wry neck. I've been giving her a multi-vitamin. Yesterday I was told to give her vitamin E. So I went on a search for them and found a whole bottle of the gel tabs. I just gave her one. I cut off the tip and squirted it in her mouth. I did move her and the now 3 chicks she has to the old trough I use for mothers with babies when it's cold outside. Today her head is under her breast when she is resting. When I moved her she did bring her head up but she still has a "kink" at the base of her head. When I gave her her babies and remaining 2 eggs she went back to tucking her head under her.

Does anybody know how long the vitamins will take to get her back the way she is suppose to be? For the next few days the chicks will stay under her and as long as she don't move they will be fine but when she starts showing them food and water she will have to be able to get around. I didn't think of it sooner but she probably isn't drinking and her food bowl had the same amount in it that it did yesterday. They have both been right in front of her.

As soon as I send this I'll go down and give her some water by pipette to make sure she don't get dehydrated. It's in the 80's today.

 

[emvickrey]

I got water down her and then moved the water and food close to her and she ate and called the older chick out to eat as well so she's fine on that. I just worry about her neck

 

[subhanalah]

Could you make her some sort of neck brace? Lol. Will she let you massage it?

 

[emvickrey]

She will let me pet her so I'm sure she will let me give her a neck massage as long as I'm not grabbing at her like when I give her the vitamins.

 

[Suzierd]

Then check it's butt for a split on the top of the anus! If there's a split? That's usually a rooster!

Now lets see how many correct me on this one! ROFL! I'm old school folks! Had to figure it out on my own as I went along!

TC

Do you have a pic of that? Lol . Just kidding

 

[Suzierd]

I believe they were in a pen! Checkout her story! Click on the link I pasted on my post!

TC

I thought I read that she lets them out.

 

[Suzierd]

It's head feathers do look spikey and another I noticed is the side tail feathers! Does your larger silkie have those smooth feathers at the side of it's tail. They are almost touching the wing tips in the last picture here! I just can't get over the size difference in these two being the same age! Only if he'd stay tiny and sweet I'd say send him my way!

That's his Dad behind him, he loves to help raise the chicks.

 

[Cynthia12]

that looks like a peck mark. I would watch them to see who is bullying this one.

There is only one other bird in with this one..it's a bantam cochin, they get along!