Silkie thread!

[B J Hopkins]

Not necessarily but it's not worth the gamble. Cross beak can become life threatening and you will have a ' special needs chicken.

http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/03/scissor-beak-aka-crossed-beak-what-it.html

Thanks for the reply. I read the article from the chickenchick.

 

[sonderah]

I'm so sad! I have a sooo pretty blue Silkie about 2- 2 1/2 months old with wry neck. Him and a 5-6 month old GL Polish both started this the same day. They live in separate areas, and I just started buying a different feed 3 bags ago. So I'm thinking that is the main issue. I've been doing the vitamins/electrolytes and all, but the Silkie doesn't appear to be getting any better! I'm thinking its a boy, which I don't have any Silkie Roos, so The Polish pullet still has the small "tremor" like issue, but is doing much better. Eating and drinking on her own now. I'm fixing to put her back with her flock. Should I grab another Silkie his age to put with him so he's not lonely?? Or would he be better off alone?

 

[Fancychooklady]

I'm so sad! I have a sooo pretty blue Silkie about 2- 2 1/2 months old with wry neck. Him and a 5-6 month old GL Polish both started this the same day. They live in separate areas, and I just started buying a different feed 3 bags ago. So I'm thinking that is the main issue. I've been doing the vitamins/electrolytes and all, but the Silkie doesn't appear to be getting any better! I'm thinking its a boy, which I don't have any Silkie Roos, so The Polish pullet still has the small "tremor" like issue, but is doing much better. Eating and drinking on her own now. I'm fixing to put her back with her flock. Should I grab another Silkie his age to put with him so he's not lonely?? Or would he be better off alone?

It depends on the extent of the wry neck, so long as there is no likely hood that having a friend in with him will not cause injury to him. Otherwise you could put him where he can see the flock.
Change the feed , check that the container is airtight and out of direct sunlight. Humidity destroys the essential vitamins and minerals in feed. See that your entire flock gets the vitamin supplement.
Electrolyte s aren't that crucial but thiamine B1 and niacin B6 are so check the label to see that they are covered . The fact that your polish is recovering is a good sign, it may just take the silkie a little longer.

 

[GulfCoastChick]

Oh how I miss my beautiful white silkies. We moved and gave them, with a heavy heart, to a local farm. They were the sweetest girls and they had us trained when it came to giving them lettuce treats in the early afternoons.

It was a hoot when they would peck at the back door to come in for visits.

We plan on getting more silkies and would need help from all you folks on where to purchase them.

Our silkies came from a farm twenty miles south of us and we were not happy with those conditions and were happy to remove the silkies from his farm.

I live in southwest Florida.

Thanks for any help.

Kathleen

 

[sonderah]

It depends on the extent of the wry neck, so long as there is no likely hood that having a friend in with him will not cause injury to him. Otherwise you could put him where he can see the flock.
Change the feed , check that the container is airtight and out of direct sunlight. Humidity destroys the essential vitamins and minerals in feed. See that your entire flock gets the vitamin supplement.
Electrolyte s aren't that crucial but thiamine B1 and niacin B6 are so check the label to see that they are covered . The fact that your polish is recovering is a good sign, it may just take the silkie a little longer.

Thanks. I always have just kept the feed in the bag! Maybe that's the issue, I need to put it in a container! :/
Update: He has started eating & drinking on his own again, so I'm taking this as a good sign for him! He has to work hard with his head all twisted around I'm sure, but he seems determined! Yay!!

 

[Fancychooklady]

Thanks. I always have just kept the feed in the bag! Maybe that's the issue, I need to put it in a container! :/
Update: He has started eating & drinking on his own again, so I'm taking this as a good sign for him! He has to work hard with his head all twisted around I'm sure, but he seems determined! Yay!!

Humidity depletes any vitamins added to the feed , so yes a good clean garbage bin with a clip on lid will suffice.
If you have some nutri drench you can put a drop directly into the beak as well as adding into the water .

 

[Sylvester017]

Thanks. I always have just kept the feed in the bag! Maybe that's the issue, I need to put it in a container!

Update: He has started eating & drinking on his own again, so I'm taking this as a good sign for him! He has to work hard with his head all twisted around I'm sure, but he seems determined! Yay!!

With only 3 hens currently in our little cottage backyard we have resorted to buying our organic feed in smaller bulk and refrigerating it so that heat and air don't attack the integrity of the feed. We'll have 5 hens total next Spring but will continue buying in smaller quantities to keep the feed rotated fresher hopefully!

Hope your little guy gets better!

 

[FoxholeFarm]

These are the first two of three flufferbutts!

Their names are Didi and Gogo. I need to band them so we can tell them apart. They have different voices, but that might change as they get older.

 

[dstinett]

Would you consider this guy to be bearded or not? There are small tufts on each side. His crest is also small. I have a pretty bearded hen to put with hi.

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[Caitlin_VT]

Would you consider this guy to be bearded or not? There are small tufts on each side. His crest is also small. I have a pretty bearded hen to put with hi.

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I would say not bearded as you can see his wattles.