Silkie thread!

[Fancychooklady]

Well she is not very good quality I know that. You can ask lacrystol but the pen that its parents were in was all caged up and both its parents had 5 toes and everything. It has 5 toes and is about the same size as the other ones. It body is half black. She does have showgirls in her line, could that have given her the coloring? 

I wouldn't be too disheartened, I have had a couple of silkie chicks hatch with pink skin. By the time they were 3 weeks old the skin had darkened. True blue silkies are often hatched with 1 or more pink toe. It will just be a matter of ' wait and see'.

 

[andreacroyle]

Well she is not very good quality I know that. You can ask lacrystol but the pen that its parents were in was all caged up and both its parents had 5 toes and everything. It has 5 toes and is about the same size as the other ones. It body is half black. She does have showgirls in her line, could that have given her the coloring?

I dont understand why it matters. I keep reading the threads about The "different specs" the breed. does "good quality" matter for health purposes or breeding purposes or is it just for showing??

 

[Fancychooklady]

I dont understand why it matters. I keep reading the threads about The "different specs" the breed.  does "good quality" matter for health purposes or breeding purposes or is it just for showing??

Serious breeders endeavor to breed as close to the SOP as possible. They usually have to cull many birds to attain this quality. Backyard breeders are usually happy with a bird that is recognizable as a silkie but may carry undesirable traits/faults. It's much the same in all aspects of life. There are the purists and then there are those who don't really give a hang.

 

[Suzierd]

I am absolutely brand new to silkies....and chickens. 
I decided to buy 3 silkies at an animal auction last week.   It was fun but I will never do it again, because you dont get to handle the birds before hand, there are hundreds of birds all in one place, I didnt know until after I had bought the birds that chickens can get and spread illnesses so easily and you have no idea where you get them from. 
So I did it backwards, I bought birds and then started research.  wrong move I know.   

I ended up with two silkies that are sneezing. they have been staying in my garage separated from the others. one silkie rooster that appears to be healthy besides a little bit of lice and 3 OEB hens that also appear to be healthy. 

I had no idea that chickens get sick so easily or I may not have gotten any of them. I am hoping for advice. 

The more I read, about chicken illness, the more I seem to be confused. 

I am hoping someone can give me some advice with their experience. 

1. I brought 7 birds home separated by cages but in the car together. a 1.5 hour ride. 
from everything I have read, it seems like since the two were sneezing, everyone else is going to end up diseased or sick. 

I put the sneezing silkies in the garage, but my property is small and if it is something viral, than I dont see how just separating them is going to help. they are 10 feet from the other birds just inside the garage. 

I started all the chickens on sulmet (in water) and put a cool mist humidifier with ACV in front of the sneezers. 
i am careful not to over mist them. 

I the black silkie stopped sneezing within two days but the white chicken is still sneezing and has a little mucus on his beak.  

I was lucky enough to find out who the breeder was of these two and got her number. i told her the next day that her birds were sneezing and she said "that is the problem with auctions, they can catch anything".  from what i have read, they would have had to of been sick before she took them to the auction. I am thinking about giving her back her chickens since she said she would take them. however it is a 2 hour drive to her house (one way) 


what do you guys think?  did i infect my whole flock with these two sneezing chickens?  no one else is showing signs (so far)   

should i attempt to mend them and hope they arent ->carriers<-  ?   

i have read that it is very hard to diagnose respiratory infections. 

what should I do? does anyone have experience with this? 

also....
how do you guys keep the  poo off the feather on the feet? 

I would take them back! ASAP! Disenfect everything and watch and wait, hope for the best. She knows she has the disease in her flock there is no vaccine to cure respitory disease. Very sorry your dealing with this. Handle and feed the sick birds last be aware you can carry it on shoes and cloths.

 

[andreacroyle]

Serious breeders endeavor to breed as close to the SOP as possible. They usually have to cull many birds to attain this quality. Backyard breeders are usually happy with a bird that is recognizable as a silkie but may carry undesirable traits/faults. It's much the same in all aspects of life. There are the purists and then there are those who don't really give a hang.

people cull birds just because they dont look right?

 

[andreacroyle]

I would take them back! ASAP! Disenfect everything and watch and wait, hope for the best. She knows she has the disease in her flock there is no vaccine to cure respitory disease. Very sorry your dealing with this. Handle and feed the sick birds last be aware you can carry it on shoes and cloths.

thanks, that is what i have been basically doing. it has been a week. i leave them in their cage and try not to touch anything and wash my hands and the feeders after. isnt there a culture or something they can do?

 

[Regin]

Paint trio.

 

[Fancychooklady]

people cull birds just because they dont look right?  

Cull doesn't necessarily mean kill. Many will sell them out to ' backyard enthusiasts ' with the explanation that they are not ' breeders '. Unfortunately they are usually bred anyway .
The breed needs to be preserved and that will be left to purists.

 

[18angovem]

Ok, thanks! I just wondered if anyone had seen that color before. It is just so weird.

 

[LittleRedCoop53]

Quote: I have heard chicken owners don't visit other chicken owner/ go in their chicken yard. I've seen signs "stay out if you have chickens too" .... smart