Silkie thread!

[chikincrazee]

sagersilkies :

Brody's Broodello :

sagersilkies :


Ty but is that what u think is wrong with the blue silkie

Had the exact same thing before, with one bird. No others sick just her. So I would try it, can't hurt unless you don't hold the bird upside down.

Ya the blue silikie was the ony one with tha weird stuff around its nose and its gone now cause they broke and left blood but some of my other birds are sneezing that's about it but do u know what this is called​

Because you live in Canada it will be really hard to find any antibiotics to treat your birds with,,,,,shipping is always super expensive too ...I use to live in Ontario so I know how hard it is to find meds without having to go to the vet all the time....Jeffers will ship some of their stuff to Canada as will Twin Cities Poultry Supply..i think sometimes you can get find the odd thing at your feed store but not often..try phoning a vet and see if they would give you anything but if you dont have a farm vet the cost will be very high...your little bird needs some medicine or he will just get worse.. tylan 50 or 200 is used on pigs so a large animal vet would have it....good luck and get some help...Chris​

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

sagersilkies :

Brody's Broodello :

sagersilkies :


How do i cure it and no what to get if i don't know what it is

You can flush the the nostrils with a Gallmyicin flush. You can get the directions from Peter Brown on how do this. This is what he recommends for infections in the nostrils.

Ty i just got to figure out where to buy it and won't that dround him​

Call your local feed stores. Pet stores also carry erythromycin (same thing as gallimycin) in the fish and bird sections. Most feed stores carry tylan 50, and it can be used as a nasal flush, also. Gallimycin cannot be sold OTC in California; not sure about any other states where it is restricted. I would not wait for a mail order; get to the store now. Mail order is useful to have things on hand BEFORE a bird gets ill, but are usually too slow once one IS ill and time is essential.​

 

[peepblessed]

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You can get most anything with the white hen as white may hide lots of colors. So much depends on the color genes your silkies have in their back grounds. The chicken color calculator says you will get half blue and half black with the buff and blue cross. There are some real experts on this thread. Hopefully they will see your question!

Well white hen came from a breeder who only bred and raised white for over 5 years so she is pure white then? white going back for at leased 5 years. Well I will wait and see I guess. Im hoping for some interesting colors so DH has to let me keep em. If they end up black they are going a CL as I have 3 black I am already trying to rehome to make room for other colors......

You all know chicken math.....
DH said 2-3 then I brought home 8 (had to raise em to get the best ones

)
then I found my 1st silkie... Got rid of all but 3 egg layers
Bought blue silkie hen
Bought new bigger coop on CL !!!
DH said 7 chickens total and NO MORE
found Ideal Poultry
Ordered 14 silkie chicks n 2 layers (had to raise em to pick out our favorite ones)
traded 6 silkie chicks for a laying white silkie hen.
sold a couple more silkiie chicks
Currently:
5 layers (3 Barred Rock and 2LF Light Brahma)
9 silkies (1 blue, 3 dark blue/black, 1 white, 3 splash, 1 buff roo)
3 eggs under broody blue
........

Waiting for chick season to start cause I have my eyes on some colors.......


DH said NO MORE.... Yet I got him to start working on a small coop ("to sell"

) 4'x4'x5'
I have plans for a breeding pen of project color silkies for next summer. 1 roo 2-3 hens. So I need to decide asap as I will need to get chicks goin soon so they could be laying by summer. And I can be on my way with eggs by the end of summer.
Thinkin paint roo over buff hens? or Pure White roo over buff? or buff roo over lav/self blue hens?

Any color mixing ideas you had but weren't able to try?

I have heard this sad chicken math story soooo many times......

I haven't done any breeding yet. Still working on my chicken math!

 

[Christie Loves Silkies]

I have a question, if one of my new girls start laying how many weeks will take for her to choose to go broody?

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

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it depends, not all silkies do go broody...most will. usually they wait a few months, however I have experienced personally and know others who have had a pullet lay for a week or two then go broody. I also had a pullet who hadn't even laid yet and laid on a nest of eggs....it just depends on the individual bird. I have 1 silkie who is 2.5 years old now and shes never gone broody, but her 3 hatchmates all went broody by 7 months.

 

[Christie Loves Silkies]

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it depends, not all silkies do go broody...most will. usually they wait a few months, however I have experienced personally and know others who have had a pullet lay for a week or two then go broody. I also had a pullet who hadn't even laid yet and laid on a nest of eggs....it just depends on the individual bird. I have 1 silkie who is 2.5 years old now and shes never gone broody, but her 3 hatchmates all went broody by 7 months.

Thanks for the info

 

[mshuey1]

Thank-you Three Cedar silkies. I get my babies this wk.

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

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Indeed...they should be there Thursday, hopefully in the morning. The were on the last truck out of Gainesville this afternoon at 5:45.

 

[mshuey1]

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Indeed...they should be there Thursday, hopefully in the morning. The were on the last truck out of Gainesville this afternoon at 5:45.

I get so nerves when my babies get shipped out:/ must be a mommie thing

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

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Indeed...they should be there Thursday, hopefully in the morning. The were on the last truck out of Gainesville this afternoon at 5:45.

I get so nerves when my babies get shipped out:/ must be a mommie thing

I know what you mean, my first ever shipped adults are off today and should be here thursday morning....We can be nervous together. lol