the silkie slickers

[PioneerChicks]

Hi, whenever I have a chick with pasty butt I use a q-tip and run it under warmer water and try to clear the vent. If its really stuck, I use small scissors to remove the poopy feathers which I feel is safer since you are not pulling at the feathers rather you are trimming them. After the vent is clear, I put a thin coat of Vaseline on the chicks vent area so the feces can smoothly come out. An additional measure I do is also give the chicks SAV-A-CHICK Vitamin solution in their water. In general if you have a chick with pasty butt offer it some sort of electrolyte. Hoped this helps and good luck!

Thank you! I'll remember this info!

 

[Silkie2005]

Here's my current silkie. Used to have 3, 1 white showgirl, a blue, and a splash. The blue died unexpectedly and the other 2 (which went to someone else while I moved)drowned in a duck pond. Hopefully I can get a couple more silkies in the future. Love them.

So cuteeeeeeeeee!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

 

[18awesomechickens]

Oh, I'm so sorry about your losses ones. Hugs!

Thank you, miss my girls lots. Though I'm supposed to be getting 3 silkies soon so yay!

 

[Silkie2005]

Thank you, miss my girls lots. Though I'm supposed to be getting 3 silkies soon so yay!

Silkies are amazing!

 

[18awesomechickens]

Silkies are amazing!

Yes they are! My show girl silkie 'momma' was such a great broody I had a muscovy hatch under her when she and my two ducks all sat on the same clutch of eggs.

 

[drumstick diva]

They are great broody mamas. Sometimes a silkie Roo will even keep eggs warm while mama takes a break.

 

[18awesomechickens]

They are great broody mamas. Sometimes a silkie Roo will even keep eggs warm while mama takes a break.

I've heard about that before! That's why I want a couple more silkies. I may even get a couple to hatch quail eggs when they go broody.

 

[PioneerChicks]

I've heard about that before! That's why I want a couple more silkies. I may even get a couple to hatch quail eggs when they go broody.

Yes, me too! I'm going way ahead of my self, but I want my silkies to try hatching other kinds of poultry eggs. Anybody else also have the problem of counting their chicks before they hatch?

 

[18awesomechickens]

Yes, me too! I'm going way ahead of my self, but I want my silkies to try hatching other kinds of poultry eggs. Anybody else also have the problem of counting their chicks before they hatch?

I had one hatch a muscovy. She and 2 ducks were all sitting on the same clutch and wish momma was still alive so she could hatch all these different kinds of poultry for me but maybe one of the new ones may be a good broody too.

 

[536320]

Hope someone can help me here. What can I give my one silkie to calm down a bit? She started to get aggressive when broody by climbing on top my other hen and pecking her head. The other hen then screams. She pecked some feathers out her head and behind her eye it was swollen a bit and red, but it looks better now. I had to separate them now.