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Hi everyone, we're excited to be here. We recently bought a hobby farm in New Brunswick Canada, and chickens are our first "farm animal". We originally had 15 chickens but lost 8 recently to a surprise fox attack .. severe lesson learned! Our survivors are a bresse rooster & 2 hens, 3 barred...

Thanks for the links .. these are our first silkies and any info is greatly appreciated. We too find their little feathered feet somewhat problematic as are their numerous toes .. we dip their feet in warm water occasionally throughout the summer & dry the feathers with a soft towel just to...

Okay great .. we cut out the cracked corn as well. They only get the crumble feed .. 20% now. We don't have them on oyster shells but will go to the feed store in the morning. We were giving them eggshells but we learned that oyster shells are what's required. She's about 6 mths old but not...

Thank you for your reply. Our little silkie was attacked by a much larger bresse rooster, prior to that she was a very healthy girl. The treats of tomatoes and lettuce was very minimal, 1 thin slice of tomato between the 2 silkies and a handful of shredded lettuce, but we have cut that out...

Thank you so much for your reply. We have given her the vitamin E and complex B also at another member's advice, thank you. It seems to be the general opinion for this type of damage from our bresse rooster. The corn, lettuce etc we were offering was only very small amounts, a small percentage...

No I have never given them oyster shells. I went to drug store today & got the vitamin E 400 IU & the Complex B. I'm hoping she can swallow the Vit E .. the only ones they have are Gel Caps. I'll also get oyster shells .. we have a feed store in town. She's not laying yet but I'll get them...

Thank you so much for your kind advice and knowledge. I'll hold off on the treats and continue with the 20% all flock crumble that she's on now. Should I also cut out the cracked corn? I'm not sure if that's more of a treat or a requirement. I'll try to get pix of her eyes as well. My husband...

My silkie hen has been attacked twice by our bresse rooster. My hen has now developed quite a "head-wobble" & "head-bobbing" kind of movement. I also suspect she is now blind. I brought her and her close friend, a silkie rooster, into our house after the second attack & have been observing her...