Recent content by Amyu8388

Yes, vents in the eaves covered by hardware cloth also a pop door/vent at the back and adding a fan in the back wall to pull air through on really hot days...I'm in Ky so it gets a bit extreme here heat wise. We're starting work on the inside...some kind of roost, poop shelf...the silkies are 8...

Oh, and we will be adding a roof, in the meantime it will be heavy bird netting... they'll be locked in coop at night

Almost done with our coop and run...I'm loving it so far. My husband and I have been working on this after work and on weekends for a couple of months now. We have dug and buried the hardware cloth all around and then topped with huge rocks. Still have to finish the run door and a bit more...

It's that couple of seconds right at the start of the video

I have 11 2 wk old silkie chicks...I hatched them myself and purchased the eggs them from an awesome well known breeder. I intend to reach out to her and ask ifs she's seen this behavior before but you all our my saving grace and always so helpful. I noticed this head weaving a couple times...

Thank you! Yes it's a God send to have a loving and caring community to turn to in times like these! And yeah, he looks like half a chicken, poor guy! I should've mentioned in the original post the trick for getting him to take his med willingly.. I stuffed the tablet in a grape(which he...

Wanted to provide an update...my big boy is doing well...I had him on a course of amoxicillin for the 7 days following the attack and alternated bluekote and veterycin(still using the veterycin). Most of his feathers have came through, hoping he grows back his beautiful tail(he had just...

No, I'm getting some today for myself...cough cough...I don't know what else to do, I can't take him to the vet and I can't wait for something to ship to me...you may have luck going to a fish store/pet store or calling around to some to see if they have the fish-mox or aqua-mox. Sending...

Alright, will do...thank you

Ok, so I was unable to get pics, cause he was so freaked out and I was trying to be quick...I sprayed everything down with vetyricin and he does have a pretty deep gash, I laid a strip of Neosporin in his big wound and put it everywhere else I could manage. He's messing with his feathers back...

I will try to post some pics and a bit of an update tomorrow when I have light. He is locked up and safe for now...I did get him to eat some scrambled eggs off of a plate I held up to him. The goofball still jumped on his roost, I wish he would just lay in his straw but I'm sure he feels safer...

Thank you, we now have him in the coop, I'm going out to inspect him, pretty sure he has a pretty deep gash which I'm gonna attempt to flush with saline and coat with Neosporin and then see about getting the antibiotics, thank you for your help

Anything I can do for his pain?

Okay, I have vetyricin and Neosporin, do u think I should try to get some antibiotics to prevent infection and if so is there a way to get them without going through a vet?