Recent content by Subie19

Hi there. I have a 6 month old roo doing the same thing. What ended up happening with Pedro's leg?

Our 6-7 month old Silkie Roo started limping the other day and now is fully not using one leg. I have examined it several times and cleaned his feet but don't see any sign of any injury. He is alone, with no other chickens or animals, so no possibility of fighting another chicken. I am very...

ended up taking a 3 to a friend so it all worked out!

Thanks. We will keep 1 or 2 but we specifically wanted Silkie's so may rehome a couple of them. Our set up is capped at about 10 chickens so we're intentional with what we were trying to get.

Wow, this is 100% the type. Just looked up a baby chick image. I knew something was off. Can't return them :(

We recently bought 4 Silkie chicks from a tractor supply type of store. They are 1 week old. The chicks only have 4 toes and their skin is yellow. Questioning if these are actually Silkie's? New to the chicken life and didnt really inspect them when the employee boxed them up. I have 3 other...

I am in Central FL. It's 61F right now, high will be 73. Low last night was 57. A bit windy today. Enjoying this before the brutal heat comes.

Hi! I am new to the chicken life. We have 1 rooster who is about 6 months old (Partridge Silkie) . His hen passed away about 1-2 months ago from a chest infection that we could not get rid of. He has been alone and we recently got a mix of chicks, some are 4-5 weeks old and other 1-2 weeks old...