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...decisions this morning. The first is that I'm going to continue trying to keep her alive. I decided that if this chick has made it this far, she *is* fighting to live. I have seen plenty of chick deaths in my life, and it is always pretty aparent when there is no hope. I'm not saying this...

This is my thought process as well. She is able to swallow the food and her crop fills. She also is defecating, so the food is definitely able to move through her GI tract. However, I believe that her body is not absorbing the nutrients for one reason or another. There are a lot of potential...

After inspecting a bit closer I do now see her tongue. It seems small, like maybe it is half the length it should be, but I could be making that up. I do not see anything wrapped around it. It seems to be laying flat/comfortably at the base of her beak.

...I am very much an agressive minded person when it comes to medicine and treatment. However, I have the clarity to understand when an animal *shouldn't* be kept alive, as it is the continuation of suffering. I understand quality of life matters just as much as viability, if not more. I...

Curious if your little Fatima is still with us? Dealing with a similar situation myself. Chick not eating, watery stools and actively losing weight.

Update: So I noted that she is not eating or drinking on her own. I have been trying to syringe feed her, but it is hard when I have to work late. She is pretty weak, barely able to stand. I was nervous to aspirate her so I was doing small amount of raw yolk+b12 and water. Now I am saying...

Recently I hatched 19 silkie chicks from my birds. All them seem to be doing very well, except for one. This chick, about 2 days ago (They are 4-6 days old, this chick is 4 days) began distress calling. It has not stopped that I can tell. I have inspected the chick multiple times since...

I want to start by saying this idea is in its very early stages. I am not married to the idea of getting geese, but I am interested. I have chickens currently, and have raised ducks in the past. I found the ducks to be incredibly messy, mainly due to their water source, but otherwise, great...

This is such great info, thank you so much. I had no idea blue paints were a thing. I actually just produced one myself and was curious about the genetics. So basically, blue is just dilute black? So you can breed paint x blue to get blue paint or black paint? Does the black come from its paint...

Hello all, I have a silkie pullet that I bred that does not look like a normal paint. Her spots are very dilute, she looks like a blue paint. I'm wondering if anyone knows the genetics behind blue paint? My understanding with typical paints is that a bird with a dominant white gene breeds with...

Thank you for the replies! I would really like to show this pullet, so I wanted to make sure she wouldn't immediately be disqualified.

Does this silkie pullet have split wing?

I have 4 silkie pullets available. 3 blue and 1 black. All very sweet. I believe the 2 older blues (under 1 year) are laying but the younger 2 should be by this year. 1 - breeder quality blue hen. 5 toes, blue ears, good comb. Asking $100 obo 2 - pet quality blue hen. Has a comb defect, but...

Hello all, I am a hobby breeder of silkies who has been on hiatus until this year. I've been letting my girls do all the hatching for a while, but I'm ready to get back into it. I'm looking to buy a new incubator, because I really struggle to clean the ones I have. Currently I have an...

As far as I know, they’re from the same line; I bought all of them from the same man. The only thing I can think of is that the eggs I incubated moat have been mostly from one duck (my first layer), or, my 3rd duck has started laying and I haven’t taken notice yet!

...I always have and always will assist chicks that need help, and this is the first time I’ve ever had an issue in how much I assisted) I was *very* surprised to find twin ducklings in the 2nd egg I opened. They were fully formed, albeit small (half the size of a normal newly-hatched baby...

Yes! I haven’t had ducklings (or ducks) since I was about 10 or so, so these ducklings are the first babies I’ve had in a while and I forgot how much I love them!! They’re so soft, they don’t feel like they have bones LOL I agree, I was semi-disappointed in the color definition of their beaks...

Hello all! I’m SUPER happy to announce that I just hatched my second batch of ducks ever! It went slightly better than last time, with a 50% hatch rate vs 33% (Ducks are more challenging for me to hatch thus far!) With my first batch (also Welsh Harlequins), I began to try and sex them, but...

So my one experience with the Nuture Right was not great, but I also bought mine when they were first coming out, so that may be why. I felt like the egg turner was EXTREMELY jolty, to the point of possibly damaging embryos. It’s been so long that I can’t remember everything I disliked about...

I kept humidity with my Coturnix Quail the same as my chickens, 45-55% at incubation and 65-75% at hatching. Haven’t had any issues yet. Not sure that it’s supposed to be very different from chickens