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Also, a hack that @Wyorp Rock told me about when I had to give one of my gals Amoxicillin is to take the amount you need and put it in a small amount of coconut oil, mix it up and freeze it. When it is time to give it to her, just take a coconut oil "pill" to her. You have undoubtedly found...

Sorry about your hen. Might she be picking through the feed and eating only the sunflower seeds you put in there? Chickens are like children - if you give them a choice, they will only eat the junk food and leave all the nutritious stuff behind. That being said, yellow urates, barring...

I have never used that, so I can not speak to its efficacy, but the idea is to cleanse the @Eggcessive make sure that is not would be maggot on his vent and make sure to check that daily. Flystrike can come on pretty quickly and the results are quickly horrific. Hopefully, he will heal quickly.

Smart to find and separate the culprit. Sometimes a simple separation will be enough to put the separated bird down a notch or two on the hierarchy scale. Chickens are constantly vying for top spot whether we see it or not, sometimes it is simple, sometimes more outlandish. I have never used...

Poor baby - hope she recovers quickly. Use a saline flush and follow up with terramycin ophthalmic ointment. You can usually get that at Tractor Supply. If you can't get it you can use regular neosporin without pain killer. Probably 2x daily. If it develops pus in the eye - you will need to...

It doesn't look too bad. Have you rid him/his environment of mites? That would be my first order of business. For him, I would cleanse it with clorhexidine (you can get it most anywhere) - be cautious with it - it is sold super concentrated. You will have to dilute it before you use it. I...

Sorry she didn't get better. Hope everyone else stays well!

This is what I use. I pay up for the non-gmo simply because I wouldn't want to eat that stuff so I don't feed it to my chickens. I also buy the crumbles so that when I have baby chicks I don't have to go get a special feed for them, but they do have the same in pellet form. I watch Chewys for...

The first time my chickens molted it freaked me out. I had one that was almost naked beak to toes. Then I had others that only lost a few feathers and still others that lost in patches that completely fell off in one area and when those were growing back, they lost feathers in other areas...

Worms are parasites. I know that different meds treat different worms so it is not a one-for-all type situation. Your vet may be able to answer that or perhaps a search her on BYC for canker treatment.

Can't see it well in the pics. Does it give off a bad odor? https://www.chickenvet.co.uk/oral-canker

Also, what is their regular feed? Feather picking/eating can be a sign of low protein diet.

Has she or is she possibly molting?

I hope she continues to get better. Please know that neither peroxide nor vetrericyn is an antibiotic. She will need the antibiotic ointment stave off infection. It is also necessary to keep the wound moist with the antibiotic ointment so that it can heal properly. ❤️

Only use an peroxide solution once; using it multiple times will thwart healing. What is better is clorhexidine solution - you can get this almost anywhere, but TSC has it. PLEASE read the label - it is sold super concentrated and you will have to dilute it to use it. Clorhexidine has...

Your rooster is fighting the others because he wants all the girls to himself. Are the other roos just now coming to age and b/c of that are now a threat to your silkie roo? How many girls do you have? How many roos do you have? What is their environment like - coop/run - size hiding spaces...

Have you tried to make a mash out of her regular chick starter feed? I think she would do better if on something specifically formulated for chicks at her age. My chickens absolutely go nuts for their regular crumble mashed up. I simply wet the feed and make it mushy. They also love poached...

Sorry for your losses. She is obviously in extreme stress. I would treat for that; warm, dim, secure space, sugar water or electrolytes in the water. Make sure she is drinking. I personally would take her out of the compost bin and bring her inside in a warm, dim spot. Then, if you cannot...

Vetricyn is good for cleansing. Triple antibiotic will thwart infection. You can used the in conjunction with each other, but definitely keep the wound moist with the triple antibiotic a couple times a day.

You might want to check out each of your hens. If fly eggs are that close to the egg, they may also be on her. If they start hatching, they will start eating whatever is near, including your hen. That is really bad. Search flystrike.