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Hi I have what appears to be l think a blind Silkie. I did live with another roo for 3-4years along with 5-6silkie hens but they started fighting and my poor Silkie boy came off worse so l immediately separated them and cleaned him up. Kepted the Silkie boy where he was and moved the Pekin boy...

Hi all just wanting to know what everybody uses to keep the feathers healthy and skin flake/dry free.

Help!! I've a young hen who has recently gone down hill very quickly. She is lethargic, losing weight rapidly, dark green poop, picking at eating. She is in the house now under a hot water bottle to keep her warm. Keep tempting her with alsorts to get her to eat. She's passing dark green poop...

My poor silkie boy has started with a respiratory infection, bunged up sinus. Treated with VetRX which worked very well and seemed to be on the mend. He is eating/drinking and responsive. A couple of days ago his eye swelled up very quickly....abscess?? I've FNA and nothing. Do l try lance...

Hi Advice wanted please if anyone can help. I've only just noticed my 3 yr old Roo has different coloured eyes. His eyes have always been the same colour, anybody know why this might of happened?? Eyes normally Orange now 1x Orange and 1x Lighter Orange/Yellow.......jaundice?? :( Many thanks...

Hi Wonder if anyone can help me with breed and colour of these chicks. I bought them at auction as a mixed bantie box. I think some maybe LF but thats okay. Am a Pekin/Frizzle/Silkie girl so am stuck on these. I know two are Silver Laced Wyandotte but the rest???? Many thanks :0)

Hi Please can anyone give me any advice. I haven't come across Mareks disease and l dont want to but l have only one silkie that is showing some kind of disease. ..Mareks?? The rest of the chicks are fine. I incubated 16x eggs which had silkie and pekin. All hatched which was great!!! It was a...

Hiya Any advice would be great to help my roo who is 7mths old :( He's a pekin frizzle bantam, on good quality layers pellets, scratch in a morning and maybe a treat in the afternoon. He has 17 other chucks to socialise with which are free range in a very big penned space with plenty grass...

Hi Am looking for loving homes for 15 chicks that are 4wks old. Unrelated Pekin Cockerel to my Pekin Girls or Silkie Cockerel to my Sussex girls. Hatched naturally Easter week. Ive Pekin, Pekin x Sussex. Silkie x Sussex or Pekin. Lovely little bantams chicks that like cuddles and hand...

Hi All I need some help......Ive two chicks that are 10wks and 7wks, these two need tobe introduced to 15x 5wk old chicks so that they all live in the bigger chicken coop. I don't know whether to just pop em in or todo it at bedtime or even when they are all getting something yummy to eat...

Hi Please could anyone give me advice on sexing my chicks. Ive looked on the net and spoke to different people. Many say if the chick is Golden its a girl and if its Pale Lemon in colour its a boy.....is this true? Also the redness of comb and wattles which sometimes I find hard and the signs...

Hooooo please can somebody give me an idea what gender this cheeky chick is. Am hoping the chick is a pullet therefore I've called her Isabella (don't think it'll work tho) She has the swept hair on her head but her feathering seem rounded. What else can I look for??? Not sure about her comb...

Hiya All Please can anyone help .......Ive two broody hens sat on 16x eggs which are 7days old. Ive candled some very quickly which are fertile but my problem is they have nested in my Peking house which means id have to house the Pekings in the other house but then they would be two...

Hi Please can anybody tell my what colour my Roo is? (Hes a Pekin Bantam) I bought him well he was 1 of 6 eggs and I asked for Light Sussex Bantams and out popped a Pekin Bantam, he was the only one to hatch. I love the Pekins now and he is one of my favourites and naturally I have humanised...

Hi all My broody Sussex has been sat on one egg for 20days now, I think they is somebody in it! How long after 21days should I leave the egg for her to sit? Also she's in a nest box in the main coop, once the chick hatches(fingers crossed) will it upset her if I move her to a coop of her own...

Hi all Ive just signed upto BYC as am really getting into my chick's, its a new hobby I started last year by hatching eggs that I bought and incubated them and now my girls are laying. One hen, Saphina seems to lay more and she started first, now she is broody and has been sat on one egg for...