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I hatched a silkie showgirl five days ago and her leg appeared to be splayed. I hobbled her like I normally do for spraddle and splay leg. The next day, I unbanded her to check progress and it was not any better. In fact, the hip joint was swollen and it appeared that her leg was twisting out to...

This is my baby Jude. I hatched him myself about two years ago. I purchased the eggs online from a Silkie farm. He had a sister who looked like a straight silkie. But Jude…well he’s unique. He has the whole five toe thing but to me, he looks nothing like a Silkie. From his coloring to his...

I hatched 12 eggs from one clutch, but one just is not pipping. I don’t know if it can’t reach the outer shell. I can see movement inside the air cell, but it has been that way for over 24 hrs. What do I do?!?!? All the other chicks hatched over 36 hours ago. This is day 23 almost 24 for this...

My two year old silkie hen is acting really strange. She has been laying nonstop for about two weeks. Today, she is hiding behind the coop. I go pick her up and everything looks fine. Bright eyes, red comb, no discharge anywhere. Poop is darker than normal but regular other than that. I check...

I hatched four chicks from two different farms at the end of April. They were a week apart and my first hatched chicks acted like normal chicks and still do. The last two are both very attached to humans, to the point where they prefer to be out of the brooder and held, cuddled, napped with. I...

I have four eggs that have all pipped as of 6am this morning. It’s almost 11pm and none have started zipping. They look pretty dry and membrane is separating from shell in pipped areas. I’m concerned about those but this egg pipped in the middle of the egg. The egg has movement so I know the...