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ntsmama
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| Roughly at what age do silkies get broody? |
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Gilly C
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Location: South Cumbria
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| Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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Bradders
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Location: North Cornwall for the summer Holidays
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| Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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the same time my first hen went broody  |
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JustChickens
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Location: Sussex
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| My friend used to keep Silkies, all different colour, white, gold, blue, black, etc. They were lovely chickens, apart from the cockrel which was sometimes quite aggressive. |
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Bradders
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Location: North Cornwall for the summer Holidays
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I would love some white ones but my mum says i'm not aloud them  |
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Cath1105
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Hi i am new to this site, has any one got a white bantam silky chick for sale. Used to breed years ago and would like one as a pet. Would need to be near Derby, Thanks.  |
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Gilly C
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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| You would need at least 3 they need company and with 3 and the worse happens you are not left with one on its own ! Silkies are hard to sex until 6 months good luck in finding some |
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newby
Joined: 11 Feb 2008
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Location: Dordogne
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I'm asking as a new person. I bought 2 silky hens, a gold, and a blue splash in early March. They were bought to hatch sussex eggs. I don't have a cockerel, but may get one soon. my problem is the gold hen started laying in late March and is now brooding 5 eggs, should hatch around Sunday!! But the splash, has never laid, and has shown no interest in going broody, I won't get rid of her but as an incubator she's a dead loss.  The breeder I got them from is a very experienced breeder, so I'm sure its a hen, I was amazed at the wonderful birds he has, and I'll certainly go back for a cock, he's recommended a white, as that will go with both colours. Silkies here are very much rarer in France than the UK. I would also like to ask, what's this Merens disease. |
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Gilly C
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I think you mean Mareks ? I have had Silkies for 10 years some vaccinated some not, maybe I have been lucky but I have had no problems, I have only had 1 blue hen she wasn't the strongest, didn't last long : :. I have a blue cockerel and he is fine |
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newby
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Sorry yes my finger slipped. What are the symptoms please? and what do I do about my splash hen?  |
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Kitsune
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Location: Manchester
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Typically, affected birds show only depression before death, although emaciation may be noted. A transient paralysis syndrome (unilateral leg paresis) has been associated with Marek’s disease, causing a characteristic posture of one leg held forward and the other held backward as lesions progress. Chickens become ataxic for periods of several days and then recover. This syndrome is rare in immunized birds.
From the Merck vet manual |
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newby
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| Thanks for the info. I just wanted to be forarmed. |
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~elizabeth~
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| Gilly C wrote: | | I think you mean Mareks ? I have had Silkies for 10 years some vaccinated some not, maybe I have been lucky but I have had no problems, I have only had 1 blue hen she wasn't the strongest, didn't last long ::. I have a blue cockerel and he is fine |
Actually the progression of the disease is a lot more rapid in hens. Once I'd brought the disease in (via vaccinated birds), all the hens came down quite rapidly, but the cockerel didn't show any signs for about a year after, then went into a very slow decline (gradually became listless, stopped crowing and eventually showed lameness in one foot for a few months then finally just couldn't really move so we did the kindest thing.
I went for about 5 years without any problem, but once I had it I lost the flock I'd been building up over that time. It was a really heartbreaking experience. |
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~elizabeth~
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| Kitsune wrote: | ... This syndrome is rare in immunized birds.
From the Merck vet manual |
That's interesting. When the first bird that I'd bought in started to become paralysed, I rang the breeder (a well-known exhibitor) and asked if the birds I'd bought were vaccinated. She said they were, but that stress could bring it on. In fact, she'd lost many good birds as the stress of taking them to shows had triggered it.
The remaing ones I vaccinated myself haven't shown any signs yet, they are about 4 years old now I think. I raised them indoors/ in isolation from the other birds until they were 6 months just in case. |
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Gilly C
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Location: South Cumbria
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When I say mine didn't thrive I had her for 3 years as she moved house with us only laid about 12 eggs each year though she never became paralised she was quite small though supposed to be LF and was a gift so I cannot complain I think she was just a runt  |
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