So they're awkward and dirty but the silkies are officially better and no longer sick. It took several weeks and a lot of care but they made it through their cold, partially due to @jasonhenza rushing some natural medicine from the states for them.

So what to do with a sick silkie or baby chick?

There's an all natural product in the US called VetRx that chicken owners swear by. I had no access to that and had to take things into my own hands. The entire purpose of the VetRx is to help clear up the symptoms long enough for the birds to fight the cold naturally. So all I needed to do was try and find things to help with their issues from natural antibiotics like raw garlic to black pepper.

What I did without it was this, black pepper in the water. Yes, you read that right. It worked wonderfully as a decongestant. It'd take a silkie that was gasping for air to one that only sneezed every so often and it worked by making them sneeze out the stuff clogging their windpipes. I also gave them several chest rubs a day to help move around the stuff in their chest, it seemed to work.

Eventually I started adding garlic powder, black pepper and ground ginger to their food which seemed to stimulate their appetite. By the time @jasonhenza got here with the VetRx they were only sneezing once in a while. They also had plugged noses that needed wiped off several times a day.

The way colds work with chickens is just to keep them strong and happy through it and I did a surprisingly good job. We were always adjusting the climate for them to keep them comfortable from taking them outside during the day for fresh air (in a small one bird enclosure) to the chest rubs. I'm happy to say I didn't loose either of the over expensive chickens and they spend their days being feisty little chicks. They chat up a storm and have stolen my heart.

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