Posts by Debbienmousey

Beautiful birds! Great price on the Silkies. Wish I were closer, I would snap those Silkie pullets up!

These boys are half Silkie and half Wyandotte OR half Silkie and half mutt. Good temperaments, usually sweet when handled but some are a little flighty to catch. I also have a pretty black one with a white head and neck, along with a...

Thanks for the help, Sonoran. That definitely helps to clear up some things.   I was kind of wondering a bit about the food thing. I know I've never seen my Silkies LOOK like they have a full crop, like my LF smooth feathered...

Thanks chickendales!   I'm definitely going to bathe and blow dry them. I'm thinking Thursday or Friday for their bath, probably Thursday so that they have plenty of time to re-oil their feathers and everything but hopefully...

I’m planning on exhibiting my first birds(Silkies) at the Monroe, Georgia, show on October 20th. I am super excited, but this will only be the second show I’ve ever attended, and though I’ve read so much about showing, I still have a...

Hi all, so sorry I haven't updated you guys, just been busy with stuff and taking care of these babies.   First off, thank you SO much for the replies and great ideas. I truly appreciate it. Welasharon - Thanks for this...

Gallo- Thanks for posting that info. I had just read that first link when searching for canker on here. Very interesting, but neither of those seem to be like what my babies have.  However, I did have a hen a year or two ago that...

I've added electrolytes to their waterers today. I wish I could take them to a vet but I don't know of one around here that treats chickens. Everybody I've asked has said "no". Any particular kind of antibiotic you would recommend, ...

I'm sure I will Shayna, I can't wait to see them when they're adults, though I'm loving them as babies of course :).   Hope nobody minds me posting this here, I also make a thread about it in the emergencies/diseases section,...

On Sunday (the 23rd) I noticed my almost four-week old Partridge Silkie baby "Nutmeg" was holding his mouth open, and it looked like he had something stuck in it, like a piece of wood mulch or mud. When I caught him (He lives outside...