when slw are chi is I can tell by wings 90% of the time but they can only be between 0-3 days old becuz the wigs grow so fast. There after your jus have to watch them as they grow room tend to be more curious? And will chirp alot. And some mes bossey. And if ts the crests as they mature in any...
I have a partridge silkie rooster and a white Silkie and I have a female not
yet sure what she is but she is part silkie. I dont have any pictures of the partridge silkie but i do of the gray female Isabow, and of my white silkie rooster named snowball. as you can see Isabow raised some...
I tried earlier this spring to hatch my own chick but it didn't work in a incubator, I did all the right things, heat temp, water temp, moister temp. candling, but didn't work, then I went to a farm/animal swap at Farm and tractor supply, Love the store, anyhow i picked up a white silkie, that I...
I had 5 SLW I got them last year 2012 for Easter, I had guessed 2 males and 3 females from feather's, and then later I was right the males get their crown, and beards, before the girls. and as in SLW well they didn't really get their tear drops till they where allot older. that shows up later...
One thing I do remember about my SLW is that both of my Males got their crowns, and beards way before the girls. it seems the girls are slower in that area.I hope that helps some..
I have 3 hens, and a rooster that have been together since they where very young, they are all the same breed silver laced wyandottes, and a Year old.
I just purchased a silky bantam, smaller, and she's Grey, and very gentle, and louder when she talks, I also got a 6 week old silky white, for...
I have silver laced wyandotte I have 1 male and 3 female when they are under 3 days old. I guessed and looked on you tube, and got it right i have never had chickens before all new what i learned is the females if you pick them up and kinda hold them like a baby kitten and their leg hang down...
I have a broody hen but I also have 2 other hens they all lay their eggs in a rabbit hutch inside their barn she is a broody, after reading about them in your blog. she goes out to eat then right back in. and my rooster goes nutts looking for her, you would think at this point he would know shes...