What can you tell me about these silkies?

Thanks, she is a cutie! We will definitely get more silkies in the future.

I'd say hold them as much as you can.

I really hope mine look like that when they get big, I love all the fluff. They almost don't even look like chickens. Do you ever fluff her any or is she just naturally fabulous? lol I feel like mine are going through that awkward stage right now, they remind me of ostriches lol! Their little booties are so floofy tho!
 
I don't know how to start a new thread using a phone on here so I will just ask here. What breed is my precious Silva?
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Nope, she was an ugly duckling too. Lol. And you can see the beards don't really come in until later.
And she came to us with curled feet, we weren't sure if she was even gonna make it. All fixed now. She's even fatter and bigger than our other silkie.


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I don't know how to start a new thread using a phone on here so I will just ask here. What breed is my precious Silva?
I do not know what breed you have, but I did have that same problem with starting a new thread from my phone!!! If you are in the forum you want to post in, there is a little bar that looks like wood at the top of your screen and on the far right hand side it has a little box with an arrow, click it and a new window will slide out with some options. I took you some screenshots because it took me forever to figure that out!!



 
I do not know what breed you have, but I did have that same problem with starting a new thread from my phone!!! If you are in the forum you want to post in, there is a little bar that looks like wood at the top of your screen and on the far right hand side it has a little box with an arrow, click it and a new window will slide out with some options. I took you some screenshots because it took me forever to figure that out!!



Oh thanks! I am on my laptop again now and I know how on here. Now I can save the pic of Silva onto here and make a new thread to ask again.
 
Nope, she was an ugly duckling too. Lol. And you can see the beards don't really come in until later.
And she came to us with curled feet, we weren't sure if she was even gonna make it. All fixed now. She's even fatter and bigger than our other silkie.


omg you give me hope lol!!! Her color is so beautiful. These were the only colors the guy had left. I am going to go back in the spring and get first dibs on some awesome ones tho. I find it really hard to tell looking at pics on the internet whether or not the two I have are bearded or not. The difference must be so subtle that my noob eyes can't detect it! I'll get some better pics later tonight, maybe someone can help me figure it out!

I had another question tho.... my larger chick just started last night doing some weird things with his head. I googled and found several posts describing exactly what my chick is doing, but no one ever really got an answer and never provided an update. He is doing this weird head movement.... almost like he is trying to get water out of his ear like a swimmer would. He does it a lot when he drinks, and instead of getting a drink like normal he pecks at the water, its really odd and I have never seen it before in any of the chicks we have had. All the posts were about silkies, and I did not specify silkies in my search, so its making me wonder what the heck is going on. I am slightly worried, but he acts normal otherwise. Is he gonna be ok or should I really be worried?? I might video it if he is still doing it tonight, it really is odd.
 
Oh thanks! I am on my laptop again now and I know how on here. Now I can save the pic of Silva onto here and make a new thread to ask again.
You are welcome!! I literally looked for like 20 minutes trying to figure it out lol!! I was starting to think it wasn't possible when I finally found it. You have a beautiful chicken tho!! Love the iridescence!
 
omg you give me hope lol!!!  Her color is so beautiful.  These were the only colors the guy had left.  I am going to go back in the spring and get first dibs on some awesome ones tho.  I find it really hard to tell looking at pics on the internet whether or not the two I have are bearded or not.  The difference must be so subtle that my noob eyes can't detect it!  I'll get some better pics later tonight, maybe someone can help me figure it out!  

I had another question tho.... my larger chick just started last night doing some weird things with his head.  I googled and found several posts describing exactly what my chick is doing, but no one ever really got an answer and never provided an update.  He is doing this weird head movement.... almost like he is trying to get water out of his ear like a swimmer would. He does it a lot when he drinks, and instead of getting a drink like normal he pecks at the water, its really odd and I have never seen it before in any of the chicks we have had.  All the posts were about silkies, and I did not specify silkies in my search, so its making me wonder what the heck is going on. I am slightly worried, but he acts normal otherwise.  Is he gonna be ok or should I really be worried??  I might video it if he is still doing it tonight, it really is odd.


That is really weird. I've never seen it myself. Maybe the silkie experts in the breed section?

Yeah, they are cute and it takes them longer to feather out, but don't worry, they get super cute before you know it.
 
That is really weird. I've never seen it myself. Maybe the silkie experts in the breed section?

Yeah, they are cute and it takes them longer to feather out, but don't worry, they get super cute before you know it.
I will go post over there and see if anyone knows, thanks!!
 

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