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4/29/12 at 6:27am
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One of my new babies, can you believe shes only 8/9 weeks old!?! 
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My beautiful girl Ginger 
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Licorice - 6 month old black pullet

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one of my grow out kids - this one is about 10/11 weeks old

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Some of mine all out free ranging - They are just lounging about 

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They are so beautiful. I would set out there all day just to watch them. I just started with my group. I have 2 x 3 week old white. I call them Butter and Popcorn since they look like popcorn popping when they run around. I also got 5 from a hatachery. Two I really like. I diffently want to expand into so nice BQ maybe SQ silkies. Yours are just so pretty and fluffly.
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post #17402 of 35376
4/29/12 at 6:46am

Derpin' with my new friend over here ;) lol

 

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No, I don't wear that expression on a normal basis, hahaha xD

 

Just painted my room last weekend, though! Like?

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post #17403 of 35376
4/29/12 at 7:28am

 

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I got my first pure red silkie yesterday with her 8 chicks. Only went to get a couple of chicks but saw her and the babies and fell in love with them.

I was told that the chicks are pure red also but half seem a light yellow and the other half are dark. Im not worried though i love them all the same

 

Im looking forward to reading the thread to get some tips

 

 

Welcome to Silkie Addiction!! yippiechickie.gif And I can certainly see how you fell in love with that beautiful girl and her babies!

Lovin' Life to the FULLEST! I adore my little Silkies and Showgirls! 2 rescue swans, a tribe of guineas and numerous other rescued critters, including my Livestock Guardian, Tony Llama...YES! I live on a farm! Praising God daily! 

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Lovin' Life to the FULLEST! I adore my little Silkies and Showgirls! 2 rescue swans, a tribe of guineas and numerous other rescued critters, including my Livestock Guardian, Tony Llama...YES! I live on a farm! Praising God daily! 

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post #17404 of 35376
4/29/12 at 7:46am

I have always wanted a silkie but it had been more of a dream really but my husband saw her and he said thats the one were having. he doesnt really take much notice of the chickens we have but even he fell in love with her.

Im new to keeping them so i just hope i do the right things.

 

May i ask what sort of enclosure you keep them in as my other hybrids are in an enclosure which is like a mud bah at the moment so dont want to put them in something like that. Thik i may have to steel a bit more of the garden and make them there own

 

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post #17405 of 35376
4/29/12 at 7:55am
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Ooh another question that popped into my head... If indeed peaches is a boy. Is there a need to be concern that he'd fertilize nugget? Haven't seen any mating rituals but then again i'm not outside 100percent of the day.... Peaches or Pit shall we call it lol is going to be 4 1/2 months is that too soon for a rooster to be able to fertilize a hen... We dont no surprise fertilized eggs ... I haven't sold the whole baby chicks hatching to my husband ... Hence we'd have to return.... hmm.png

 

in silkies you typically don't see the boys wanting to breed til about 6 months, some a bit earlier, some don't act boyish til almost a year old. 

If you collect your eggs every day, you'd never even notice fertilized eggs. It takes 3 days of 80-90 degree temps before development is readily noticed ( that small spot on all eggs even store bought will have a really defined circle, bit a tiny bit bigger and have some tiny veins) on a yolk of a cracked open egg.  It takes 21 days for a chick to hatch, so even with a roo as long as you don't pop eggs in an incubator or let a hen go broody on eggs, you won't have to worry about chicks or anything. 


Thanks... I'd really like to wait to see if peaches roo before having to see her go... Is it usual to see a boyish girl? I've seen some really girlish boys.... Typical on average when do silkie Roos crow... We had a cochin batman and a frizzle who started around 3 months but I know from reading silkie Roos develope much slower....

By the way scared.. Your feathered babies are beautiful!

Mama of a GreeneBean, a BlueBerry. A Plymouth named Henny. A Sizzle named Nugget. Silkies Named : Cupcake,& Muffin. Polish top hat: brulee. A poodle named Lu. A Schnauzer named Carson. ;

 

I'VE BEEN BITTEN BY THE SILKIE CHICKEN BUG

 

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Mama of a GreeneBean, a BlueBerry. A Plymouth named Henny. A Sizzle named Nugget. Silkies Named : Cupcake,& Muffin. Polish top hat: brulee. A poodle named Lu. A Schnauzer named Carson. ;

 

I'VE BEEN BITTEN BY THE SILKIE CHICKEN BUG

 

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post #17406 of 35376
4/29/12 at 7:57am

Thanks everyone for the compliments of my birds. I love them love.gif I am so happy with this years bunch of my own breeding, bought eggs, and bought birds. I now am faced with how to thin out my beautiful growouts...I went from 50 to 25 that was so tough! lol 

 

and yes that cutie 1st picture is a 2 month old, that bunch hatched Feb 22nd making her 9 weeks I think. Shes a big baby too, the other 3 I got with her are just as big, but shes by far the prettiest of the bunch. lol (shhhh don't tell the others) 

 

Heres pictures of my eye catching boy Sherbertdroolin.gif I just love him!  love.gif

 

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post #17407 of 35376
4/29/12 at 8:21am
Boo I'm sad... The more and more I look at peaches she looks like a Pit (roo) sad.png streamers are becoming more evident... And i've notice a difference in stance...he she holds her wings lower... Is that a typical thing for roosters? Or do some pullets hold their wings low? Now I got to figure out if I wait to hear her crow (get even more attached) or just settle with that she's a he and let her go....

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Mama of a GreeneBean, a BlueBerry. A Plymouth named Henny. A Sizzle named Nugget. Silkies Named : Cupcake,& Muffin. Polish top hat: brulee. A poodle named Lu. A Schnauzer named Carson. ;

 

I'VE BEEN BITTEN BY THE SILKIE CHICKEN BUG

 

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Mama of a GreeneBean, a BlueBerry. A Plymouth named Henny. A Sizzle named Nugget. Silkies Named : Cupcake,& Muffin. Polish top hat: brulee. A poodle named Lu. A Schnauzer named Carson. ;

 

I'VE BEEN BITTEN BY THE SILKIE CHICKEN BUG

 

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post #17408 of 35376
4/29/12 at 9:33am

 

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Ooh another question that popped into my head... If indeed peaches is a boy. Is there a need to be concern that he'd fertilize nugget? Haven't seen any mating rituals but then again i'm not outside 100percent of the day.... Peaches or Pit shall we call it lol is going to be 4 1/2 months is that too soon for a rooster to be able to fertilize a hen... We dont no surprise fertilized eggs ... I haven't sold the whole baby chicks hatching to my husband ... Hence we'd have to return.... hmm.png

 

in silkies you typically don't see the boys wanting to breed til about 6 months, some a bit earlier, some don't act boyish til almost a year old. 

If you collect your eggs every day, you'd never even notice fertilized eggs. It takes 3 days of 80-90 degree temps before development is readily noticed ( that small spot on all eggs even store bought will have a really defined circle, bit a tiny bit bigger and have some tiny veins) on a yolk of a cracked open egg.  It takes 21 days for a chick to hatch, so even with a roo as long as you don't pop eggs in an incubator or let a hen go broody on eggs, you won't have to worry about chicks or anything. 

 

 

Somebody needs to inform my Elliot ( <---- avatar) of this fact. He is barely 5 months old and VERY determined. I'm going to have silkied Black Copper Marans pretty soon because those crazy ladies actually squat for him and let him try. Oy!!  wink.png

Working hard in Canada with Bearded Silkies (White, Blue/Splash, Porcelain), B/B/S Ameraucanas,  and Black/Blue Copper Marans

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Working hard in Canada with Bearded Silkies (White, Blue/Splash, Porcelain), B/B/S Ameraucanas,  and Black/Blue Copper Marans

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post #17409 of 35376
4/29/12 at 9:36am

 

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Somebody needs to inform my Elliot ( <---- avatar) of this fact. He is barely 5 months old and VERY determined. I'm going to have silkied Black Copper Marans pretty soon because those crazy ladies actually squat for him and let him try. Oy!!  wink.png

 


Oooohhhh...I think I'd love a silkied BCM.  Hmmmm....I'm picturing a black silkie with a coppery breast that lays chocolate colored eggs....(In reality you'd probably get a regular feathered bird that lays light brown eggs wink.png)

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Enjoying my 10-acres of country heaven with 50+ chickens, turkeys and muscovy ducks!

 

Read about my fox attack here

Read a fox attack survival story here

How to build a hoop house in 10 easy steps here

 

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post #17410 of 35376
4/29/12 at 9:46am
Okay so my daughter wanted nuggets eggs for breakfast...she just started laying laying one every other day.... So I had them stored in the fridge.went to crack 2 (the oldest eggs) and they appeared to be fertilize! A definite bulls eye! hmm.png if I put the other two back in the box would she sit on them.. Did I ruin them by putting them in the fridge? Is that my sign that peaches is definitely a roo... ? Is it even possible ? Think instead of cracking more eggs open gonna go put the two back in the basket til you guys tell me otherwise.

Mama of a GreeneBean, a BlueBerry. A Plymouth named Henny. A Sizzle named Nugget. Silkies Named : Cupcake,& Muffin. Polish top hat: brulee. A poodle named Lu. A Schnauzer named Carson. ;

 

I'VE BEEN BITTEN BY THE SILKIE CHICKEN BUG

 

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Mama of a GreeneBean, a BlueBerry. A Plymouth named Henny. A Sizzle named Nugget. Silkies Named : Cupcake,& Muffin. Polish top hat: brulee. A poodle named Lu. A Schnauzer named Carson. ;

 

I'VE BEEN BITTEN BY THE SILKIE CHICKEN BUG

 

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