Silkie thread! - Page 1834

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Originally Posted by sager:)silkies 

hey everyone i have a question about silver partridge silkies how can u tell there silver partridge and not just a black with the silver partridge in it plzz fill me in

no one :(

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Originally Posted by marlo1968 

My silkie hen, Friend, was attacked by a dog yesterday.  She died in the middle of the night.  She was a splash silkie.  Going to miss her - she was sweet and docile little girl. 

 So very sorry!

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Originally Posted by ScaredOfShadows 

I went picture happy on the youngsters! Sorry! 

 

 You've got some "wow" partridge!!!

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Originally Posted by HEChicken 

I'd say its a cockerel but I don't think its a silkie mix at all.  Perhaps a Sultan mix?  They also have 5 toes and crests.  Those pink legs and toes, along with the pink skin at the head don't look like they have any silkie influence at all.....

Doesn't look like it has a whole lot of sultan to me.......... the foot feathering isn't quite right; sultans shouldn't have that kind of a comb (mine don't, and I am 99% certain at least one of them is a boy) and then I don't see any vulture hocks.  Here's what mine looked like at 2 weeks:

That being said, if he's mixed, it's hard to say what the outcome will be, because you never (or at least I don't, lol) know what's going to show and what's not. Mine have the really crookedy beak, too. Fwiw.  Mystery chicks can be fun, or they can be aggravating, for sure!

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Originally Posted by ScaredOfShadows 

I went picture happy on the youngsters! Sorry! 

 

I only have 4 shorwgirl eggs left for lock down..will know by Fri..if I get any.   I want showgirls..I want partridge..I want, I want!!

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Originally Posted by Cynthia12 

I only have 4 shorwgirl eggs left for lock down..will know by Fri..if I get any.   I want showgirls..I want partridge..I want, I want!!

ur not the only one we all want i still want more silkies lol i pretty much want every color variety which my goal is pretty close i already have white,black,buff,grey,self blue,partridge and columbian silkies all i need know is paint silkies which still could be awhile yet as they are hard to find and some splash silkies and maybe some blues ill be overrun with chickens 

im i the only one that wants most colours of silkies 

3 times Blue Silver Partridge all 3 on groundcolor "eb" based on Silver "S" diluted by 1 dosis Blue "Bl"

but with different additional genes giving them different phenotypes :

            eb S Bl Co cha                                eb S Bl Pg                                   eb S Bl Pg Ml cha

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Originally Posted by ChickensXOXO 

 

Yes, it is.

Is it cheaper and does it adsorb the poop and smell better?

I love sand!!!! In my case it's free as I have a dry riverbed on my property but it's wonder for silkies. They are always clean. Never any mud or smell and I feel like it keeps them disease free and external parasite free. I mix in DE in there bedding and dusting holes.

Wow that sounds great. Currently I'm using wood chips but we did just have some mite problems (thankfully all cleared up now).

I think it would be rather expense for me to buy though.