Silkie thread! - Page 2147

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Originally Posted by Sweetpeeps 

Here are my silkies (9 weeks old today) from McMurrays. It was so hot again today, I had just given them some sweet corn from the fridge. Sorry it is mostly of silkie butts!

You chicken rainbow is wonderful!

Even with all this heat the "kids" (12 and half weeks old) took themselves inside tonight - all but 2 anyway. And curious to hear several of them talking like adults all of a sudden today. My babies are growing up!!

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Originally Posted by ThaiChick 

Something just killed one of my pullets in broad daylight. Her head is missing.

Oh no!! I'm so very sorry....

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Originally Posted by Sweetpeeps 

Looking at Bluewhoo's picture, the three buffs look like Silkies to me; the black one some other breed. 4hchickmamma, what are you seeing that I am missing? I  agree with Whittni, they do look like hatchery silkies, especially in comparison to some of the wonderful show stock I've seen here. I may be fairly naive, but would the hatchery really sell mixes as Silkies? Thanks for educating me, I appreciate your experience and value your input.

Hatcheries birds can often come back as not what was expected.  As day old chicks, it is hard to tell if something is purebred or not.  I have a hen that I bought off of someone for $3 because I wanted a laying hen that she bought as a buff orpington from a hatchery...It certainly isn't.  It is more than just poor quality too.  Everyone I have showed it to thinks it is a buff plymouth rock not an orpington, or maybe a mix.  They ship birds out and produce birds in such mass quantities it is hard to be 100% accurate at all times.  I could be wrong, they could be just poorly bred/hatchery stock silkies and not mixes.  The pic is so small it is hard to tell.  I'm pretty new to this too.  So I'm learning as I go as well!

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Originally Posted by ThaiChick 

Something just killed one of my pullets in broad daylight. Her head is missing.

Oh Thai so sorry how devestating, I have a very sick americauna pullet and trying to decide to put her down or let nature take it's course.  It is my first flock and the first very sick bird.

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Originally Posted by ThaiChick 

Something just killed one of my pullets in broad daylight. Her head is missing.

I'm so sorry. Its always terrible to loose a feathered friend. I lost one of my good white silkie pullets tonight to something, I think it was a raccoon.

We had a near miss today. My son's cat "Pinky" is my Hero! I had just pulled a bunch of onions from the garden, and headed in the house to call my neighbor to see if she wanted some. The chicks were happily playing in their pen outside. One of my sons ran in and told me that a hawk landed and tried to get the chicks and Pinky saved them and jumped on the hawk and chased it away!!! She is only about 9 month old. I wish I could have seen that. (these pictures are from a week or 2 ago of Pinky watching the chicks)

Love you Pinky!!!

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Originally Posted by littlecritters 


The buffs look very much like fluffy versions of Buff Orpingtons, including the typical "fluffy butts" of a BO. The black looks like a Black Australorp. These birds look to be mixed breeds, and may still turn out to be nice as they mature. BTW, BO's and Australorps nice egg layers.

Oooh...now that you say that....they DO look like BO's.  Fluffy ones with feathered feet!  I think they are kind of cute...they just don't look like show birds.  Mixes are awesome though!