CUTE!
I will say that I have been "Mixing Up" my back yard flock for years and every so often I get a surprise.
I hatch a dozen or so if my own eggs every year to fill spots left from loss to predutors or older hens no longer laying eggs.
I get a chick with a top hat, fifth toe, feathered...
Every summer I put almost all my houseplants outside on my deck. They absolutely LOVE it and green and grow like crazy.
Last week while watering them I noticed a plant (Suculent) had flowered. I've had the plant 3 years and this is the first time it flowered.
It had a tag that said "Lovely Lady"...
If it was me, I would get some medicated chick starter ASAP.
Your silkys are not meat birds and the formula may differ.
also I would put some chick booster in the water.
The pasty butt can be normal, but what temp is your brooder?
Chilling may be a factor?
I've had similar rooster problems in the past.
I had a rooster dislike a "crowing hen" once.
I had a rooster be brutal with a speckled sussex hen because she had a larger than normal stand up comb.
I had a rooster good in all ways except he viscously peck any other bird that tried to eat next...
wingless arthropods known for their ability to jump using a specialized appendage called a furcula. They are often found in damp environments and are generally harmless to humans, though they can become a nuisance when they appear in large numbers.
Do you have fake eggs in your nest boxes?
No need to buy the expensive ceramic ones in the farm Stores.
I use golf balls.
Some people use those plastic eggs for kids at Easter, filled with sand and super glued closed.
Rocks shaped like eggs.
Anything that will make it appear to the hens that...
I agree, the chicks should be fine now. They may call for her but will soon forget about their dependence on her.
I once had a hen loose interest in her chick when it was 3 days old. Not good!
My expierence is that all my white, pied, and Grey all were taken by preditors and only the pearl survives in my group.
Not because they were less hardy, but because they were more visible targets.