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    Partridge Silkies - Nothing else

    Hinotori- Thank you, I hadn't thought of lavender but you may be right on mine- she was hatched from shipped eggs but they did have a lavender roo among others and I got a champagne and what may ? have been a lavender splash roo (that found a new home long ago) from the same batch. Something...
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    Partridge Silkies - Nothing else

    This was my lightest partridge, my avatar.
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    Tennessee

    Okay, chickens gone. A nice lady from Watertown took them all. I'm sad but when I start over I know so much more about what I want, both in terms of birds and how to set up a chicken house/ run system. In a way it might be kind of liberating to start totally from scratch. Or that's what I'm...
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    Faverolle or Sultan?

    That's true, Connie A. Purebred silkies (the bearded ones at least) have enough beard to be recongnizable as chicks. My faverollle didn't look so muffy until she grew real feathers. So back to some kind of silkie cross as my first guess.
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    Faverolle or Sultan?

    Iv'e never owned a sultan but I've owned faverolles and silkies. It could well be either an off color faverolle or some kind of silkie mix. My money is on silkie mix. You loose most or all of the silkie fluff in the first generation outcross and mixes can have any colors skin and legs. Silkies...
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    Tennessee

    Sorry about that- but quoting me above might be confusing for some -I, jashumbert, am still trying to sell mine and my dear husband thinks our chickens are mine to do what I want with but he pointed out it would be hard to carry chickens cross country and find a place right off where I can have...
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    Do Barnevelders and Orpingtons get along?

    I definitely think those breeds can co-exist but I think how they are raised and introduced is at least as important. Ideally you get them all as same age chicks and let them grow up together. If not, you get the smaller group first and add the other group as soon a possible carefully to be sure...
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    Partridge Silkies - Nothing else

    We will be renting at first until we find the place we want so it probably isn't practical- but I'm heartbroken all the same. Oh, well if there is one thing I love it is hatching eggs and I'm keeping the incubators and will get going again when I'm settled. I know a lot more than I did the...
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    Silkie sex

    Yes, in the US. It took me a few years to get going. I started with silkies from the feed store about 6 years ago and I gradually kept working my way up. I orders shipped eggs several times from good breeders. Some hatched, some didn't. It takes time to get what you want- or even to learn what...
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    Silkie sex

    Looks like a girl for yours but not 100% sure yet. So the fluff only tail is a good thing- closer to the standard. Depending on how old she is it may fluff up a bit more- nor not. You can see the waddles at bit but I think that's common in males and females without a beard. Mine are bearded and...
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    Silkie sex

    Show quality silkies shoud just have a big poofy butt with no hard feathers just fluff. It is common for males to have a few tail feathers but not ideal. None of my girls have any tail feathers at all just fluff. The first girl is 3 months old and the other one is grown hen.
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    silkies in clarksville, TN

    Thanks, I will.
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    Tennessee

    I'm in Clarksville, TN and just found out unexpectedly that we are going to be moving across country in a couple months. So I'm going to have to sell my silkie flock and start over when we get settled. I've got 17 birds. Five 1-3 year old hens- all show or good breeding quality and all laying...
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    Partridge Silkies - Nothing else

    Sorry for delay- just getting back- huge issues- just found out we are going to be moving cross country in 2 months. I've just gotten my silkies were I want them and I'm going to have to let them go and start over once we are settled. I have 17 silkies. I have five 1-3 year old hens who are...
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    silkies in clarksville, TN

    I've been doing silkies for years but just found out we are going to be moving cross country in a couple of months. I don't want to but I'm going to sell my whole flock and get started again once we get settled and find a place. I have 17 silkies. 5 hens between 1-3 years old -all laying well...
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