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    How do I get splash Silkies?

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    How do I get splash Silkies?

    Splash is the product of breeding with Blue color of Silkies A blue silkie bred to a black silkie can produce half Blue, half Black chicks, Blue bred to blue will give you 50% blue 25%black an. 25 % splash. Blue to splash 50% blue 50% splash , black bred to splash will give you blue...
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    Silkie colors...

    This would be considered a smutty blue. Looks to have some brien/buff leakage .
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    Silkie colors...

    Splash comes from the breeding of blue to blue, blue to splash, splash to splash, black to splash etc. but only from those color lines. Splash the feather colors are darker to lighter on the same feathers . Which dark blue to almost white are the colors. Unlike paint which would be white...
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    Are there predators who will/can chew through fairly thin (3/8") plywood walls?

    Not true at all. A dog chewed through the plywood and most of a 2x4 on my cooo. Caught in the act . So I know he did it. And not a large dog. Medium sized boxer mix. And my dog, a Pitt bull is scared to death of thunderstorms. She is medium sized dog. Well I was sick one night and was laying in...
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    EMERGENCY - CHICK BRAIN OUTSIDE OF HEAD??? PLEASE HELP!!

    Cerebral hernia. Open. But the brain is encapsulated.and skin will grow over it . All silkies have hole in skull, and brain bulges. Bigger crest, bigger bulge
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    EMERGENCY - CHICK BRAIN OUTSIDE OF HEAD??? PLEASE HELP!!

    This chick has black beak, not Cochin. Silkie or part silkie ? Vaulted skulls have hole in skull and the brain bulges.
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    MAJOR HELP NEEDED! I have a Silkie chick that has a lump on his head and cant stand up!

    Vaulted skull, perfectly normal. Silkies had a hole in their skull and that is the brain bulging. The bigger the crest. The bigger the bulge. They are very vulnerable to injury until they grow bigger. Which they can still be vulnerable to injury but they are not as vulnerable. Sometimes the...
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    Chick hatched with exposed brain GRAPHIC

    Not true at all!! I’m silkie chicks and other vaulted skull birds it happens occasionally. And people have them survive and THRIVE !! And are perfectly normal!!
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    Types of Silkies

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    Types of Silkies

    Satins are Satins, not Silkies. Satins are the product of breeding a pure Silkie to a frizzled breed, like a Frizzled Cochin. The best of their offspring are then bred back to Silkie to breed the Silkie traits back in. And the best of those offspring bred back to pure Silkie, and so on , for...
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    Outdoor Temperatures for Silkies please...

    Si Silkies acclimate to cold weather much better than hot weather. They come from the cold regions of China originally, and ha e a core body temp of 105-107 . My silkies are outside running around in the snow in below zero temps all the time! They brood year round also. And babies will be out...
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    Sizzle/Satin Genetics?

    No such thing as sizzle. First generation crosses are not even considered silkies.but after many generations . A Silkie with normal chicken feathers that are frizzled would be a frizzled Satin. And a Silkie with normal. Chicken feathers that are not frizzled would be a smooth satin. Any chicks...
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    Sizzle/Satin Genetics?

    The term us Satin! They are working to get them recognized as a breed to allow showing . Frizzled Satin and Smooth Satin Starts:(Ex) Frizzled Cochin X Silkie= the pick of this mating would be chosen and bred back to pure Silkie to get desired Silkie traits aporox f12 to f18 + . Silkies with...
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    Frizzled Silkie VS. Sizzle

    Sizzles are NOT a recognized breed. AND ate no longer being called sizzles. When a frizzled , let’s say Cochin, breeds to a Silkie hen, those off spring will be a frizzled Cochin X Silkie Cross. Not a mutt , as this is a breeding project and different breeds are used at time to Improve...
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    Help! My Rooster tried to attack me!

    Get ahold of your rooster, get him by the feet and parade him around in front of the flock with his head close to the ground. It does not hurt him, but it's a lesson on "who is the boss" after a few minutes of this, then snuggle him up close to you, with a firm grip, and pet his head and talk to...
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    HELP BABY CHICK DOES WEIRD

    If they have just hatched give them time to adjust. About 24 hours without messing with them. You can offer some water with sav a chick. Which you can get at most feed stores or tractor supply etc. if you are hatching chicks , sav a chick is something you should keep on hand. Also a little...
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    Cochin - hen or rooster? Update: Pics added

    Splash
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    Best Way to Heat? at 60 below zero!

    Deep litter method is a good way to add a little warmth, and have nice composted material for the garden in spring. Think smaller when it comes to coops , as far as sleeping area. Chickens metabolism is very high. Their hearts beat 200 plus beats a minute. With body temps over 104 degrees F...
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    a red silkie??

    No such thing, unless it's a mutt!
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