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I have an auction going on thepoultrybid.net for a hand painted ceramic plate with a Beautiful D'uclle hen. I found this a few years back at an antique store. Thought maybe someone with a passion for D'uccles would enjoy it :)...
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I have a friend that has a bunch of free ranging chickens along with a few guineas, but has been having problems with the guineas being very mean to the chickens, even to the point where the chickens stay in constant hiding. Is there any possible way other than just to...
Sometimes silkies will get "leakage" in their hackles which is just off coloring, not solid coloring usually just ticking, for example black's sometimes will have gold leakage in the hackles. Hope this was of some help :)
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The first thing that I would do is definitely make sure that this is the breed that you're going to want to stick with. I know that several breeders have told me that Sebrights are VERY difficult to hatch and raise and in order to win have to be just shy of perfect.
Once you find a...
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From the way you formed your question its almost like you don't really want them. I don't suggest anyone choose a breed just because a bunch of us lunatics are addicted to the breed.
Most of us have 50 or more Silkies. That right there says they are no harder to care for than any other...
My silkies usually start getting them in the fall when it begins to cool and then usually they go away in the spring, but I don't know it this is the same case for others. When I notice some mites I give them a couple squirts with Adam's Flea and Tick spray and they go right away,
In my opinion silkies are not any harder to take care of. You just have to watch for mites as they LOVE to hide in all that fluff, and if you're showing just have to keep their feathers in condition. But as far as just having silkies go, they aren't very high maintenance ...........IMO anyway
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Is it the lighting in the pic, or does she have silver in her hackles and wing?
The off coloring is just from the lighting she has no leaking or anything.
More than likely it will do anything more than just make things worse. If I were you I would just find a large crested silkie and cross them with that, and just because one of the parents has a large crest does NOT mean all of the offspring will.
Crossing with a different breed will do nothing...
Looks to be maybe a partridge or just some calico mixed color. I would have to say prolly not a splash. All of my splashes look like a grayish to white color at this age. Partridges usually have a little more brown though, maybe a blue partridge
In my opinion, I think that some of the breeders with multiple breeds still have nice stock and still pay attention to the quality of their birds.
But' then again some of those mass producing breeders are strictly in it for the money and don't care one bit about what their birds look like...
I have a bantam hen that I have had for 4 years now and every egg that she has laid is like this, either really thin shell or no shell at all, just the membrane. She gets oyster shell just like the others but hasn't seem to change at all.