My flock of silkies hated the layer pellets and they had to smash each pellet into the ground to crush up before they are it:/ made me feel bad so now all I feed them is the Crumble and I mix some scratch in with it:) they love it. I would say just try different things and whatever your silkies...
Oh wait:/ I believe they are called Silkie Show girls actually and not naked necks right? I don't really know haha all I know is that she is a Silkie w a naked neck :) and I wonder...can they get sunburned? I saw some little skin peeling from her tiny neck today lol
I hatched my little naked neck out from an egg I purchased from a breeder in Santa Clarita, Ca, to get naked necks I suppose you cross a Silkie with a Turken (a naked necked breed of chicken)and you are left with a Silkie with a naked neck lol I'm not familiar with the breed at all, this little...
This is my little runt named Smidge, he is 3 wks old already, can any of you guess what color he may end up?? His dad is a Porcelain Silkie and his mom is a pure black Silkie. He's a creamier color than my grey/black chicks that I have(they will be Blue/grey as adults...
And this is a pic of my...
Congrats on your first hatch:)! Your babies are so cute:) The chicks I have are 3 pure silks 1 tiny naked neck, 2 barred rock americauna mixes and 3 americauna Silkie mixes. They all are completely different sizes and all hatched a day apart from each other:) they all live together in an outside...
Thank you:) lol he just came out of his tiny egg and I said aww it's a little Smidge and it just stuck:) love the name Smudge too:) I received my showgirl egg from a breeder in Santa Clarita Ca and Smidge the grey one is from my chickens, I usually hatch out chicks that turn into Blue grey...
I'm familiar with the color blue splash but this rooster has very dark black splotches and patches all over so does that mean he would be considered a different color altogether? And if I breed him to my black hen, according to the blue chart they would just hatch out blue babies? :D just curious
first time outside today:} it was adorable to watch:> I'm officially obsessed! Haha. Our rooster was on high guard! Even sounded the alarm when the shadow of a big butterfly was overhead lol!!
Hello:) I'm in Southern Ca in the Santa Clarita area about an hours drive from you, I occasionally have chicks. All the ones I currently have now are sold :/ But I also know of another breeder right here near six flags and she almost always has chicks, she has all different colors and even...
Lol true. I forgot to mention if you use your kitchen sink or anywhere in your home for that matter, be sure to thoroughly sanitize/bleach the area used :>
sorry for the poor picture quality but I'm wondering what you all think this little guy will feather out to be when he grows up...he has a Black Silkie mom and a Porcelain Silkie dad. All the chicks we've hatched out so far are dark grey with black stripes as chicks and then grow up to be Dark...
Just make sure your chicken has plenty of sand or dirt to bathe in and they usually take care of it themselves:) also I just googled how to bathe a chicken and tons of ideas and videos popped up:) when Ive washed my chickens I've used my deep kitchen sink filled up w a little bit of dawn...
Little Smidge has just realized that he may not be the most attractive chick in the group...lol! Silkie babies givin kisses;) Darla and Freedom enjoying their babies together, barred rock/americauna mix chicks all the silkie babies underneath napping:)