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  1. nuklee0

    Silkie thread!

    Congrats! It's a cutie! Too hard for me to guess on gender with that picture alone. Can you get a pic of its comb too? I put my Silkie chicks outside at about 2 1/2 weeks with no additional heat source and they were fine even when we had nights in the 40s. As far as crowing goes, I think it just...
  2. nuklee0

    Silkie thread!

    Gender guesses? Around a month old, probably still a little too early but my guess is a boy...
  3. nuklee0

    Silkie thread!

    I agree. It looks like a mix or it's a lot older. My two week old Silkie does not look that big or as developed as that one.
  4. nuklee0

    Silkie thread!

    Yes the roo has gold leakage. Well that will be very interesting to see yellow chicks turn blue! A couple of the chicks do have grayish/bluish parts but primarily yellow.
  5. nuklee0

    Silkie thread!

    Parents Ignore the bigger gray chick on the far right. Broody just hatched 3 yellowish chicks.
  6. nuklee0

    Silkie thread!

    I've seen her very reluctantly allow the roo to get on top a few times... So I thought maybe she is getting close but didn't think she would be already... I hatched some eggs and the babies are yellow. The only ones I know for sure are laying are the black and blue hens. So, if my paint isn't...
  7. nuklee0

    Silkie thread!

    Is it possible to have white babies from a black roo over black and blue hens? Either someone has white genes somewhere down the line or my 5 month old paint pullet is laying!
  8. nuklee0

    Silkie thread!

    I live in WA too and have 6-7 grown silkies and Silkie babies in the brooder. They do just fine. Yes they get wet and their feet can get muddy but once they dry they are good as new again.
  9. nuklee0

    Silkie thread!

    To keep an LGD, is it true you will need to have your entire property fenced? I just lost a Silkie to a bobcat today. Getting really tired of losing animals to all the predators around here. ... And considering getting an LGD.
  10. nuklee0

    Silkie thread!

    Please be careful. Just this week I made a rookie mistake and put my 1-2 day old silkies with my 4-6 day old LF chicks and two little silkies got trampled and died.
  11. nuklee0

    Silkie thread!

    Omg poor girl! So sorry! Glad the hawk didn't make off with her. Hope she recovers quickly.
  12. nuklee0

    Silkie thread!

    I had a white male over a dark blue hen and got pure white, light buffs, and paints. As others have stated, the whites hide many genes so it's a surprise as to what you will get. Try it! It's worth finding out.
  13. nuklee0

    Silkie thread!

    The wispy wing feathers will happen with all Silkie babies but doesn't indicate gender. They'll go thru a really funky feathering stage since they don't have regular feathers. My chicks that were platinum blonde turned out white and my 3 yellowish chicks: one turned out white, one blondish buff...
  14. nuklee0

    Silkie thread!

    Thanks! She is a sweet girl but seems so absent minded. She gave me a huge fright the other night. I went to lock their coop door and she was the only one missing. I thought for sure the bobcat got her... So I walked around our property and I found her down in our lower field, completely...
  15. nuklee0

    Silkie thread!

    Thanks, I sure hope so!
  16. nuklee0

    Silkie thread!

    Gender help please? I think this is probably a girl but still not sure. Almost 4 months old. She's a little bigger than the other Silkie girls her age but a little smaller than the boys. I also don't see much of a comb under her crest but one of the boys doesn't have much of one either...
  17. nuklee0

    Silkie thread!

    Lol that's cute! Do the other chickens act like the colorful silkies are new chickens now or no change in status?
  18. nuklee0

    Silkie thread!

    Aww...
  19. nuklee0

    Silkie thread!

    Neat coloring! What color is she considered?
  20. nuklee0

    Silkie thread!

    My newest and last baby that hatched yesterday.
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