They are English ones. We don't go for all the big bubble head hair styles. Ours are little and understated. You can't see from that angle properly.
Beside the point anyway. It was the colour I am interested in.
What colour would you call this one? The Dad is a Partridge and the Mum is a Lavender sizzle? (smooth Silkie).
I have got 3 this colour. 2 are from a different batch and are 2 weeks old.
Mum and Dad in one shot
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I am really glad I posted the pic of the 2 on my shoulder. Without all of the help, advice and support on here a lot more would die. None of my birds are sold, just the eggs for hatching. That stops today. Double dosage of the poorliest starts today with the antibiotics I have left and...
Somedays the cockerels can't crow and the next day they can so it is hit and miss. There are 3 pens that are sneezing and wheezing. The one of 24 with the 3 week olds, the pen of 12 8 month old wyandottes and a pen of 27 6 week olds.
Don't get me wrong. They are 'pets'. I intend building a...
I am treating 200 birds. The youngest 3 weeks old (the ones in the picture and more) and the oldest 7 or 8 years old so the water is made up daily. It has cost me a small fortune so far. I have some a week old, is this dose ok for them too?
Does anyone know how many quarts in a litre or how many litres in a quart? Heck I would even go pints or fluid ounces if it helps!
I just want my little guys to get better. I have lost so many, big and small because of this. I have been battling it on and off since before Christmas, some pulling...
When you listen to their chest there are crackling noises. They are gasping and sneezing. Their noses are gunked up and I have to open their eyes every morning.
They have antibiotics off the vet
In England we put in our ebay adverts that we do not guarantee the eggs will hatch due to the postal system and the way people incubate them but if they send the eggs back at 10 days we will issue a refund. Often it is dearer for them to return them or they will only get a few pounds balance...
Do you have anything like brewers yeast? As wry neck is a vitamin d deficiency I gave mine scrambled eggs with dried herbs and sunflower seeds in it, sprinkled witb brewers yeast. It took time but he is magnificent now.
What colour is my Roo please? Is he classed as a Buff or Partridge? His chicks are chipmunk if that helps.
I know he has too much tail fluff but he is sweet to his girls and me.
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Hi, Thanks for the interest. Someone said they were classed as sizzles but I would love to call them slinkies (slick silkies). I am still waiting for the daughters to get big enough to go back in with Daddy dearest. wait a few years and slinkies/ sizzles will be laying blue eggs!
I think food dye would be fun. They do it to poodles and it does them no harm. Either that or paint their toenails a different colour lol!
I signed the Dallas petition. I am in England. Wonderful sites like this spread the word wide.
Could you not find a coop with a timed door? It keeps them in and safe but keeps the temp the same.
When I give mine their yearly bath and deflea I keep them in a large dog cage/crate in the conservatory overnight.