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So cute!!

They were developed in Asia. Their feathers are the way they are because Silkies are lacking the barbules that hold the individual feather barbs together. I've been raising silkies for over a year now. Seeing a silkie for the first time was actually what got me into chickens in the first...

Lice are very common. Especially this time of year it seems. Easy to get rid of with sevin dust. He could have been bullied or could be going through a molt. The feathers coming in on his crest are called streamers.

He has some gold leaking through. He looks about right for size in the picture. I can't really tell for sure though. Reminds me of a little calico coloured silkie I am raising right now.

Beautiful boy :) Could use more crest feathers, but his colour is splash. How much does he weigh?

Don't count your eggs before they hatch ;) Good tip I learned straight away. He's big? Silkies shouldn't weigh more than 36 ounces full grown (males). Here is my 3 year old male - Steve. Now Right when I took him out of the main population. He has his own coop/flock now. Actually here is a...

For the most part they are always fertile, though fertility decreases with age. He could have been picked on by other roosters. My silkie roo is finally in his best condition after my barred rock pulled out a ton of his feathers :(

None of those things are true. Frizzle is a gene that can be from either parent. It's better coming from the father because you only need one frizzle rooster and many regular hens to create frizzle chicks. However, you can have many frizzle girls and a regular rooster and get frizzled babies...

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They are iridescent -white/blue. If you catch them before they start to lay, it is less blue and more white. When you mix a white layer with a brown layer, you can get anything in terms of ear lobe colour. It does not signify egg colour if they are mixed breeds.

Silkies have white earlobes, which is where she would have picked them up.

Oh and the white one does look cochin from the pics. Better images may help determine for sure though :)

Feathered feet and a crest.. I'm going with silkie mix. Guessing maybe with cochin. She is beautiful, and will lay you some nice eggs!