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FYI... I am going to the Newnan show in Ga. the 19-21 of Feb. and intend to bring some Silkie mini/bantam ducks to sell and am going to show some (just for fun/display)... will try to get some cage holes for the sale birds , otherwise will have some at our sale site. (bringing a 2h...

Well, now , this is bizarre. I have switched back and forth with layer that is 15% and 22% (I mix with other whole grains for my duck flocks, along with free ranging in daytime (not Silkies)... mainly because I have over 100 birds and live in a small farm community. I can use Flock raiser for...

About drowning. .....They can. I have lost 2 adults this week, sheeeshhhh! This is a warning for those with silkies. I lost my favorite female, reddish head, creamy body with Cinnamon colored flecks and wings. aarrgh. I had her and 3 other females in with 2 drakes carrying blue/fawn type...

I have about 30...from my Holderread ones. hhmmm. what do you want to know? I have 2 whites, (who seem to be the noisiest). A noisy black, and the others (snowy mallard, mallard,some that are maybe pastels or cinnimon /butterscotch. Chocolate.) who are quiet. I think it depends on the...

Ok, lets see , where am I? I have had 5 black bibbed babies about 3 weeks now. One grey I think. Next group I got a white!Mainly , because I lost my white drake and only have a 3 year old female.Father was a Snowy, so interesting.... I also have a black with 2 brown stripes on his...

Well, I'm back! Done watching Grandsons 5 days a week....wheeewww... I have now been able to start catching up on reading BYC again. Well my Silkies are starting to lay... I have ended up with 4 black females, one Smooth BlackBibbed drake, but breeding him back to the Silkie feathered females...

One of my silkies hatched today, think it is a black/with the black bibbed drake father. And I got one last week with my Hookbill hatch. I beleiev it is out of the snowy and brown fawn? pair, it's doing well, I have a few more pipping, but some runners in there too, maybe a hookbill I...

Well, I just hatched my first silkt! Only one survived my incubation. But I have 2 yearling girls setting 4 I beleive. So we shall see if they hatch. I also have more in incubator,for later this week or so.....

Well, yes, voice. I had all 9 in a pen, and the snowy drakes were evident , as was the smooth mallard type drake, the black bibbed has a greenish head. I was just fooled by the white, no drake feather....so assumed it was female, until I separated into 5 different pens, noticed the other...

Oh, good a SilkyDuck thread (thought I 'd spell it different to confuse it more ;0)..I have been off BYC for months as I am grandchild sitting, that and birds, horses, etc . I finally got enough Sikies to breed this year ! I got 2 2 years ago form Holdreeads (girls, one black , one...