Hey all,
I've got a batch of day old silkie chickens and one has curled toes. Most of them have polydactyl toes but this one also has curled up toes. I think from a traumatic hatch, and I say that because I've read about it in this forum when we first noticed it, only one has both feet- one only...
Hi, I have two beautiful bantam silkies up for adoption. They are great at protecting our flock but our town won’t let us keep them anymore. We’ve had them for a year. They were hatched on 4.30.19. We are located in Hempstead, Long Island.
Let me know if you are interested. I would be willing to...
I have bantam silkies hatching and are on day 20. 2 external pips, one internal. Then there’s this guy. I thought he was just behind, but there is definitely something else cramping him in there. He is still alive, I just don’t know what happened in there! the baby is wiggling and stretching...
So as the title states, I need pros & cons of owning a Silkie cockerel who will later become a full grown rooster.
I'm only asking those that have owned or currently own Silkie roosters.
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Our 6 week old Lavender Bantam Silkie cockerel named Spiky Mikey is going to become our flock's rooster...
Sometime tomorrow we're picking up a couple of 4-5 wk old Silkies and currently we don't have a place to put them outside as the chick coop is housing our older chicks. Once the other chicks are big enough to be placed with the flock, these ones will be put in the chick coop.
Will it be fine to...