silikie

  1. C

    Just purchase some hatching eggs

    Good afternoon, happy Easter fellow chicken lovers, I just purchase my first set of hatching eggs, I've been doing my research for months at this point and have decide to started out with bantams specifically a personal favorite... the silkie, if any one can share tips and advice for their...
  2. L

    Central Valley CA

    Good morning! I live in central valley CA and I recently brought home 3 silkies that are one week old now. I recently finished their coop and was just wondering at what age can I start taking them outside and at what age should they move outside permanently? It's pretty warm here already LOW 38...
  3. C

    My chicken' eye was attacked

    Hello to anyone that can help. Just this morning I went outside after letting out the chickens from their coop and found all my chickens hiding. One chicken in particular was hiding under the hose coil. We found that she had been attacked and had a little cut on her head, but her eye is the...
  4. Silkie7

    Help with diagnosing what's wrong with my 9-week-old chick.

    Hi, I'm new to chickens. I have six 9-week-old silkies. I just moved them outside three days ago, and one of my chick's crop hasn't felt full at night for two days now. I see her eating and drinking, but her crop doesn't feel full like the others. Today her dropping had a bit of a reddish spot...
  5. Party_Chicken

    Can I keep bantams with my LF hens?

    Ok heres the deal the pull of cute little silkies has gotten to me I have found myself scrolling through pictures and variations of silkies. I want them sooooooo much. For my spring order I want to have either splash silkie, white silkie and porcelain d'uccle or splash silkie, porcelain and...
  6. Chicky_B

    Breed and gender guesses?

    Hi! My chicks are 8 wks old and I’m trying to figure out what breed and gender they are. I believe I have 3 Easter Eggers (if you have any idea what mix they might be I’d love to hear!) and 1 silkie but I’m not positive. I think one EE might be a rooster but I have no clue about my silkie. Any...
  7. MadRoosterPuebes

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  8. S

    Baby silikie problem

    I've had 2 Baby silkies die on me with in the past 2 weeks, they were eating and drinking fine for the frist 4 and half days had heat and all but night hit on the 5th and both times they became weak and fragile. The first one was under the heat lamp as I went to bed and in the morning she was on...
  9. sillysamoyeds

    New member thread

    Hey 👋 I'm Chrissy, I'm in Cairns in Queensland, Australia, and I'm a soon to be new chook owner 🆕 I don't have any chooks right now, but I am planning on 3-4 0️⃣ I think they will be silkies 🐔 While I am looking forward to some eggs, I appreciate this breed lays less and can go broody. Still...
  10. Scrumdidlyump

    Hens squishing roo on roost

    This evening right after I closed the run, i heard copius squawking, flapping and muttering and saw my silkie roo’s butt squished against the little window i recently installed in the coop. I opened the side door to the coop and all 4 hens were sitting on about 2 feet of roost (they have 8 feet...
  11. W

    Silkied Serama, needs a new flock

    I am looking for a place to post my rooster he is 3 months old when we bought him was told he was a silkies but It’s a Silkied Serama, which is just a feather type, but yes he’s a boy we can’t have Roosters where we live in Colorado anyone looking for a rooster let me know pick up in Colorado...
  12. J

    Silkie bantam gender!

    Yes, I know silkies are difficult one on gender, that’s why I’m here to get your opinion :) We have 4 silkies bantams (bought as straight run) and they are 13 weeks old as of 7.25.20. We live in a subdivision and a rooster will be problematic! So I want to know who is what. - Name (my opinion)...
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