These r 10 week old silkies except the satin roo might actually be older as crest started growing over a week before the others and crowed 3 weeks ago for first time. I know I have 1 black (crow), 1 blue (Sasha who I thought would b maybe but grew darker), and either paint/ splash( dizzy) who...
We are back from our honeymoon and it looks like our birds have already grown so much in just a few days! Also, we added a few new friends to the flock!
We're feeling like Cotton might be a rooster (so hard at a young age, especially for silkies as we're learning) but there appears to be a V...
I have a 5.5 month old silkie who tried to lay her first egg. She might have pushed too hard that her insides came out. I managed to squeeze the egg out the prolapse sack but now dealing with the aftermath of keeping prolapse inside her. Picture included.
is the yellow part still part of her...
Hello! I’ve just hatched these beautiful babies:) I’m not sure if it’s even possible to tell this young, but I got these hatching eggs knowing they could be silkies or silkie mixes. The person I got them from said her silkies tended to stay with their own but she also kept a svarthona, a hmong...
Some updated photos of our flock that includes their age and breed.
Thoughts on hen or rooster for our flock? We're pretty sure Bonbon is a rooster... We're not allowed roosters in the city we live in 😭
Thanks in advance!
Hey, I bought a pair of silkies from someone on facebook and after coming home and inspecting them I noticed one chick had a wound on its back neck and quite a few yellowish tiny bugs within its feathers and the other chick also had a couple of the yellowish bugs. Now I’m worried to introduce...
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I love these birds but I was DUPED by ye-old Tractor Supply shortly after Hurricane Helene and ended up with some breeds I can't manage in my small flock, including a rooster that was supposed to be a pullet (begging others NOT to buy from TSC anymore! They're AWFUL!!!) I...
i have a roughly 20 month old silkie hen. She has been super broody the past 10 days and have been pulling her out of the nesting box every day to try break it, but she would also sometimes get kicked out by my 2 bantam Cochins who also wanted to use this particular box. They would sometimes...
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I'm in Grantsville, Utah and I am desperately searching for anyone that will take my sweet boys free of charge. We know we can't have roosters in our city and we've only recently confirmed that all 3 of them are roosters. Our neighbors have complained to the city about their crowing and now...
My 1.5 y/o silkie hen has really bad sourcrop. I have her inside and the smell coming from her pen area and near her is just completely foul. Her crop is so big and squishy. She’s having diarrhea that also smells horrid. She is just sitting and not really moving. I have only water with some ACV...
I’m a bit stumped on this. My hen suddenly is acting sick. I noticed on the camera she had been laying around in one spot for hours so i went out and checked on her. She did come right up to me and come out of the run for a bit. But she is puffed up, feathers drooped, lethargic, bigish squishy...
I just hatched 3 eggs from my chocolate silkie hen and she made 3 different colored babies. Mauve, Blue and whatever this color is?
I’m trying to figure out what color this exactly is and which of my Roos could be the dad. I have a blue silkie roo, a blue mottled silkie roo and a black mottled...
I have had my Silkie for a year now and when we first got her she had a head full of feathers like a pompom and she was also alot fluffier. Now one year later her head feathers won’t grow back since i cut them many many months ago and they also shrank significantly. Even her body feathers are...
First of all, is it common to crossbreed a Silkie and Polish?I don't think so.
So, I have the chick that I’m hopping to get soon.
The fact that it is silky makes it difficult to determine its gender.Those of you with experience, what do you think?
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We have our first batch of baby silkies and I’m wondering as they mature what type of coop accommodations they will need.
Will they walk up a ramp and roost along with my regular flock of chickens? Do they need a separate area to make a “cuddle puddle”? Do they need nesting boxes on...
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I am estimating this chick to be around 8 weeks old. It has never been gentle, from the get-go has pecked other chicks, jumped up and kicked them, bumped chests, constantly stirring up my little chick group.
Do you see this behavior as rooster behavior? She behaves like a dominant...
I have a few batches of babies, incubator and natural hatch 1-2 months for sale. I have regular transportation arrangements between NW PA and Maryland where the chickies would arrive same day in great care.
I also want to purchase or trade buff, white and multicolored lines, prefer...
Hi all, we have one lonely silkie and I’m having a hard time sexing them. They’re about 8 weeks old now. I know the photos aren’t the best, but I’m leaning towards female. Any guesses? Thanks!
This is my first time raising silkie and y’all were not kidding when you said sexing is tough 🤣
Wondering if I could get any insight for my young black silkie!
I’m kind of torn because I think he means more into rooster lol
No crowing, and no comb yet tho and I feel like when looking at...