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    critique my Silkies type?

    i’m new-ish to Silkies and would like to breed towards SOP. i’ve read and read and read, but haven’t comprehended much - i’m a hands-on/picture type learner. while i do notice some faults in my birds, im curious as to what good & bad others see in them, so i can apply it to future birds, in...
  2. Alethea1125

    Silkie color ideas??

    So silkies are recognized in black, blue, buff, white, splash, self blue and gray. These are some silky chicks we have and I’ve been playing a color guessing game with them! lol they range from 4-7 weeks old.
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    What color of Silkie could this be?

    I bought 6 hatching eggs from a lady that breeds silkies. Most of her colors seemed to be standard or common non-standard. All eggs hatched but one of my blue chicks got eaten by a hawk the other day. I know all the colors of the chicks besides one (blue, chocolate, lavender, black). It hatched...
  4. E

    paint genetics?

    is it possible to produce chocolate paints and chocolate paints in one pen? in my mind, it makes sense to have a chocolate paint roo over chocolate paint, black paint, chocolate, black, and dominant white hens BUT i’m not super familiar with the genetics here. what will/will not work?
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    mottle genetics - choc and black

    say i had a chocolate mottled roo. if i put chocolate mottled AND black mottled hens with him, would i get chocolate and black mottled chicks (split to chocolate)? and for solid chocolate and black chicks, they should be in a separate pen, correct? i read that a bird even carrying 1 mottling...
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    what to breed back to?

    this is a loaded question! i have paint, mottled, and splash on the way in chocolate and black (plus some mauve.) what is the best path to take to keep these colors going? i’m doing research, but id appreciate if someone can simplify it a bit. thank you!
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    fun color possibilities?

    hi all! so i’m hatching 5 doz+ Silkie eggs 🤞🏽 (color listed below.) while i’ll have pure breeding pens in which i will focus on SOP, i’m wondering what fun colors i could get from crossing any of the following, other than different colored barred/cuckoo/mottled? thanks! -B/B/S -Black Mottled...
  8. Thorn_shrike

    Just a little silkie sketch

    I’ve gotten my sketchbook back out recently and done a few quick chicken sketches, nothing fancy, just trying to get better with proportions and trying out some gesture drawing type stuff. I love drawing but can get hung up on small details so I’m trying out a looser style :) I just looked up...
  9. EleventhHour

    Loose rooster spur: leave alone or remove?

    Hi all....how would you treat a loose spur? I noticed my Silkie "Buttercup" limping today and saw that he had dried blood around the base of his right spur. It is wiggly (I gently manipulated it to check) but intact. It almost looks like the spur itself is cracked lengthwise but hard to tell...
  10. Karaterk

    ISO Pullets, Possibly eggs. Buff Oringtons, Light Sussex, Silkie, Cochin's Araucana's.

    Hello all my fellow chicken people. I'm on the hunt for some specific additions to my flock. If you or anyone you know of could assist, I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks for your kindness in advance!💝. * One Light Sussex Pullet/ or eggs * One Buff or Jubilee Orpington Pullet or...
  11. Landis_fam_homestead

    Rooster or Hen

    Hi all! I got this silkie in the beginning of September from a local mennonite who assured me it was a hen. I was told that it was hatched late spring/early summer. I noticed it tonight that it was mounting another hen. When I looked at it up close I think it may have characteristics of roo...
  12. currythecockerel

    Introducing a muscovy hen into a chicken flock?

    Hi all, I am in desperate need of advice on what to do about my muscovy hen and silkie hen. Earlier this year we rescued a Muscovy hen and put her with our two silkies temporarily while we figured out what to do with her. Unfortunately one of the silkies passed away and since then the duck...
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  13. MyLittlePetShop

    Chick hatching

    Look at this cute chick that I hatched recently from this pair🥰 it’s the most fluffiest one I’ve ever had!!
  14. PeeppeepXO

    male or female ???

    is this silkie a male or female??? thanks!!
  15. patricia montgomery

    Free silkie bantams black.

    I believe one is a hen and the other is a rooster. They are being picked on by my other chickens so I want to rehome them.
  16. ChocolateWingTheRooster

    Pullet or Cockerel time! 5.5 week old crossbred (Silkie x GLW?) chick

    Hello again BYC! Been a bit lol This is my newest flock addition, Owlet! I let my broody Golden Sebright Butterfly hatch eggs from our chickens and this cutie is the result, they hatched on September 3! They’re a bit feral so I’ve been struggling to get good pictures but I can try again if...
  17. niazai_thechickenlife

    Getting our new cockerel and additional pullets

    Tomorrow we're picking up our new cockerel, Pushpa! We went with the kids to choose earlier this week and he had a friend who's been on my mind all week. Being the impulsive person I am, I already sent a message to the hatchery that I would love to take both, if he's still there. Now I don't...
  18. niazai_thechickenlife

    Hello and Salaam from Belgium!

    My name is Aylin. we bought 5 silkie babies in april 2025. One has died from an unknown cause, the rest are thriving. They're free ranging all day every day, with our 3 cats protecting them from predators. It turns out -> they're all hens (what are the odds??). We're currently looking for a...
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  20. harvestmoonica

    Hen or Rooster? Breed Questions? Updated Pics!

    We have had a very busy past couple of weeks so we thought skipping posting a week of updated pictures would be reasonable! Kyle has been sick for the past week and I just had surgery yesterday, so we've been feeling pretty run down! Last night I sat down in a chair in the backyard and Kyle was...
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