silkie bantam

Hi, Today we sadly lost one of our silkies out of the blue with no clear cause, disease, or injury. She was one of our healthiest (at least we thought) and seemed to be doing well. She was happily interacting with the flock this morning, eating and moving about as usual. This afternoon she...

I have a 5 month old silkie Cochin mix, and a 3 month old silkie (frizzle silkie?). I’m not sure if both of them are starting to grow spurs - I’ve circled it in the picture below. I really hope that atleast one of them is a pullet 🤞🏻

I think I have three pullets and three roos between my six birds. Thoughts? Any guesses on adult colors also welcome! #1 Roo? #2 Roo? #3 Pullet? #4 Pullet? #5 Roo? (Black Silkie) #6 Pullet? (Blue Silkie) Please let me know your guesses for 1-6!! (And if you want additional pictures of...

I have silkie bantam we wanted to switch to a nipple water system. We had it in their pen for a few days, and they didn't seem to get how to use it. We put it in place of their other water, but at the end of the day I would set thier old waterer in and they acted very thirsty. I showed them...

My flock consists of a variety of different breeds. However in the past month I have lost 3 silkies with a 4th on the way. Its the same pattern of events. The bird will start to show signs of weakness and can't keep up with the rest of the flock yet tries like hell (slow movements, easily...

I got 3 blue laced red Wyandotte bantam unsexed chicks from Ideal Poultry. They hatched on April 28 and are now 8 weeks old. They have been extremely slow feathering and the runt is still almost bald, just has feathers on head, back of neck, knees and tip of wings, so looks like a growth...

I have 13 week old Silkie and Serama roosters that need rehoming. They have amazing temperaments. I handle them everyday and they are kind and sweet. They come from Alchemist Farms, which breeds for temperament first.

I have a 10/11 month old silkie bantam rooster and noticed over the past week or two white chalky and flaky developing on his comb. In some areas there is little black specs but no raised lesions. He seems normal with the same amount of energy and the only thing wrong we noticed was this...

Hi all! I’m new to chicken keeping and live in an urban area (East Bay, CA) I love my little “pepper’ but we can’t keep roosters. He’s 5 months old all black silkie, snuggly and loves his ladies. Please contact me if you’d like to bring him to your flock and make some silkie chicks or just...

I just bought these adorable four silkies from a local breeder that are about 4 1/2 months. She thinks they are all hens, but wasn't positive about the white paint or black/grey ones. As you can see they are all imperfect, which is why she was selling them, the buff is about a third the size of...

These blue girls are too cute! We would love to keep them but we can't keep them all! This is a great way to get started silkie pullets without having to go through the guesswork of raising day-old chicks. These little ladies were hatched on our farm on 5/3/20. As with all of our chickens...

Hello! My name is Lucia, and I'm raising Silkie Bantams in the hopes to sell unique colors as pets~ (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? -- I've had chickens for almost a year now, as a lot of my family shares the same flock; however I've only started focusing on...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? As the ones that feed/water/care for them? Yes. New to chickens. However, my parents currently have lots and have for a few years, and we raised a few when I was 5 or 6 years old. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We...

Hello! I have had Silkies for almost all my life. I have noticed these odd feathers on one of my Silkies faces. They're a bit hard to describe (see photo) there are these small bead like things gathered around the base of the feathers. I had another chook with a similar condition, I assumed it...

My silkie has been broody so I decided to give her some eggs. I gave her 2 small standard size (a little bit bigger than a silkie egg) and 1 regular standard sized eggs. So far she has 3 eggs. How many eggs would you give a silkie? I was looking around and some people said 13-14?! I think that...

Going to be keep two indoor silkies for ESAs. I want to keep the smell to a minimum and the mess too. I read on here to use pine pellets instead of pine shavings. Is this a good idea?

I live in Austin Texas 78750. I got my 10 silkies Bantam 5 months ago. I'm getting rid of one of the roosters because I already got 2 more. Text me if you are interested.

I've been out in my yard, stalking my little flock again with my camera. Here is my Polish girl and one of my Paint silkies.

hello! I just signed up for an account so my apologies if this is in the wrong section or something. last week (aug 10th) I got 4 assorted bantams from my local tsc. I asked if they knew what breed they were and all i got was an "i dunno, black silkies I think." from what I've researched, it...