silkie behavior

  1. M

    Introducing 1 week old chicks to 3 week old chicks

    I have three 3-week old bantam silkies I’ve had since they were 1 day old. I am getting four bantam Ameraucanas on Sunday that were born this Monday. So the new chicks will be six days old and my older chicks will be 3.5 weeks. I’m planning to spend the whole day Sunday being able to...
    • MsGloria
    • Thread
    • ameracauna ameraucana behavior chicks help need to introduce new hens to existing flock introduce to flock silkie behavior silkies and easter eggers
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  2. ChickCrazyWorryWort

    New silkie acting strange

    Hello everyone, so I got this silkie last night and she is very calm but I’m getting kinda scared that she may be too calm. All she’s done since we got her was sit here facing the coop like in the picture. I had to put her in the coop last night and get her out this morning. When I put her in...
  3. grettasurfergirl

    Silkie Chick making me crazy

    Hi! We adopted 3 EE chicks and 1 Silkie chick from my son’s preschool class and they just turned 8 weeks yesterday. They’ve been out in their coop for one week now. At night they ideally go up a chicken ladder to the small elevated coop where they sleep. I used treats and the EE have figured...
  4. ILoveSilkieChickens

    What Gender is My White Silkie Chick?

    I just hatched a silkie chick and she/he was literally born on April 7th 2019. So she/he is a week old. She’s/he’s a white silkie chick because the color is yellow. I have a picture of her. I named her Fidget because when she was born she was really restless. Fidget means to be restless. Fidget...
  5. tayjamieson

    Silkie & Bantam Silkie - Strange behavior

    Hello, My boyfriend came home about a month ago with a 1 week old silkie and a day old bantam silkie. We have 12 chickens but the behavior is so different in these two breeds that I needed to reach out to you guys for some help. First question I have is about the older Silkie (the orange-is...
    • tayjamieson
    • Thread
    • feed guide nutrition raising silkies silkie silkie baby silkie bantam silkie behavior
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  6. KikiDeAnime

    Silkie Cockerel/Rooster Behavior

    So I picked up 4 Silkies yesterday and 2 were cockerels. They're all about 15 weeks old or so and both cockerels are related. They get along extremely well and love snuggling with each other. We also now have 13 girls(Pullets & Hens) and I'm going to be getting 4 chicks next week so the...
  7. sarahssilkies

    Help! I don’t know what’s wrong with my silkie!!

    I have a white 20 week old silkie and noticed today she is acting very strange. This morning she came out of the coop on her own but after drinking water she would not move and hasn’t.... This chicken is usually very mobile and runs away from us never letting us catch her, but today we can...
  8. Ginmary

    Re-homing roo in the morning

    we have a 5 month old silkie roo that we’ve had since he was 1 month old. He was supposed to be a pullet. He has been living in the house because we can’t have him crowing in this neighborhood. We are very attached but it has become increasingly difficult. His hormones are kicking in and he is...
  9. H

    What Rooster Breed for Mixed Coop

    Hello: So This summer I introduced a few new chickens to my existing flock, I had 3 leghorns and added another Leghorn, one barred rock, one australorp and one Easter Egger. My existing Leghorns behaved well and did not do much bullying, they where quick to welcome the new chickens in. after a...
  10. MagicTheFamiliar

    Silkies ground roosting???

    So we have 7 chickens about 6 months old that we keep in a protected run most of the time (bc raccoons + hawks). We have hardware cloth wrapped around all sides and bottom. The 3 standard chickens sleep in their coop no problem, but we have a separate coop for the 4 silkies. From NIGHT 1 they...
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