silkie chick

I’m attaching pictures of my 3 day old silkie chicks. Would love if someone can tell me or give their best guess on what color they’ll be when they’re older! Also can you tell if they’re bearded or not? I’ve labeled the chicks with numbers in red. Thought that may be the best way to organize it...

I have a newly hatched chick whose right hock is bigger than her/him left one and she wont put weight on it. We thought it was splay leg at first but then we looked closer and when we put pressure on it she peeps really loud. Also one of her toes was under her other ones when she hatched. All...

One of my cute lil chickies. caught it doing a wing stretch! Was a batch of eggs that i decided to let hatch as my rooster (mr chocolate man) died not long after 😭

I have 5, 10 week old silkie chicks but there is one that will just not grow. It's still eating and drinking and acting normal so I'm not sure what the deal is. Any suggestions?

Hello! Barley been a day but I’m back here this time with what I think is a broken leg. I’m not sure I have a silkie chicken her name is Kitty she’s about 3 months old and I walked into the garage this morning to find her acting dead and my barred rock rooster (who isn’t a bantam but we...

Hi everyone. I have a 2 month old Silkie from a batch of eggs I got off of EBay. All the others have a flat comb still except for this one. I’m assuming because of the difference in comb (and it being large already) that this is a male? Bad genetics or possibly a Silkie cross?

Hello, I am hoping that someone can help me. I've searched the forums and am still not sure what is going on with one of my 3 week old silkies. The chick is out in the coop with mama and siblings. I noticed yesterday that the chick was just standing there and not running around like the other 2...

I purchased a few day-old silkie chicks from a breeder two weeks ago and two of them are developing unexpected colors. What do you think they'll look like as adults? The grey chick likely came from the blue/splash pen (but maybe the egg could have been from the paint pen??) but is developing...

My broody silkie hen will be hatching out some silkie chicks for the first time next week! My adult silkies' coop bedding is pine shavings, but the person I bought fertilized eggs from said that the dust from pine shavings can kill baby silkies. What bedding should I use instead? I'm looking for...

Hi I’ve hatched my first silky or Ayam cemani I’m not sure yet. But I found it chirping in the incubator. So when I moved it to the brother I noticed it had something dangling from his backside. I tried to read up on what this is and I don’t know if it’s a herniated umbilical cord or and an...

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...

Hello!! I've posted this before when my silkie was about six weeks, but it's been a few more weeks now and I'm wondering if anyone can identify it's gender. It's about 11-12 weeks, so I'm not sure if I should wait longer? I'm still feeling rooster, but I'm no expert, so I would appreciate...

I am totally stumped. I got 4 silkie bantams from TSC about 2 weeks ago, but one seems to be not growing AT ALL! It's name is MoonPie. 🥰 Yes, it has grown a bit, but it is SO MUCH smaller than my other babies. Fortunately they don't pick on it, but I'm curious as to why it's so much smaller. I...

I'm positive I accidentally posted this in the wrong spot so feel free to move it to somewhere more fitting. A silkie chick just hatched. I know who both parents are. Mom is my broody hen Misty (black silkie) and dad is Fluffy (black silkie roo with slight silver leakage in his neck). Chick is...

Hi! New Silkie owner and I’ve read it’s very difficult to sex. I have 6 chicks that are 6 weeks old. I’m really hoping some are hens? Any input would be great!!

Just wanted to share a bit of cuteness with you guys. Some pics of my mauve silkie girl taking her first little field trip outside :love

Hi all, My first ever hatch has produced some unexpected (to me) chicks, and I was hoping that someone more knowledgeable could tell me what is going on here. I had anticipated a 50/50 white and black hatch, based on my rooster being a paint. I was clearly mistaken, and I think I had...

Little Grace is now holding her head up!

Does anyone have experience with a chicken who has dwarfism? I'm fairly certain my tiny silkie hen is a dwarf. She's now 10 weeks old and looks like a hatchling. Has been getting vitamins in her water and has trouble walking, we believe she's also blind. She's made it 10 weeks and is a tough...