silkie chicks

  1. Cloverr39

    Breeding silkies (What could I breed my rooster to?)

    I'm sorry if I have posted this in the wrong place. Feel free to move it if it is. I have a black silkie rooster. I'm getting him 3 black hens this March. If I'm correct that should result in black chicks. Lately I've been thinking of getting him like 2 hens of another color so hatching chicks...
  2. Gammas Bearded Babies

    Gamma's Bearded Babies Adventure

    We've been empty nesters the past four years...and in May 2021 the kids got me baby chicks!!! And thus began my adventure...
  3. F

    Silkie (silkie cochin mix) week-by-week thread!

    So here is my week by week thread for my silkies/silkie cochin mixes! Hopefully y'all can read my writing 😬😅😅 2 weeks old today. (I know it's to early but :p)
  4. agold23

    Vaccinating 2 week old chick?

    I have a now closed flock of 7 with a silkie chick that hatched 2 weeks ago. They are now all currently battling a respiratory infection (we think MG) so we wont be getting any new birds. We are located in southwestern Ontario, cold winters and warm summers but we have pretty big predatory bug...
  5. OddballHens

    Odd Silkie Colours

    Hey! So I've only been hatching and rearing my little flock for a couple of years now but I am so baffled by my Silkies. They make up the main bulk of my hens at the moment as I wanted to have broodies before delving into other breeds and I just. I'm not really convinced that they have staple...
  6. T

    4 wk old silkie wry neck coming back

    I have a 4 week old silkie I’ve been going above and freaking beyond for to fix its wry neck and for a week or so it was fixed. No sign of wry neck. I had been giving it nutridrench and then when it stopped drooping it’s neck I continued to give it the nutridrench just not as often. Well I had...
  7. T

    Silkies: removing early hatchers during lockdown?

    Hello everybody, As this is our first post, we wished to start off by thanking you, as we've learnt so much already from this community. Now in our 4th generation of raising silkies, we are happy to help in turn, if we can! :) Today we face a dilemma. In an incubator programmed as a hatcher...
  8. M

    Am I or are my chicks more terrified ?!

    My 3 silkie chicks are nearing 7 weeks. Feeling so defeated. I was reluctant to pick them up when brought home at 3.5 weeks; they were terrified. And then learned they are supposed to be handled from much younger. Working on it but their comfort with me is regressing. Feeling anxious I’m...
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  9. PioneerChicks

    Silkie Combs Week by Week (thread)

    Hey everyone! I decided to take pictures of this batch of silkies' comb growth week by week to help future silkie sexers (starting at week 2). Anyways, I'll turn this into an article, but for now it'll be a thread! You can vote on the poll, for fun at first, but you can change your vote as we...
  10. casschumama

    Silkie love

    Just sharing some love from my 2 silkie babies, Chicken Little & Queenie! They are 5 weeks old
  11. ChloeSilkie08

    My Silkies!

    These are my darling silkies! I have 8 right now and tomorrow I'm getting two more! I have 3 White hens, Splash rooster, black hen, silver partridge (not sure what gender), lavender/porcelain (not sure what gender either), and 1 buff hen! Please feel free to share your silkies as well! Names...
  12. First time silkie mum

    Day old silkie chicks

    Hello! These 5 little cluck muffins hatched yesterday from fertile eggs posted interstate. The breeder advised they were from a bearded silkie pen with colours of porcelain, blue, splash, black and grey. They are so sweet. Any ideas of colours?
  13. FosterFeathers

    Hatching Silkie Eggs with Damaged Air Cells

    Hello all! So we have been incubating some silkie (possible satin/drizzle) eggs that I bought on EBay. And as with many shipped eggs, we had some pretty messed up air cells. Anyhow, we are on day 19, in lockdown. I have read a million different articles on how to treat eggs with damaged air...
  14. R

    Silkie colours?

    Hi all you lovely knowledgeable chicken friends! i wondered if you could give me some ideas on colours of my new silkie chicks please. im guessing a couple of partridge but otherwise not sure, there is such variation in their colours and patterns And the eggs were from others not my birds.
  15. A

    i have 3 silkie chicks that i am raising as pets, but one is very behind the others

    we recently brought home four silkie chicks however one passed away a couple nights ago. we have no idea why but we are now paranoid that it'll happen again. 2 of our three chicks are very plump and balanced while the other appears much smaller and skinnier as well as much weaker. they are...
  16. MysteryChicken

    Selling Silkie Chicks This Spring. (Michigan - Tawas Area_UPDATED)

    Hello, I'm selling Silkie Chicks for the first time. Some chicks may not be pure Silkie, but I promise most will be pure Silkie. Silkies priced $1.00 each. Silkie mixes .50c each, if there are any. Eggs Due To Hatch on Easter.:jumpy:bun Some eggs will hatch on the 22nd, due to having to...
  17. L

    WTB Silkie Eggs For Hatching, Portland, OR

    Hi all! I'm searching for silkie hatching eggs in the Portland, OR area. I would like at least 6 and am not picky about color. Because they're so cute, here's a picture of my broody with the last chicks she raised. 😍
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    • Forum: Chicken Hatching Eggs
  18. PioneerChicks

    Silkie Chick Cost

    Hello ya'all! I recently got into hatching and plan on starting a hobby business of selling day-old silkie chicks. My question is how much should I charge? The silkies are pet-quality blues, splashes, and blacks, all strait-run. I was thinking about 3-5 dollars per chick? They will all be from...
  19. CatWhisperer

    Silkie hatching silkie and serama eggs outdoors, weather

    My 6 month old silkie went broody and I added some serama eggs to her own. They have started hatching. She is outdoors in a well insulated coop but in 6 years of chicken keeping this is new to me. I raised her and some serama chicks this spring, indoors. I can create a broody area for her in...
  20. CowGirlMomma

    Ivermectin

    For those of you who use Ivermectin pour on for lice / mites on your chickens can it be used on 10 week old silkie chicks? I know there's plenty of info regarding this product, but I find some of the info confusing! Sorry to be asking about this... Could someone please clarify instructions for...
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