silkie hen

  1. T

    What's wrong with my silkie

    My silkie hen has this weird stuff on her head and face. It seems to come off a little when I wipe it with a damp cloth, but it's almost like something got stuck on her head and dried there. I have absolutely no idea what it is, or how it got there. It doesn't seem to be causing her any pain...
  2. Katieskerlong

    Broody silkies sharing nest

    A few weeks ago one of my silkie hens went broody so I gave her a couple eggs and left her to it. After a day or two she abandoned the nest and went back to ranging with the rest of the flock. I noticed about a day or so later and went to collect the eggs I gave her just to find that another...
  3. Katieskerlong

    Feed for laying silkie hens

    Hi! I’ve recently gotten into silkie bantams after owning other standard chickens for years. When I first got the three silkie hens they were laying but after about a week, only one is still laying. I know that moving to a new home and the up and down weather can effect egg laying but I’m also...
  4. D

    5 Silkie hens in need of a new and loving home

    I'm posting again because while I did get a lot of support and suggestions, unfortunately I've had no takers on my girls! I really need to rehome them as soon as possible. I'm right outside of Philadelphia and am willing to drive up to 3 hours, I just want a good home for them! I wish I could...
  5. H

    My year old silkie hen has been broody for 5-6 weeks

    As the title suggests, my silkie has been broody for around five weeks, maybe more, I’ve lost track of time in the midst of my war against nature. I have tried everything, I’ve taken her out of the coop every morning for three weeks and locked her out, as a result she hopped up onto the coop...
  6. TheMotleyCoop

    The Picked on Hen

    Hi all, I have a flock of 10 chickens; 9 hens and 1 rooster. We live in a neighborhood so while they have a lot of free range backyard time, they spend about 80% of their time in their coop and chicken run. It's a big space, about 100 square feet, plus a covered, hayed area and the coop itself...
  7. Home of Peeps

    Looking for silkie hen

    Hello everyone, I’m a chicken mom here in Arizona, and I’m looking to grow my tiny flock -or should I just say couple? - of two. I’m having issues with finding even just a single silkie hen! Does anyone have any advice or know where I can find silkie females, either in AZ or online? And also...
  8. 4

    Broody hen

    Hi my hen munchkin has been trying to hatch unfertilized eggs for at least a week now and she has not been eating. I tried getting her up by moving her with a stick and she broke it by pecking. Everytime I open the coop door she does the little angry chicken scream and puffs and tries to pick...
  9. ChloeSilkie08

    ISO SILKIES! Arkansas or Missouri

    Hello! I’m ISO GROWN silkies for sale. I lost my whole flock and I want to get back into breeding again and hatching chicks. I don’t care the colors or anything like that I just need 3-4 hens and one rooster. ONLY silkies please. I am near the northern Arkansas and southern Missouri. Please...
  10. Hennyhenhen

    Is my hen truly a roo?

    Had terrible luck with a batch of silkies from a hatchery getting mareks and dying or most of them being Roos. I thought this one was a hen. She’s never crowed before and her siblings (two other silkies) started crowing months ago. Can anyone tell by appearance if this is a hen? She’s not as...
  11. KimsNest

    Silkies in fancy Hats… just because

    A co worker sent me the link on Amazon and I could not in good conscience resist!
  12. TheBirdBabe

    Do broody hens get squishy crops?

    I have a silkie hen (who is about 8-10 months old) that's broody. She refuses to get off her nest, mind you that's in the floor in a corner where everyone sleeps. 🤦🏼‍♀️ Yesterday while trying to move her to a less messy area, I noticed her chest area felt squishy. Now, I know this usually means...
  13. Bsinger

    Silkie Gender?

    Anyone good at sexing silkies? We just figured out our Frizzle is a Rooster (I was so bummed). Really hoping our Silkie is a hen but I think I spot streamer feathers on the head? Gender thoughts? Thanks in advance!
  14. Loweryfarm

    Is this a silkie rooster or a hen?

    I got what I thought was a silkie rooster from a lady. It doesn’t crow, and if it is a rooster then it’s definitely the beta rooster Bc I have a larger white RIR rooster who leads the flock. They don’t fight each other, when I initially put it in the flock, my RIR wing danced near it like it was...
  15. averyyr

    hen got dumped by rooster and not taking it very well

    hi everyone! I’m in need of advice about my poor hen who recently got dumped by my rooster for our newly matured hens. My rooster is a 1.5 year old silkie mix and the hen is as well. These two had the cutest relationship, just like an old married couple (hence the title) but after integrating...
  16. MysteryChicken

    Mysterious Color Change

    Hello, I have a 3-4yrs old, (not 100% how old, I lost track), White silkie hen. She's is from hatchery stock, but a very good quality hen, despite Parents origin. I hatched her from my original birds. She's gone through a type of color change with her feathers. Picture above is how she always...
  17. Puddingtheamericana

    Why are my chickens (hen and rooster) brawling?

    i was sitting in the coop and suddenly, out of nowhere, for no reason, our 4 month old silkie hen and a silver sebright rooster started fighting. they’d face each other, walk in a circle parallel of eachother for a bit, then attack, and repeat. they stopped for a bit and then started it again...
  18. agold23

    What colour will this chick be?

    12 day old silkie chick originally came out white/cream coloured but is now developing some grey on the wings! It has grown a lot darker within the past few days. What colour will it grow up to be? Mom is a white silkie hen with white parents and dad is a golden partridge silkie.
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  19. NubbyRyuu

    Is This Bumblefoot?

    Last night, I went into the barn to put my chickens in their coop, and I found one of my 7mo hens acting out of the ordinary, lying there in the middle of the stall (it was a horse barn). I picked her up and thought maybe the weather got to her as she just let me hold her (something she's not...
  20. NubbyRyuu

    Looking for Silkie Hen - Southern NH

    Hey everyone! I'm hoping you can help me. 2 weeks ago, I had to put my only hen down because she became very sick and did not improve. She's survived by her rooster and five babies (soon to be 2mo). I'm having a lot of trouble finding a Silkie Hen in my area that would be accepting of these...
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