silkie

  1. EquiAsh95

    Egg bound or Mareks?

    We have a sick silked Easter egger. Both wings down. Tail down. Skinny and losing weight. We have her isolated with some water with added recovery 911 and vitamin B complex. We just euthanized a chicken at the vet that suspected Mareks. This one isn’t presenting the same. There isn’t a one sided...
  2. T

    How do you sex a silkie?

    Hi, I have hatched off 2 silkies (still young) and I'm just wondering how you sex them and what age is easiest to tell?
  3. think_fast_chicklenuts

    How to introduce sizzles to a standard-sized majority flock?

    About a week ago, I hatched 3 silkie-frizzle hybrids! They are super adorable, and I can't wait till they can leave the brooder. Somehow I was dumb enough to never consider that these guys might be picked on for their size when they join the flock. I've introduced newbies before, put them in a...
  4. pajuxi

    Introducing new pullets conundrum

    Hello! So I have an interesting self-brought-on chicken dilemma and could use some opinions on! The backstory: I purchased 5 chicks (notably 2 of those being silkies) all with a female guarantee, but of course 2 ended up being Roos that unfortunately I had to re-home. That leaves my current...
  5. C

    Silkie Hen or Roo?

    This is my 14-week old Silkie... named Yeti. I am thinking that Yeti might be a rooster... any thoughts? Thanks!
  6. T

    Hatching my first clutch of chicks who are mixed!!

    Hello everyone, I’m a first time chicken owner and I got my very first hens a year ago. The great news is I managed to hatch my first batch of babies this month!! Now to provide some context, I have a mixed flock with 2 silkie Roos, one is black who’s a bit on the smaller side, I believe he...
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  7. Butt_Nugget_Hut092

    Help _ Hen or Roo? _ Three 6 Week Old Chicks _ (POST SPLIT UP FOR EASE OF SEXING)

    Hi Everyone, I need help with gender identification, please! Breed posted above each photo(s)! I have someone who is coming to get my 7 week old welsummer rooster, she rescues roosters and let's them free range on her acreage. So I was hoping to be able to identify other roosters as I can't...
  8. Njames1963

    Silkie experts - hen or roo?

    Calling the silkie sexing experts! I know these guys are notoriously hard to sex before reaching maturity, but I figured I'd try anyway! 6 or so weeks old I have a feeling the partridge colored one is a roo.. but I'm hoping for hens!
  9. K

    Backyard genetics

    First, new chicken person, please be kind. I accepted 6 school hatched chicks last spring that were from a backyard mix. I was told that there was a silkie rooster so if any had black skin or a fifth toe, they were from the silkie. So I ended up with 4 roosters and two hens. One rooster had the...
  10. Galaxy_rules

    BLACKBERRY HAS BABIES!!!

    Blackberry my broodie just hatched two happy, healthy, silkie chicks! I came to gather eggs at 6:45 pm, to make some muffins with my mom 🥰 I came over and saw a raccoon, I counted all my chickens, and luckily everyone was there 😅 I went into the coop and found one egg. We needed two. My mom told...
  11. K

    New chicken mom advice! Injured Silkie

    Hi! I’m a new chicken mom and I’m need advice! I was out of town and our pet sitter texted me on Friday night late asking if one of my silkies were hurt? She said she noticed on Thursday she wasn’t moving much and her leg was sticking out. I had a friend go check on her later that night and she...
  12. JLoWil

    Silkie chick acts like it has Parkinson’s

    At 3 weeks old, One out of nine (home hatched)silkie chicks started doing this weird thing with its head, shaking its head and neck, twisting around upside down and sideways. For the past four weeks I have been treating it for wry neck.. zero sign of improvement. I’ve done selenium with e, e...
  13. D

    Silkie chicks

    I have 2 day old silkie chicks and wondering if there was any way to tell if they're pullets or cockerels. If it's not possible, fun guesses? 3 total.
  14. EquiAsh95

    Frizzle help?

    These silkies are 4 days old. Should I be able to tell if they are frizzle or not? The white one and showgirl are the ones I’m wondering if they are frizzle or not.
  15. KirstyS

    Silkie Guessing game

    I am knew to this chicken game. Have six hens outside. Got these 5 babies from my manager who hatched a couple. (She got the eggs from a farm) I know the one is a silkie/RIR mix. However, I’m in sure what the grey one is. Silkie/? Any thoughts? Feed me your chicken knowledge! Also any guesses on...
  16. HansElvis4ever

    Lost 2 roosters within 2 days...HELP!

    Hi! First time chicken owner here - however; we have been just that for over a year and a half now. Everything has been great thus far. It all started when Drew (my fiancé) finding a Cornish Cross (meat bird) that had fallen off a truck. Long story short, we decided to take him in and care for...
  17. I

    Chickens face smells really bad, never normally this bad.

    I've got this silkie chicken that I've had for almost 5 years now, I've recently noticed(while picking her up) that her face absolutely stinks, at first I thought that maybe she needed a bath, but the rest of her body smells fine, its just her head, as I said I've had her for almost five years...
  18. K

    Wry Neck & Immobility: When is it time to give up?

    At what point does wry neck, likely caused by an injury, become irreversible? We discovered our silkie in this condition early today. We've been giving her vitamin E and egg, but she's immobile, lying on her side, kicking in the air, with her eyes fluttering and neck curled under. When we hold...
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