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  1. C

    Silkie lethargic, drooping wings, low appetite

    I have a 9mo old satin silkie who lost her best friend a week ago. Her bestie was fumbling all over herself, loss of balance, would fall and couldn’t get up, then started walking backward, threw up when i picked her up and had green diarrhea- took her to er on NYE and the vet didn’t even look at...
  2. 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...
  3. T

    Silkie falls over easily

    I've got a black silkie that's less than a year old who seems to be having some balancing issues. She falls over easily, but can usually get up by herself shortly afterwards. It usually happens when she's running and trips, but I've also seen her do it when she lands from a favorite perching...
  4. Fox_SilkieOwner

    Large crop, can't stand up and is unvalanced

    This afternoon when I had gone to shut my chickens in for the night, I noticed that one of my silkies was walking oddly. I brought her inside and she could no longer support herself and keeps flopping on to her side. We checked her crop and that was very large. We looked online and saw that...
  5. 3eyondblessed

    Sour crop?

    Hi all, my 5 month old cross beak silkie crop is really full with liquid. She basically has all the signs of sour crop, except well the sour smell! I made her throw up…. By massaging her crop. It appears to be a clear liquid with what looks like soggy food? She hasn’t had food in 24 hours. I...
  6. Skyeknight

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    Silkie and Polish hens free BAY AREA SF

    I have one pure white silkie, one brown silkie cross, a lavender Orpington, a Polish hen and a Polish rooster (doesn’t identify as a rooster, makes zero sound and lays on eggs) who are 1.5 years old and need a new home. They lay well besides in winter, and come with a free 1.5 year old coop and...
  8. franciemayhem

    Spark, the Silkie chick :)

    Hey y’all!! I’ve talked a bit about Spark on here before, but I wanted to post some pictures of him as he’s grown up :) he was born this past November, around the 10th, so he’s roughly two months old. We recently found out he’s a baby roo, as he started crowing and his spur buds are starting to...
  9. F

    Are these lice eggs? Shredded wing feathers on broody Silkie hen.

    Hi all, I just want to check with you on the wing feathers of my broody Silkie hen. The ends are getting stripped/broken. I have just inspected her, no feather loss elsewhere. It's summer now where we are, with high temps. I do observe her pretty closely and do not know of any bullying going...
  10. F

    Silkie breeding groups - I've got a wild mix of colours, which would you put together?

    Hey fellow Silkie enthusiasts, I've got 2 roosters and 8 hens in a lot of different colours, and am wondering what groups to form and what offspring they could produce. I have a Buff rooster, and a Splash one. For hens I have: 2 Buff 1 White, I assume recessive 1 Black 1 Grey-ish 1 Black...
  11. A

    Grown rooster in brooder?

    I haven't got a set up yet with a separate pen for my silkie rooster. I have other chickens but unfortunately due to him being a male and smaller he will get picked on by the other rooster/hens. (They are all bigger than him) I have the silkie chicks in the brooder but I am wondering will it be...
  12. franciemayhem

    Likelihood of my silkie being a roo? How can I raise a gentle roo?

    Hi everyone!! Just the other day I made a post about my six week old silkie chick, Spark, and here I am talking about her again! I’m posting because I think she might actually not be a ‘she’ at all! I know that silkies are very difficult to sex when they’re young, and any early guesses could...
  13. P

    Lethargic/not eating bantam silkie

    I have three bantams who are almost a year old, one of them named Athena can't get up a low sloped ramp, low roost, wont eat/drink just in general very lethargic. I haven't added any new birds to my flock, I've tried diatomacious earth, save a chick, and electrolytes. none of which are helping...
  14. franciemayhem

    Noticed odd eye color in my silkie chick—could it be Ocular Marek’s disease?

    Hello all, it’s my first time posting on here! I’m relatively new to keeping backyard chickens, and right now I have two five-week old silkie chicks. I noticed that my white silkie, Spark, has odd coloring in both of her (or his) eyes. The other chick in the brooder has ‘normal’ eyes. I’m...
  15. alohapepesilkies

    Help Me To Identify The Silkie Bantam Color!

    I am having a hard time to identify the color on my 6 weeks old DNA Sexed pullet who came from a Silkie Bantam breeder’s BBSWP [Black, Blue, Splash, White, Paint] in the same pen. I am including her day one old photo and 6 weeks old photo. I’ve had some people tell me that she may be a Splash...
  16. S

    Silkie babies

    Two Silkie babies hatched on Nov 20. I incubated six eggs and five hatched. I have a small backyard enclosure, so unfortunately these two can’t stay. Located in West Monroe, LA.
  17. D

    5 Silkie Hens in Need of Loving Home

    I started my little backyard coop very optimistic but since moving to PA, I have been overrun with rats. They are extremely large and intelligent and I just cannot keep up anymore. I have tried everything to get rid of them and the damages that they're causing my coop is astronomical. At this...
  18. alohapepesilkies

    Purebred Show Quality Line Silkie Bantam DNA Sexed Roos [5 Weeks Old]

    Hello! I am Aloha Pēpē Silkies and located in Texas. I am currently selling my Silkie Bantam chicks [DNA Sexed by IQBirdTesting] at 5 weeks old right now. They were hatched on November 6th and 7th, 2024. I can provide the pictures of their parents. They are from the show quality lines...
  19. Chickenwithnobrim

    2 pet chickens down to 1

    Hi all, I have 2 hens as pets that live in a gorgeous coop in my back yard. I've had them for about 4 years and they were already a year or two old when I got them. One I got off the street and took her in and decided to keep her and get her a friend. This was before I knew anything about...
  20. Chicken_Trainer2007

    I looked everywhere and can’t find what my roosters colour is called

    I have a 5 month old silkie rooster, his dad is black and mom is gray or blue or lavender I can’t really tell the difference between the three. his grandfather is the exact same colour, gray? and orange. He only has the two colours. I don’t think he is a calico silkie none of them have two...
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