silkie

I hatched 8 silkies a month and a half ago. I was hoping some of them would be good to start breeding with. I'm not planning to show them necessarily, but I don't want to breed serious genetic problems. Anyway, 3 of the chicks have weird beaks. One is an obvious cross beak and the other two are...

Hi, Today we sadly lost one of our silkies out of the blue with no clear cause, disease, or injury. She was one of our healthiest (at least we thought) and seemed to be doing well. She was happily interacting with the flock this morning, eating and moving about as usual. This afternoon she...

Silkie chick @ 3 days old

Hello all, I'm here with a sad case and some questions about genetics. I have several female Cheshire Blues that I've had and bred for the past few years. By the way I do not use an incubator, all of our chicks are always hatched under a couple broody hens, usually the same ones. The CB's have...

Looking for insight sexing this little one - is approximately 4 months old. No crowing or any typical “roo” behaviours. All photos of the same bird from today. Let me know what you think!!

I have some 5 week old silkies I hatched from bought eggs. I'm not totally sure the genetics of the parents. Can anyone tell me what color this one is?

Maple has been one of the sweetest Silkie chicks we have and continues to be. We have 3 Silkies and as they developed we noticed that Maple grew faster than his "sister" Marble. We have had 5 suspected cockerels over these past few months, 4 have turned out to be just that..boys! However Maple...

Hi everyone! we just hatched a silkie chick who we could see in the incubator was having a tough time, we didn't know the extent of it until we pulled him/her out. Now I have her in her own area as she was getting ran over. It seems like one of her legs didn't set right/ isn't placed correctly...

Hi all! I'm currently working on my silkie breeding program. I'm still learning about genetics and SOP, I would love input and discussion on a few things. First things first, my current pairing right now is a white hen and a partridge rooster. He's definitely on the lighter side for a partridge...

Hi! My name is Kristen. I’m new to being a chicken mom. I currently have 5. They were all supposed to be hens, but 2 are roosters. 2 Belfielfers. 1 Polish. 1 silkie. And 1 Polish silkie. I started chickens for eggs. However, now it’s more of they are my pets and enjoy their company. They are...

Hello! I am a first time bird owner with chicks, and overall i am having a wonderful time and all my chicks seem healthy, happy and are growing like weeds! however, i am a little concerned about my white silkie. I feel compared to the other chicks her walk feels a little unusual but it's hard...

Hi everyone! My husband bought me a couple of Silkie chicks for my birthday last month. They were the same size at a couple days old when we bought them. But one is much larger than the other and has started getting feather tufts on its head. Is it too early for streamers to appear? Is the size...

I’m wanting to put my 9 week old silkies out in the coop with my two older hens (12 and 18m) Should I just switch the two older ones to Grower feed until the babies are 18weeks ? I will it harm their egg production/growth or will they be fine ?

Are these male streamers on our 13 week old silkie? They’re not really longer than the other feathers but I’m nervous 😬 I figured I could get ahead of the game and arrange a home for him before he crows bc my neighbors will NOT be pleased (plus we’re not allowed roosters where we live) if he...

Hello! I'm new to chickens and ducks. Although my fiancé is not so new to chickens, we are both very new at having ducks. My fiancé has quail. We have a few silkie chickens as well and we just hatched some Indian runner ducklings for the very first time. I would love to learn all that I can from...

Hi all, still unsure on the sexes of 3 of my chicks. The Polish in the background is definitely a v.proud noisy little cockerel ☺️ the two pekins (?) I change my mind everyday and the silkie I haven’t a clue. Any opinions warmly welcomed ! They are 8 weeks old.

Hi all! So 15.05 i've hatched 26 chicks. Australorps, wayandottes, marans and 3 silkies. One of them is not growing like the others and has scissore beak. I call him(her) Stefan and (s)he is sweet active chick. Every morning i feed him scrambled eggs. Every day i check his crop so i know he is...

2 year old silkie hybrid with weird white stuff in the eye. I am not sure worms I’ve tried removing it with a q-tip (though it definitely looks like worms). It’s inside a membrane of some sort and I’m not sure how to remove the puss/possible worm/infection. My guess is a possible scratch of some...

Incubated January, Hatched January 30th 3 different Silkies Black, White, Calico (is what I was told) Am very curious on breed