silkies

  1. H

    yellow scabbing around hens body

    babar is my young silkie hen she is about 9 months old and just started laying eggs a few weeks ago. i noticed these last couple days she’s been a bit lethargic and hasn’t laid an egg in around 3 days (typically lays every other day). i examined her today and noticed all this scabbing running...
  2. niazai_thechickenlife

    Hello and Salaam from Belgium!

    My name is Aylin. we bought 5 silkie babies in april 2025. One has died from an unknown cause, the rest are thriving. They're free ranging all day every day, with our 3 cats protecting them from predators. It turns out -> they're all hens (what are the odds??). We're currently looking for a...
  3. niazai_thechickenlife

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  4. Lavender and CJ

    Bantam Chick Questions

    Hey y’all! This will be my second batch of chicks, and my first ever bantam flock. I’m getting 4 D’uccles and 2 Silkies, all sexed females from Meyer Hatchery. They will hatch tomorrow. -Does anyone have any tips about bantams specifically? -Our feed store sells chick grit, but will that be...
  5. Katieskerlong

    Silkie hen or roo?

    Hatched early April so coming in on 5 months old. Comb is small but can’t tell otherwise. Thoughts?
  6. K

    Silkies bullied by Easter Eggers

    So, I need some help. I have three easter egger hens. They are about a year and a half old. They seem to be pretty docile birds so I figured that when I introduced three new silkie birds (2 hens, 1 rooster) to the flock it would be okay. I was told that easter eggers generally are okay to...
  7. owlboy

    faverolles silkie cross chicks

    I saw a faverolles/silkie cross once and immediately fell in love. they are so funny looking. so i made some. this is my first time breeding my own chickens. this is Fred, a partridge silkie so divine that the heavens open up and smile upon her and a choir of angels sing wherever she goes...
  8. Silkieslopsprops

    Learning colors!

    Hi all! Relatively new to silkie breeding and identifying colors and patterns. Splash or Paints? Blues or Lavenders?
  9. rianrochelle

    Silkie Run Ideas

    Hi All! I’m looking for ideas on how to set up my run for silkies. Specifically roosting bars, dust baths… the aesthetic. Please post pictures of how you made it interesting and sweet for them ♥️ TIA.
  10. Katieskerlong

    Silkie chicken standard comb?

    Hi everyone. I just added this cute addition to my flock today and only noticed their comb once I got home. Keep in mind I bought this one from someone who breeds for show quality and actively shows their birds. I know sometimes you get some with less than desirable features but I’m trying to...
  11. S

    Newish chickie mom joining from SE Idaho!

    Hey everyone! I'm Michelle, mama to 3 blue laced wyandottes, and 6 blue splash silkies ...all about 5 weeks old. We love then so much! Their personalities, quirks, the snuggles and purrs....all of it has made the past several weeks so special! My grandma got me started with chickens years...
  12. K

    The good ole “help me figure out what gender my silkies are” post

    I have two silkies. One black and one white. I originally swore the black was a male based off of the stance it had always had but I’m not so sure. This white one is much smaller but the hair is different. It also has a much deeper cluck lol. My poor black one has pretty bad cross beak, but has...
  13. Y

    Hen or roo?

    Can you guys help me sex my 3 month old silkie chicks? I know it’s hard to sex silkies and best options are to wait until they either crow or lay an egg but sometimes a few are really obvious so I wanted to see what you guys think. How many look like they might be roos and how many might be...
  14. Y

    What am I doing wrong???

    Okay, so I’ve been raising chicks for almost three years now. My survival rate for my chicks has always been high; I rarely lost a chick in the past 3 years, and I’ve raised so many. I just always put extra time and care into my chicks. But I don’t know where everything went wrong this time...
  15. Zuk33p34

    Silkie growth rate

    I started off with 5 chickens. One died and the place I got them from replaced her. I went back and got another Silkie to befriend the bantam Cochin I already had. The Silkie was the same hatch date as my original 5. All that is to say, I feel like the silkie isn't growing at all. It seems to...
  16. Maleficent265

    help! Silkies are ugly but they don’t have to be!

    Can anyone recommend a place to get really high quality silkie eggs? I’d love to hatch some! And the birds they sell at TSC and Rural King are so… well they’re cute but also very ugly. I’ve also been looking for seramas!
  17. Katieskerlong

    Partridge chicks from buffs?

    Hi everyone, I have a buff roo and hen together and a white roo and hen all in the same enclosure. I only ever see my buffs together and whites together tho. Anyway both hens went broody together and so I gave them 6 eggs all together from each of them. 4 have hatched obviously very white...
  18. K

    6w old silkie gender based off comb method?

    This baby very much gives off roo vibes just based off of the insane straight stand up posture they always seem to have. I have another silkie who’s much smaller, but from the same hatch. She doesn’t stand up near as straight as this guy. What are we thinking based off of the comb?
  19. AvidKnip

    Newbie intro 👋🏻

    Hello. New member here. I usually just read and don’t always contribute but figured I’d say hi in case that changes. I live in Western Illinois with my husband on our little homestead. Currently have horses, ducks, geese, cats, dogs, and my chickens. I list 10 of my ladies last year to a...
  20. A

    What feed do you give your silkies?

    Hi everyone, I have a couple silkie hens and a silkie rooster. I want to give them the best feed for their bodies. Some are 1 years old and the others 2 years old. The hens are laying but I have a rooster in there with them so I want him to have the proper nutrition as well. I’ve heard purina...
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