silkies

  1. Cloverr39

    She's not a cockerel, right? (15 week old silkie)

    I was gone a week and now my sweet pullet Rosie looks a bit off. She has more tail feathers than before. Her brothers have pretty chunky tail feathers that drop at the tip. Hers are pretty thin. Her crest is a bit more messy and her comb has grown a bit. I really hope that those aren't...
  2. M

    20+ Silkies New Coop Recommendations

    We currently have 21 silkies. They’re a great bunch! 🥰 I’d love to hear everyone’s ideas about their coop and run. We’re building and would like to give them an awesome space. Just need ideas on size. ESPECIALLY the fact that their roosts & boxes need to be low. TIA
  3. Alixzandrah

    Silkies sexing?

    I know they’re notoriously hard to sex until laying or crowing. Any input on these guys ? I tried to notate what I thought they were. A lot have similar features so if I can see what you’re seeing to distinguish between cockerel and pullet for the rest of them and that will help tremendously...
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    • silkie pullet silkie rooster silkie sexing silkie sexing gender pullet cockerel silkie sexing roo pullet cockerel silkies
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: What Breed Or Gender is This?
  4. C

    I need help identifying silkie roosters

    Hi, I just got some silkie roosters a couple of weeks back and was told they were buffs but the more I look at them the more I'm not sure. Does anybody know what color they could be?
  5. ValarieF

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  6. Cloverr39

    Are they all cockerels? (7-8 wk old silkies)

    This batch was kind of a mess. I think 2 had an extra toe, 1 has a single comb and the buff has a pink comb. I'm planning on maybe selling them for cheaper soon. I just want to make sure they're all cockerels, so that I wouldn't accidentally mislabele them. Also is the brownish one a buff? He...
  7. Tsmith1414

    Mixed Flock- silkies / RSL / Columbians

    I am looking for advice. Silkies are 21 weeks. RSL's are 18 weeks. Columbians are 17 weeks. No eggs as of yet. Everything I have read and spoken to other Silkie owners is that they require more protein than the typical 16%. I have everyone on 19% protein and the silkies have been gaining...
  8. Climbingalbatross

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  9. Cloverr39

    Can you guess the gender of these silkies? I know what they are. Do you?

    Ever wanted to test your ability to sex silkies? You don't have to be an expert to take a guess here! Even if you know next to nothing on sexing silkies. In these photos they are 3-4 weeks old. That's too young to properly tell the genders yet. That's why I don't expect all guesses to be...
  10. knoturavggrl

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  11. Cloverr39

    Are they blue or black?

    I've never had blue silkies before. They're lighter than my blacks and seem to have a light grey undertone. One is green and the other is orange (color of their leg bands). The orange is a bit darker. I included a photo of the green one next to a black bantam cochin for a color comparison. Last...
  12. Cloverr39

    How does cuckoo act in breeding

    I was wondering, since self blue in breeding breeding acts the same as black (the only difference being that the chicks carry lavender) How would cuckoo act? I have this silkie chick (I desperately hope she's a pullet) and I think she's a cuckoo. But from far away she looks blue. I'm not...
  13. MariBellsy42869

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  14. Cloverr39

    At what age can cockerels breed hens?

    I have a 12 week old silkie cockerel. I sadly have to rehome him becouse of the loud crowing at early morning hours. But I saw what I thought was him breeding (or him thinking he was breeding) an adult silkie hen. He started crowing at 8 weeks old. I don't have any other roosters at the moment...
  15. G

    Hi, I'm Gen

    Hi everyone, my daughter Joe and I, love fluffy butts. We currently have five chickens, 2 Silkie hens, 1 frizzle hen and 2 Frazzle roosters who are half brothers, 1 of which is a bit special needs, we couldn't bare to cull them once we found they were roosters and Frazzles, we don't breed...
  16. Felbeth

    Beautiful fluffy bearded Silkie cockerels need to rehome

    8 weeks old cockerels I will need to rehome. They are Buff, Splash, Black, Blues and white. All fluffy and bearded and great temperaments. I live in Bedford New York
  17. A

    A couple losses

    Hi, No emergency here, just wanted some other fellow chicken keepers experiences. I’ve been a chicken keeper for about a year now and had three losses. One from heat stroke, one from egg bound, and another I’m not quite sure. She was always lethargic and sickly but she ate and drank water. She...
  18. akf93

    12 Week Old Silkies - Pullets or Cockerels?

    I have two 12 week old Silkies I’m trying to sex. A couple weeks ago, most thought pullets but said to come back to double check. No crowing, very docile, love to be held.
  19. titosfarm

    New babies… let mama do her thing or intervene?

    We woke up to 3 little babies running around, game hen and silkie mix. The mama seems to know what she’s doing, however we are concerned whether or not we need to step in. Should we keep babies with mama seperate with chick starter and water… or let her stay out with them and do their thing? I...
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    • babies chick chickens chicks chicks 1 day day 1 chicks farming game hen new babies silkies
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
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