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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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.

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...

This is Night. He's the sweetest chicken I've ever had. All it takes is for me to sit down for 5 minutes and he jumps on my shoulder. I've always thought he's a rooster because of his behavior and scrawny looking feathers, especially the tail. His sister (same age) has a way rounder crest...

There's a woman on a local Facebook group I'm in and she's often selling silkies that "will lay blue eggs". I once commented on one of her posts and asked about it. She said her rooster is purebred, came from a blue egg shipped from Germany. She also said something about his grandchildren being...

First things first I wanna say that I wouldn't plan to make it an official color or anything. Just like a fun project for myself. In the end result a flock of chickens that look like silkies, but are a unique color never before seen in silkies. I also don't plan to do it anytime soon because I...

I have this silkie boy. I'm 90% sure his mom was paint and dad was buff (came from a mixed color pen. My guess is based off the photos I was sent). I really want to breed either paints or bbs. I was thinking I'd keep black hens and 2 roos - one blue or blue partridge and this boy. I've been...

Okay, so as far as I know silkies should have a walnut comb. Mine have weird flat and wavy combs or small and bumpy ones. Currently I'm focused more on color and body type, but I'd like to get a clear idea on what to do with the combs. I'll try to find some photos of my silkies combs. I can...

I have two silkies, about 9 weeks old, that we are trying to sex. I’d love some thoughts. We are new to backyard birds. Little Buff (buff) and Fluff (white) have become my favorites so please tell me I have some girls! ☺️😉 Not sure if it makes a difference but these two have been getting bred...