silkies

We have 2 silkie hens that are sitting on eggs. Our chickens currently share a pen with our ducks (we had them separate, and the chickens decided to move in with the ducks instead). I'm wondering once the chicks hatch if the ducks will bother them, or if mama hen will keep them safe if there is...

Meet Ronnie and reggie they are inseparable 😊 the brown ones Ronnie the picture isn't great but can anyone tell me the sex of them? These little beauties live at our carehome and are looked after by our residents they love them 😁 we would like to incubate some eggs so the residents can watch...

Hello All I’m in the north west corner is Alabama near TN Interested in meeting other Silkie moms I have a flock of Guineas and 2 silkie chickens Thelma and Louise. I got the silkies thinking they’d set the Guinea eggs I’ve just started incubation of my first round of Guinea eggs.

Hello! I’m looking for white or black bearded silkies over a year old. I’m in Los Angeles, CA but can drive a little while for some good silkies. If you have any that you’d like to sell please let me know in the comments, thank you! :)

Hello! I have two baby Silkies and this is my first time raising them on my own! I live in town (previously raised in country with my family) and so I can’t keep roosters. This little chick is 11 weeks old and has really bamboozled me. I have another one I am pretty sure is a hen and I know...

Please tell me these silkies will get it soon?!!! Our silkies are 11-12 weeks old. They were housed in the coop only for a few days to help them understand this is home and where to return to for nighttime. This is our third full week outside with the attached run. They are using the ramp...

I have 2 chicks that I really want to keep. They come from better lines than mine. Unfortunately I think they're both gonna be cockerels. If one ends up being a pullet than this whole thing won't matter anymore, but assuming they're cockerels which one would be better to keep? They're 4 weeks...

So, I still consider myself a new chicken mom even though we've had 4 hens for a year now. They were super easy, laid back gals and still are. However.... when we added 4 silkies to our flock... I started having ALL the questions. One of those questions is the same as every other silkie...

If anyone has any silkies who need a home near Albany, NY please send me a message. Kept strictly for pets.

I have a silkie I thought was a dominant white, but he started getting beige in the wing tips, back, neck and a few buffy looking pin feathers at the base of his tail. He also recently got a black feather on his wing. And now there's 2 buff looking feathers in his wings. My theory is that his...

Hi all, I survived 1 week being a new mamá. Heart break stuck early as we lost 1 chick our of 6, buff Orpingtons. did you first get chickens? 1 week as of Wednesday. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? Gotta love that chicken math....we (I, too be fair to my husband) started out...

I have the possibility to get some frizzled silkies and would love to breed them with my silkies. But is there a possibility for straight feathered chickens pairing these two?

I have 2 lovely Silkie Hens. They both just turned 2 yrs old. Trying to sell them together because they've never been separated. $100 each or both for $150. One is white with a black streak on her head feathers. The black one is completely black! Both are social with people! They've only been...

Okay before you say "they're too young to sex", I know they are. They're 14 and 19 days old. I'm making this post to share my guesses and predictions. I will update every week or so. I'll introduce the chicks as a reply to this thread. Anyone is welcome to share their opinions and guesses on...

One of my hens hatched her first and only chick last week. She adored the little fluffball and had bonded super strongly with it. I asked on a Facebook group whether I should let her raise it, or separate it from her, my ducks, and other chickens. I was told to provide food, and otherwise, let...

Apologies if this is silly, but I've been super curious. My rooster puts on a dance for the ladies, and lately he's been dancing for some of my straight runs, ranging from 1 month to 6 months old - he picks specific birds in my flock of young ones and dances for them? Can roosters instinctually...

Hi! I’m trying to find ways for my closed run silkies to have some enrichment. Some blog posts online say that indoor bird toys are fine, some disagree. Anyone have any experience with this? Thoughts?

We have 12 silkies that are 7/8 weeks old. We have older hens in a different coop that give us almost enough eggs for our consumption. The silkies were for egg supplementation but also because they are my favorites. We are not sure what roosters to hens ratio is and are looking to supplement...

My roo has wings that sort of stick out and look messy. I think some of his primary feathers are going over his secondary. I just hatched out his first chicks and the oldest (around 9-10 days) has wings that stick out. I do have 1 hen with wings that always stay a little bit open. Like she can't...