examples of a breed standard silkie?

[MysteryChicken]

aw shes so cute!

Thanks.

 

[MysteryChicken]

The little one finally decided to eat. She had her crop empty for soo long it was worrying. When i offered it by hand she would eat happily. But when I showed her the feeder she stopped. I fed her with my hand over the feeder and once she realize she is eating from the feeder she stops.

After a while of doing that though, she finally started eating from the feeder! Yay! Have to say, the brahma is bossy though. He pecks the silkies to show them who's boss, guess they are getting adjusted. Sometimes they all spin around though in panic think its the tall tub. So i let them out in the room for a bit and let them back in, eventually they settle in.

Any recommendations on what to do when they are panicking and spinning around? At this time they usually also try to jump out of the brooder. And it is not tiny, but it’s nothing like the room they were in. Ill try to get them some grass to give them something to do. Maybe they are ok but their shreeking screams worries me. Never really heard chicks this panicked. Maybe because i usually either get older birds or eggs.

How old is the Brahma they're with? Do they have a hiding place to avoid pecking?

 

[MysteryChicken]

I see, i actually had a Chinese silkie that i had to give away to a friend when i moved. Didn’t know there were so many differences! Mine was very flighty even though i hatched her out myself. She had a very entertaining personality though so i see why you love them!

Wanted the american silkies more available to the city folks as I find a silkies attract a lot of people here because of their weirdness. Sadly people here crossbreed them a lot and sell them as pure ‘american silkies’ with a price jump from around 15 dollars to hundreds.


Thanks for your opinion on the birds

Yeah, Chinese Silkies have more to them then American Silkies. I'm working on enhancing their size to 3ft.