The Backyard Bantams
Songster
Hi! I have 4 little silkie chicks (3-4 weeks)
I don’t think the guy I got them from was a registered breeder, but he had a serious amount of chickens. I got 3 other chicks too.
So, I’ve had them 2-3 weeks, they all seem happy and healthy so far, but when I look up silkie chicks, they are perfect fluff balls. Mine are very scraggly. I’m pretty sure they are healthy, Is this just because all the pictures are of a newborn silky chicks? Is that why they look so perfect and they have no sort of wing feathers things going on? Also I’ve noticed all of my chicks, on top of their tiny crop which is on their chest, just a tiny bit scraggly there, it’s very hard to describe, almost like a couple of the tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny feathers are little bit dried out or dirty. I’m not sure if chicks are meant to have that. I’ll try to send some photos soon. I’m guessing this is just because they’re in an awkward stage of fathering, but I haven’t seen pictures of sillkie chicks with the little wing feathers before. Most of their wings are weird, scraggly, with almost rolled-up looking feathers. Will they become fluffy like in the pictures? While none of their combs are formed, they definitely look like walnut combs, they have dark skin, five toes, little feathers on their feet and other silkie characteristics. I think they are pure bred. They are also all mixed colours, apart from one tiny little black one. I don’t know at all what they’ll look like when they grow, up it’s very hard to find photos of silkies that aren’t just one colour. If anyone has any or knows any pictures they can show me that would be greatly appreciated !!!
Sorry for the bad grammar, I am using a tiny keyboard and can’t bother to fix my mistakes
I will try to send some more photos of the other little nuggets.
Don’t worry, she’s not dead, just sleepy
I don’t think the guy I got them from was a registered breeder, but he had a serious amount of chickens. I got 3 other chicks too.
So, I’ve had them 2-3 weeks, they all seem happy and healthy so far, but when I look up silkie chicks, they are perfect fluff balls. Mine are very scraggly. I’m pretty sure they are healthy, Is this just because all the pictures are of a newborn silky chicks? Is that why they look so perfect and they have no sort of wing feathers things going on? Also I’ve noticed all of my chicks, on top of their tiny crop which is on their chest, just a tiny bit scraggly there, it’s very hard to describe, almost like a couple of the tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny feathers are little bit dried out or dirty. I’m not sure if chicks are meant to have that. I’ll try to send some photos soon. I’m guessing this is just because they’re in an awkward stage of fathering, but I haven’t seen pictures of sillkie chicks with the little wing feathers before. Most of their wings are weird, scraggly, with almost rolled-up looking feathers. Will they become fluffy like in the pictures? While none of their combs are formed, they definitely look like walnut combs, they have dark skin, five toes, little feathers on their feet and other silkie characteristics. I think they are pure bred. They are also all mixed colours, apart from one tiny little black one. I don’t know at all what they’ll look like when they grow, up it’s very hard to find photos of silkies that aren’t just one colour. If anyone has any or knows any pictures they can show me that would be greatly appreciated !!!
Sorry for the bad grammar, I am using a tiny keyboard and can’t bother to fix my mistakes
I will try to send some more photos of the other little nuggets.
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