New Silkie Breeder

[Villa delle Rosa Silkies]

Dora is a bit of a mutt colour wise. She's buff with blue in her top knot, in her neck and in her tail.

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I rather like the partridge colour so I'll look forward to seeing some of your birds on here.

Dora is gorgeous! Love her color. I would like any silkie that had blue in it.

 

[FarmerGirl101]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC, and good luck in developing a show quality flock.

 

[lilmillefleur]

I'm not sure where I should be writing this, as I am still very much finding my way around BYC. I've been concerned about my white adult Silkie girl, who is in with my young rooster (cockerel really, as he is only around 7-8 months old). This pair are the parents of my 2 week white Silkie chicks. Czarina regularly laid 3-4 little eggs each week. But just over a week ago, she stopped laying. I searched the long grass area in their large run, but no sign of eggs there. She hasn't shown any signs of being broody. Anyway, I also noticed that her poop was smaller in size (in nesting box) than it had previously been. I thought she might have stopped laying due to several very loud thunder storms we have had recently .... or to the fact that we had allowed 2 of our dogs into the area where their run is, but only under supervision & both were well-behaved. When I saw that Czarina had stopped laying, I stopped allowing the dogs in & no more thunder storms, but still no eggs. I got Czarina as an adult, about 3 months ago, & like our young rooster, Czar, she had never been handled, so whenever I go into their run, she hides under the coop. Today I took her favorite treat in .... grated carrot, apple, bran & vegetable oil mash, & she came over to get some. I was shocked to see that she appears to have lost quite a bit of weight, & her bottom is dirty, I did see her pooping just before that .... or maybe trying to poop ... that's when I saw her bottom was dirty. From a few feet away it looks like poop on her fluff. So now I am going to have to catch her, pop her into a carrier, bring her indoors to check her out, & gently wash & dry her .... I was thinking that the best way would be to wait until the two of them go into their coop, at around 9 p.m. tonight (it's now 1 p.m. & summer here) & then open the nest box lid where she sleeps, & lift her out. I know that Czar is going to be stressed by this, as she will also be (& me too), but I think this is a better option than chasing her around their large enclosure, with Czar pecking at my feet. Does anyone have any thoughts on how I should handle this or what might be wrong with her? I gave her some mashed egg today, in case she is short of calcium, & she ate a little amount .... She gets layer pellets, but hard to see how much she is eating, because she & Czar get it out of the bowl & spread it over the ground .... I have also seen her eating his pellets too. A couple of times a week, they get a treat, & then she has a large area of ground, with grass as well, to range over with Czar. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

I don't know, but if you post a new thread it will help others to see. Go to Forums at the top --> scroll and pick the category you want to put the thread in (probably Emergencies) --> Then click the big blue button "Post New Thread."
Edit: Also your silkies do look like sizzles to me! (silkie + frizzle genes)

 

[Cyprus]

Feel free to join the 2019 chat thread for this year's new members!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/2019-newbie-chat.1286095/

 

[Villa delle Rosa Silkies]

I don't know, but if you post a new thread it will help others to see. Go to Forums at the top --> scroll and pick the category you want to put the thread in (probably Emergencies) --> Then click the big blue button "Post New Thread."
Edit: Also your silkies do look like sizzles to me! (silkie + frizzle genes)

Thanks for that advice. I'll pop over to Forums. Ok .... so they are Sizzles. That's good to know. Opal is so gorgeous. I call her/him my Swan Lake ballerina .... if my ballerina turns out to be a boy, I know I'm going to cry ... not only because I will then have 5 out of 6 boy chicks to rehome, but because I really wanted to keep Opal

 

[Cynthia12]

I also got excited about haychhat silkies a while back. Here in the systat, we do recognize the hardship of shipped eggs..the actual shipping methods, and, hoping you get what you ordered. It took time, but I found some wonderful folks with great colors that I wanted. Here are a few photos...

I love the whites and splash.

. WELCOME!!

 

[JedJackson]

Welcome, and great introduction. I'm really impressed that you hatched all six eggs you bought from a breeder. You seem to be a natural with chickens! I hope you find the website helpful in your endeavors, and fun, too.

 

[JedJackson]

I also got excited about haychhat silkies a while back. Here in the systat, we do recognize the hardship of shipped eggs..the actual shipping methods, and, hoping you get what you ordered. It took time, but I found some wonderful folks with great colors that I wanted. Here are a few photos...View attachment 1631839 View attachment 1631845 I love the whites and splash. View attachment 1631850 . WELCOME!!

Those are some gorgeous silkies!

 

[Cynthia12]

Thank you Jed.