Partridge Silkies - Nothing else

[ChristyAnneCobb]

Here is my Partridge girl!

 

[vintagepastime]

Hey ALL!

I just picked up 4 new Silkies. The first 2 (Partridge and Splash) I'm absolutely in love with, come from a very nice place.

The other 2 (buff and grey) are skittish (how do I remedy that?), given to me pretty dirty...seem a bit skinny, are they beardless, too? Poor little babies.

When I got everyone home I started to wonder if I had picked up a couple boys. Maybe all you SILKIE lovers can give me an idea of the sex of these chicks. The first two I was told were born at the end of November. The Buff is supposedly just under a year and the little grey is questionable.

I suspect that the partridge colored one is a boy and the little grey may be. We are not supposed to have roosters here so it makes me a bit anxious...I understand its very difficult to tell with silkies , but I just wanna know!!

I appreciate any input you may have! Thanks!

 

[Mama Hen Chris]

This is Gidget. She is about 5 months old.

 

[ChickNmamma]

Hey ALL!

I just picked up 4 new Silkies. The first 2 (Partridge and Splash) I'm absolutely in love with, come from a very nice place.

The other 2 (buff and grey) are skittish (how do I remedy that?), given to me pretty dirty...seem a bit skinny, are they beardless, too? Poor little babies.

When I got everyone home I started to wonder if I had picked up a couple boys. Maybe all you SILKIE lovers can give me an idea of the sex of these chicks. The first two I was told were born at the end of November. The Buff is supposedly just under a year and the little grey is questionable.

I suspect that the partridge colored one is a boy and the little grey may be. We are not supposed to have roosters here so it makes me a bit anxious...I understand its very difficult to tell with silkies , but I just wanna know!!

I appreciate any input you may have! Thanks!

The one you are calling partridge doesn't look partridge to me, he looks like splash with gold/red leakage. I agree it looks like a boy. The other splash is very pretty.

The grey and the buff are hard to see - but beardless is not a bad thing if it hasn't been pecked off. Some Silkies are beardless - they never had a beard. They are divided into two sections to show, bearded and beardless.

Skittish can be overcome by patience and MEALWORMS! You become their best friend when you bring the goodies! They are very lucky you got them, feed them up and they will be fat and happy again!

 

[Feathersprings]

This is Gidget. She is about 5 months old.

I love her

 

[vintagepastime]

I will definitely try the meal worms. At least we think the Splash is a girl!! Thanks for your reply!!

 

[story of 5]

Hello there. I am knew here at backyard chickens. How exactly does this work?

 

[ChickNmamma]

Hello there. I am knew here at backyard chickens. How exactly does this work?

Hello there and

You have successfully completed your first post - that's the first step. You are on the Partridge Silkies thread, so if you have any pictures of Partridge Silkies to share (although I think you have to have a minimum number of posts) you can post them here and we will drool over them. If you have questions about Partridge Silkies you can ask them here.

If you want, you can go to the "Social" "New Member's Introductions" section and introduce yourself, say a bunch of hellos back and build up your posts to post pictures.

If you have other birds you have questions about, you can either search them from the top bar, or you can just wander around in the Chicken Breeds Forums and read all sorts of information about them.

I guess how it works depends on what you want to do?

 

[Mama Hen Chris]

I love her

Thank you. She and her "sisters" are so much fun. They have great personalities.

 

[Mama Hen Chris]

Hello there. I am knew here at backyard chickens. How exactly does this work?

Welcome!