silkie thread

[kezabel]

These are my first silkies, I bought six fertile eggs from our local feed store and put them under my broody Buff cochin Bantam hen and 3 hatch 4 days ago!!! they are so cute!! I love them so much already!!!
Here is a pic of them with Fiffie(mumma hen)

I don't know what type of silkie they are, the black one hatched out of a blu/green tinted egg.

 

[poultryinmotion]

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The first pic you posted to me looks like a Black Silkiie withe lavendar showing through in its hackel feathering. It could just be the lighting. My Blacks with the lavendar gene look similar but they didn't come from Bobbie but they did come from north of the mason dixon line. Maybe yours or some one you sold to or bought from? At any rate one of mine is the father to a Porcelian. The mother has yet to be determined.

 

[poultryinmotion]

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Blue or green eggs mean Easter egger chickens. But they could still have silkie traits like beards or crests, Black Skin or 5 toes. Rarely fur like feathers like a true Silkie. It is a pet project of mine to create a silkie that lays such colored eggs. Maybe some has beat me to it! Oops I forgot auracaunas/americanas (should not be considered a breed anymore than EE's) I have yet to see their rumpless buts beed tru for very long.

 

[ninny]

I would love to get back into silkies. What color do you think is the easiest to start with? I love white most of all. I would buy the best birds i could to start with. Should i get a trio or pair?

 

[poultryinmotion]

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You should Go with White. They are probably the most popular ffollowed by Buff. I have an excess of white if you lived close I would give you half a dozen white chicks. Just dont tell my wife!!! She has her Show girl thing that I hate.

 

[kezabel]

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Blue or green eggs mean Easter egger chickens. But they could still have silkie traits like beards or crests, Black Skin or 5 toes. Rarely fur like feathers like a true Silkie. It is a pet project of mine to create a silkie that lays such colored eggs. Maybe some has beat me to it! Oops I forgot auracaunas/americanas (should not be considered a breed anymore than EE's) I have yet to see their rumpless buts beed tru for very long.

Oh ok I see well the black one does have black skin feathered feet and 5 toes on each foot.

 

[M To The Maxx]

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Blue or green eggs mean Easter egger chickens. But they could still have silkie traits like beards or crests, Black Skin or 5 toes. Rarely fur like feathers like a true Silkie. It is a pet project of mine to create a silkie that lays such colored eggs. Maybe some has beat me to it! Oops I forgot auracaunas/americanas (should not be considered a breed anymore than EE's) I have yet to see their rumpless buts beed tru for very long.

I agree.

 

[ninny]

What is a good setup for breeding silkies?

 

[poultryinmotion]

If I had my way and enough room they would live in the house with me all the time. (sometimes some do just that) Honestly I keep mine in tractors as much as I can. I also try to keep them dry as I can. In the summer I try give them lots of shade so they don't get to hot. I think they love the winter here in Alabama.

Paul

 

[AHappychick]

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excuse me but which and where is your local feed store? cause i think I might need to make a trip there once you unload your culls

that must be the greatest feed store on earth

And dont think I am not crazy enough to do it

my folks like in AZ