Silkie thread!

[ScaredOfShadows]

Zack if I had to wager a guess I'd say Grey / Silver partridge

 

[sager:)silkies]

I'm thinking the same thing. But I had a silkie chick that was like a dark brown black color with two stripe come out gray. This one is like a whitish blue. It's weird how they change so much

 

[Lynzi777]

Well now that I've found the silkie thread, I try this as a last resort. LOL Anyone here have silkie chicks that they would be willing to ship? I live in NY and have been in search of a few. If anyone has any bearded silkies available can you please PM me and give me some info? Thanks so much!

 

[Sharksandguitars]

Okay if we are playing the color guessing game, tell me what this one is.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

A young pullet but the best picture of my own I could find quick to do an example with...

this is MY personal way of evaluating and remembering what to look for with type...

Orange : top of neck below the crest, down across the curve of the back and up over the tail/cushion to the vent should be a nice S shape. The more defined the S the better

PINK: bird facing forward (which Truffles is not) beak to the curve of the depth of the chest down and below to the belly should be a S shape, again the more deep/defined (especially the bottom curve) that S the better.

YELLOW : Wings wings should be closed together and close the the body in a triangle, in this picture her wings are held a little loose, the yellow triangle shows where the wings should be - tucked under the cushion and as she finishes filling out her cushion will most likely hide the tips of her wings.

Nice job! But I would raise the tail (shorter back and higher tail) and the wing (bottom should be horizontal). Look at my avatar.

Pretty blue partridge--and while I think the wing angle could be higher, I very much like that it is tightly closed. I see too many that are very loose and wide open.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote:

Quote: Porcelain requires two copies of lavender, so a first generation cross cannot be porcelain. It could be a buff with blue or splash.

What were the parents?

 

[Suzierd]

Mine did this too for the longest time. I have some of those small, stake in the ground solar lights, that you can buy at Wal-Mart for $3.00 each. I took off the stake so only the head of the light was used. Put it in the back, far corner of the coop for them to see the light. It worked for me, I think they are afraid of the dark!

Take the light out and put in the sun the next morning so it re-charges. It also seems like there is a leader of the flock that will stand right in the middle of the doorway, and keep the others out. If you can find your leader, just move him to the back of the line, and the others may go in. Then let him/her go, and he will go in too. Hope this helps.

Thanks Debbie, I did put the solar lights in tonight and I sat down in there spot outside the coop Where they were piling up hoping that would get them to go in but instead they just climbed right in my lap and settled down to sleep! Lol I did change the floor from hay to pine shavings maybe they don't like sleeping on the pine shavings. Of course they good use the nice new nest boxes we built for them with hay in them and on the floor of the coop, but no. I'll just keep trying to get them to go in. I feel like I can't go anywhere over night or be gone at dusk because I have to get the chickens in. Doesn't make my DH to happy.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

partridge

Okay if we are playing the color guessing game, tell me what this one is.

 

[stoopid]

Well now that I've found the silkie thread, I try this as a last resort. LOL Anyone here have silkie chicks that they would be willing to ship? I live in NY and have been in search of a few. If anyone has any bearded silkies available can you please PM me and give me some info? Thanks so much!

Lynzi, how far up are you? Are you looking for show quality, or just pets? Any particular color?
There is a show on April 22 in CT, there will be a few of us there with birds for sale.
Here is the link http://www.connecticutpoultrybreederssociety.com/index.html

 

[mama2my4]

partridge

well I know you just made someone a happy girl