Silkie thread!

[Basel]

They do, but last year, I read many tales of people buying from them and getting little boys instead! Unless you sex them by DNA, there isn't a sure fire way to do it, and you might still wind up with little cockerels.

Basel, perhaps you should just buy a couple of started birds (young adult) and go from there, it would be a lot safer if you can't have roosters.

Oops! And good point about getting a young adult. Would they still bond to me if they were older?
Thanks!

 

[NovaAman]

Alright all... I have a silkie chick, it is falling to grow, but it is active, just half the size of its fellows here at a week. It is not any bigger now than when it hatched. It eats, and drinks, has a problem going forward, but it does go forward especially when it wants to get back under its mama. Its head is also shaped a little weird... kinda like... like a baby when it first comes out and the top of its head is squeazed all funny... Like that. Well anyway... Should I give it some vitamins? How much? Should I take a pic? I mean it literally is the same size as when it was hatched 5 days ago...

 

[stoopid]

I have a baby that never grew, he is about half the size of his hatchmates.
You can try Poly-vi-sol, without iron.
He may just be a little slow...

 

[NovaAman]

how much at a time? and how many times a day?

 

[Tikkijane]

This is a picture of my partridge chicks. I got these eggs after I sold my partridge rooster.

Wow, those look nothing like my partridge chicks!

This was the first notification I got in a few days, and I'm 20 pages behind............

 

[stoopid]

I was just told that all silkies are bantams... Is this true?

In this country, they are all bantams.
In Europe, they have both LF and Bantam classes.

 

[gambit2178]

I don't have any good new pictures of the silkie chicks, so I tried to get a couple quickies to share.

Here's some of the gang, while I pass out bread. A few of the silkie chicks are with their "mom," the white hen.


Here's some close ups..

Your babies are adorable!

 

[gambit2178]

Totally cute! It reminded me of my little princess. The noise is not distictive to roo or pullet, it's a chick's noise. I have 9wk roos and pullets that make the same noise. Regarless, it is so cute when your birds talk back to you~

Here is my Nugget at 10 weeks. I still need to clip the feathers around the eyes. Hubby has been busy fixing his BMW so I haven't wanted to bug him to help. There is also a video link of Nugget making funny noises. Just wonder if all Roos and Pullets make that noise? Nugget makes that noise a LOT! (Video link -

) Also is Nugget bearded? I think he/she is but not sure.

 

[gambit2178]

Love that picture of your gorgeous white with the stuff animals!!

Thank you so much! Here she is when she was a baby!

 

[ChickensXOXO]

NEW BABIES!!!!