Silkie thread!

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Agree, it is pecking order, not gender related. QUite frankly, it looks much more like when my hens fight than when my boys do, but at this age, it isn't likely a hen fight either.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

This is a Craigslist ad I found today... pretty sure brown is not a Silkie color... Or are they hatching out some rare color and calling it brown?

"i have chicks available today...Sicilian Buttercups,Silkie(black,brown & splash) $3 each,...Silver laced polish & Blue Laced Red Wyandottes $4 each or 4 for $15...Rhode Island Reds $1.50 each (11 total)... call/text Jamie...704-746-1291. can possibly do better the more you buy... "

I bet they meant blue, but it is worth contacting and asking.

 

[Cynthia12]

Here are my 3 week old Silkie chicks making it obvious that they are boys! Apparently some are easier to sex early than others!!!

Is this a common thing with Silkies??? I've never seen this sort of fighting with any of my large fowl. Not even the early crowers were this determined.

Wow, I think I would separate those two! I haven't seen anything like that, in any of my babies. I've seen the stand up chest bumps many a time, but those chicks are really fighting aren't they? That is interesting. Good luck!

 

[Suzierd]

Can you simply let him run the yard freely, eating all those nasty bugs that eat your plants?

I got a call for him a few hours after putting him on. A lady is picking him up today at noon. She has a Silkie hen she wants to put him with. Yay!
I would love to free range some but I'm afraid my dogs would chase them plus we have a lot of hawks some are pretty darn big two.

 

[Suzierd]

I forgot to add I decided not to return him to that fate. He's so good looking I knew I would find a home sooner or later.
I see a lot of feathers in my run is that because they're molting at five months or fighting?

 

[peepblessed]

well our two silkies are growing up. they are now 3 months old. they have changed so much in the past 2 months.
this is Buffie.

and this is Snowie.

Very pretty!!!!

 

[Suzierd]

 Here's the chart.

The way the Blue gene works in a breeding can be broken down as follows:

1) Blue x Blue: This will produce 25% black, 50% blue, 25% splash.

2) Black x Blue: Produces 50% black and 50% blue.

3) Black x Splash: You'll get 100% blue.

4) Blue x Splash: Produces 50% blue and 50% splash.

5) Splash x Splash: This will give you 100% Splash.

Thanks for this. I have a white Roo also do you know what the gene pool would be there.

 

[peepblessed]

I got a call for him a few hours after putting him on. A lady is picking him up today at noon. She has a Silkie hen she wants to put him with. Yay!

I would love to free range some but I'm afraid my dogs would chase them plus we have a lot of hawks some are pretty darn big two.

Awesome!!!

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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They went it like that most of the day yesterday. I seriously considered separating them several times. Even popped one of them out for a time-out at one point. They did seem to cool it later in the day and haven't caused a fuss at all today. It doesn't appear any real damage was done to either one of them but I'm keeping an eye on things just in case. I'm curious about Sonoran's comments that it may not be a male thing. She makes a good point that hens are the ones that often have the knock-down, drag-outs .... I hadn't really considered that in chicks this young! I've never seen chickens of ANY age, boys OR girls, fight like these two. (I'm still convinced these two are boys though ...

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[peepblessed]

Thanks for this. I have a white Roo also do you know what the gene pool would be there.

I copied this quote from someone on here. Most whites are recessive. I always try to remember to write down the name of the person I save a quote from now but I failed this time.

"Breed two recessive whites together and you will always get recessive white
chicks. Breed a recessive white to any other colour and the recessive white
switch is turned OFF, and you can get just about anything."