Silkie thread!

[GoldBarRanch]

They won't let me into the buy/sell/trade area and they won't let me post pictures - keep getting this you don't have permission message. What's up with that??

try it again , you must have 10 post before it will allow you to do most things here

 

[lil mama]

Eek my house is filled with little peeping

got my big girl 2 show girls for her bday! They are super cute!!

Picture please

 

[lil mama]

Sigh..my Puffle...the "male" silkie...right???

is he/she going to get any bigger??? he's really small..how big do silkies get anyhow??

no red on the comb at ALL...about 4 monbths

He might be a she. He/she wont much bigger. They just seem to fill out. Where did you get puffle?

 

[GoldBarRanch]

Wish there were more local Arizona silkie owners to trade with. I want more silkies

And if you are in AZ and own Silkies stop in to ARIZONA SILKIES https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/666714/arizona-silkies/50#post_9059294

 

[Jferlisi]

Im hoping my chicks hatch tomorrow. I dont want to have to wait till thrusday to see them hatch. 6 silkies under a broody mama.

I also have a hatch of EE's due thursday also, then a hatch of 7 silkies due next week and a hatch of 4 the week after and depending on how the first time broodies are i might set more eggs under another broody, or she might be getting someone elses hatched chicks lol since she is a pro. And just when i got down to one silkie roo to sell and the 2 mix roos.

 

[Sanna]

He might be a she. He/she wont much bigger. They just seem to fill out. Where did you get puffle?

To me it looks like a rooster. The comb looks almost too big for a hen at this age. And someone was talking about the curvature of the beak a few pages back. Wouldn't that apply for this one's beak, looks like a rooster?
Now, I am not a Silkie expert so I could be wrong! lol
If he's a rooster, he'll get bigger. Even it it's a hen, it'll probably get a little bit bigger, at least fill out like lil mama said.

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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As you know, Debbi, I only have 1 white Silkie so I obviously don't have scads of experience. I'm only going by what I've read. Sounds like yours may not be leakage. This might be a dumb question, but have you tried bathing the birds in question with a whitening (bluing) shampoo? Any chance the yellow can be washed out? I know old white hair gets a yellowish tinge that can be blued away .....

 

[SilverSilkie]

To me it looks like a rooster. The comb looks almost too big for a hen at this age. And someone was talking about the curvature of the beak a few pages back. Wouldn't that apply for this one's beak, looks like a rooster?
Now, I am not a Silkie expert so I could be wrong! lol
If he's a rooster, he'll get bigger. Even it it's a hen, it'll probably get a little bit bigger, at least fill out like lil mama said.

That is exactely what I intended with the curvature of the male beak.

 

[SilverSilkie]

As you know, Debbi, I only have 1 white Silkie so I obviously don't have scads of experience. I'm only going by what I've read. Sounds like yours may not be leakage. This might be a dumb question, but have you tried bathing the birds in question with a whitening (bluing) shampoo? Any chance the yellow can be washed out? I know old white hair gets a yellowish tinge that can be blued away .....

I hope we get a photo but I am about sure this light yellowish shine on a complete white Silkie (which is most probably a recessive white c/c) is caused by carotene in the food or by sunlight.
This shine go away with the next molting but will come back when you keep giving food containing carotene or exposure of the bird to sunlight.
What Sigrid write about yellowish shine is on the pluff of young chicks (s+ (gold) = yellowish pluff and S (Silver) = grayish pluff).

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

Sherbert is absolutely stunning. Please let us know when he starts
producing offspring. I'd like to be the first in line to buy chicks or eggs! Tina

lol Theres already a big line for his offspring/eggs. He has JUST started to act like a mature boy, started seeing him grabbing the girls and he's starting to attempt to crow, took him long enough he's atleast 8 months old now.