Silkie thread!

[flower]

Okay seeing all these pictures of wet silkies brings up a question of mine. How do you wash their crests without getting water in their little ears?

carefully ...............Usually I wash the body of the chicken first and giving the feet special attention then I change the bath water for a rinse. When that part is complete I wrap the bird in a large towel and hold them foot ball style with the head exposed, tilt the bird so I can wet the head, wet and add soap and rinse the same way. They do tolerate a little water getting into their nostrils. Now it is time for the blow drier.

 

[Hawkeye95]

LOL! I still love me a original chicken sandwich from Burger King. That's probably not even really chicken though.

LOL Well, it has the word "chicken" in it, right? Must be chicken??

(j/k)

When I post to CL I always price higher then the cost of whole chicken at the market. This helps your chances that it will go to a home as a pet and not for Food or Fighters.

I have $5 on my cockerels. Really, I'd give them away free if someone just wanted them. They are attracting a lot of eating attention right now. I don't think anyone wants them to pretty up their back yard, and honestly, what else are you going to do with a pet quality bird? I thought I was really okay with someone eating them, but now I don't know. BUT I need to get rid of them, they are tearing up my Polish-- I have them thrown in there. I may just shut my eyes and sell them to the lady that can't speak English. Sigh. Ah well... They are chickens.. I need to get over it. But I need to think on it another day too... LOL

 

[NovaAman]

For Orientals and Asians, silkies are a delicacy. May as well make some money off of your unwanted birds... Hard, yes... Necessary, yes... I ended up selling all my excess cockerels last early fall. One lady came, an asian lady, and she needed them for her hens to get more chicks... So, atleast they went into a breeding program, but they went into an eating breeding program. I am ok with this. Another lady came, and older white lady, and she took my last cockerel home on her lap. SO, knew he was going to be a happy pet. She had no roosters either, and thought a silkie would fit her just fine since they are so small. I can get $10 a bird here from the Asians if the bird is nice and hefty for a silkie. All my cockerels that I sold were in excess of three pounds.. SO big boys...

 

[stoopid]

I autopsied a bird that died. Everything inside is black. Gag.

 

[Adoravachick]

I stopped buying chicken from the grocery store a few months before we got our first chicks. The day after we got the chicks from TSC we had to go grocery shopping. Every single item I saw that said 'Chicken' made me think of my cute little chickies waiting on me at home. Chicken Noodle Soup...chicks. Popcorn Chicken...chicks. Rotisserie Chicken...chicks. That was not a good trip to the store.

I have a rule, I cannot eat an animal that I know personally. If there is any emotional connection....no yummy in my tummy.

 

[Adoravachick]

When I post to CL I always price higher then the cost of whole chicken at the market. This helps your chances that it will go to a home as a pet and not for Food or Fighters.

Good point, I don't mind paying $40 or more for a nice little pet, but most people within reason wouldn't pay that for a chicken to eat.

 

[Hawkeye95]

For Orientals and Asians, silkies are a delicacy. May as well make some money off of your unwanted birds... Hard, yes... Necessary, yes... I ended up selling all my excess cockerels last early fall. One lady came, an asian lady, and she needed them for her hens to get more chicks... So, atleast they went into a breeding program, but they went into an eating breeding program. I am ok with this. Another lady came, and older white lady, and she took my last cockerel home on her lap. SO, knew he was going to be a happy pet. She had no roosters either, and thought a silkie would fit her just fine since they are so small. I can get $10 a bird here from the Asians if the bird is nice and hefty for a silkie. All my cockerels that I sold were in excess of three pounds.. SO big boys...

These are small guys-- not hefty in any way. They are very light weight. I think $5 is pretty fair for what they are. I'm in the midwest and everything here costs cheaper, so to price him higher would mean I'd have him forever. But yeah, I need to get over it. And maybe I will try $10 on my next set of cockerels and see what happens.

I autopsied a bird that died. Everything inside is black. Gag.

Oh yuck. Just what I was afraid of. Is the meat itself black, too?? I don't think I could eat black meat. Sigh.

 

[RawrOsaur200]

Just a few of my 60 something silkies! LOL!

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VERY BEAUTIFUL!!!

 

[lil mama]

I know, I know...you can't tell silkie genders when they are young...BUT, someone mentioned the shape of the comb possibly being an indicator. So I want to throw my pics out there for speculation. They are hatchery chicks so probably not awesome but they are sweet. I don't intend to hatch any chicks from them. They are all 8 weeks old and there are five of them.

Partridge




Blue 1




Blue 2
this one didn't want to cooperate



White




Black

#1boy #2girl #3boy #4boy #5girl. This is my guess. Not based on combs but the shape of the beak. Girls seen to have thinner looking longer beaks.

 

[RawrOsaur200]

I cant believe no one else has silkies!

I had 4 silkies but they seem mix-bred??? I only had one full silkie who was a beautiful white.Sadly he died young because of two stray huskies.I'll try to put up a picture of her .She was still a chick.Atleast i believe shes a hen.