Silkie thread!

[Colie <3]

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What do you use for show cages? Like literally show cages? I sounds like a weirdo but what I'm getting at is can't they see each other and be side by side anyhow in show cages? Maybe that will help them no being lonely. When's your show?

 

[Tanichca]

The "show cages" is a 3 tier (two cages per tier) monstrosity. once used for rabbits (years ago). Now i put birds that need to be off the ground in there (Cottonball group, to preserve those pretty white foot feathers) Each cage is about 2 feet long, 1.5 long, and 1.5 high. So 1 bird per cage, with wire in between the birds (so two birds can see ach other, but not anyone over/under them) each cage will be full of pine shavings.
The show is in 6 weeks, more or less. (6 weeks this past monday)

they will be about 5 months old. Looking good!

 

[Colie <3]

Aww cool setup up. Just give them plenty of lovins and I'm sure they'll be fine. Your avi pic looks adorable! Like a big bag of cotton balls with beaks lol!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Colie <3 :

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Edit to say: If this is a plan for a trio then I then it's spectacular!

Size wise IMO the coop and run would fit 8 max of bantams. The run would be 4 sq ft per bantam and the coop area would give you 2 sq ft per. I've heard about people using 1.5 sq ft of coop space per bantam but unless you're run was over sized or they would be spending a lot of time free around your yard I wouldn't even try more than 8. Just my .02

Those numbers are for small bantams; Silkies are at the large end of the spectrum, and should have 7 sq ft per bird minimum of run space. Depending on climate where one lives, and the amount of time that the birds may end up confined to the coop should be the primary consideration on its size. For birds that do nothing but sleep in hte coop, and have access to additional space almost all the time, minimal coop space is needed, for areas with severe winters or rain conditions that keep the birds confined to the coop fairly often during the days, they need more space there.​

 

[Tanichca]

Colie <3 :

Aww cool setup up. Just give them plenty of lovins and I'm sure they'll be fine. Your avi pic looks adorable! Like a big bag of cotton balls with beaks lol!

Thus the name

 

[reereechickens]

Colie <3 :

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I think all roos end up with a walnut comb sort of similar to the one pictured. I pretty sure the standard calls for a darker color of mulberry instead of bright red. At 11 weeks it's hard to tell on a lot of silkies who's a pullet and who's a cockerel. I have 7 week olds and one for sure is a pullet, on for sure is a hen the rest I have no idea!
Does your little one have mites or bloody stool? Have you wormed them? Just guessing here. My Peepers (lav ameruacana) was pretty sick for awhile. I wormed her and gave her a round of antibiotics and she perked back up.​

Yes, I think "something" is not quite right with these Silkies other than being somebodies culls! I just bought some Wazine today and will worm them tomorrow, when I get my new roo. I gave them some Polyvisol today and my grey one has perked up and so has my little one. I dusted them this past Sat and maybe need to do it again, also changed the shavings and dusted their isolation coop. Their wing feathers are well stringy and looks like they have been half eaten or something, I will probably post pics of them in the pest or disease post but any advice here is wanted also. I have some left over Duramycin I can give them after the wormer tomorrow. I hope I'm on the right track. Thanks for your opinion Colie 3!

 

[ThePolishPrincess]

One of my only two hens has been making that B-word noise and is walking around like she's lost. Still laying plenty of eggs and isn't setting, but...

It seems as though...It has begun.

 

[americana-chick]

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Sure sounds like it

Good luck!
Silkies are great mommies most of the time

 

[MyKidLuvsGreenEgz]

Thanks for the input. I guess it's a go! It should be fairly easy to build, too, esp considering my skills are very lacking.

I did want to note that the silkies (and eggers) are bantams and aren't supposed to get bigger than 2 lbs (32 oz) as adults.

On blizzardy days, they will be confined to the coop, but snow doesn't last very long around here, and our soil is mostly sand so it will drain very quickly.

Thanks everyone!

 

[Teresaann24]

PICTURE TIME!