Silkie thread!

[cindersga]

I've been on vacation in South Dakota for over a week and really missed this thread and my friends...I think I had BYC withdrawals.

I'm so sad that BB (my only laying silkie) was found dead in the coop Sunday morning by the chicken sitter. No blood or injuries and all other silkies and LF chickens are fine. Do you think BB was egg bound? I'm guessing egg bound because she had just started August 9th and gave us about 10 eggs in the two week period before she died. The sitter said she laid 2 eggs at the start of our vacation and then didn't lay any for 4 days prior to dying. Is it common for silkies to become egg bound? Also, what are the signs to look for? I wish I had been home because I might have noticed her distress.

On a happier note, our other blue silkie, Mysty Blue layed her FIRST egg for us yesterday. We are excited but also nervous that Mysty Blue might become egg bound and die too. It had a LOT of blood on it, so I soaked her and put A&D ointment on her. vent (Is that OK?) Also, I made her some scrambled eggs with olive oil for breakfast. Any suggestions for keeping these fragile little silkies alive and well?

Oh I'm sorry for your loss. I'm nervous now as I'm leaving in the morning for VA for the weekend and I just put my broody hen on 10 eggs. I so hope the 2 other hens don't bug her or break the eggs being all jealous. This is going to be the longest 4 days of my life. Chickens!!!

 

[cindersga]

I just wanted to say all these silkies are beautiful!! Here is a picture of my little babies.

Very Nice, especially the splash.

 

[cindersga]

I just had to share some pictures. I found our first 3 eggs today in the pen. So Ive got 3 new layers (my first silkies) in 1 day. There were no eggs yesterday, so I'm pleased as punch about this
Most of the birds shown are between 7-8 months old. I started hatching in January and stopped in June.
But I wanted to share a few photos and get some opinions from you. These are my very first silkies, and I am hooked on the breed. So at the age of 44, I want to start showing. Therefor I need to learn.


Just a small group photo





7 months 1st pic.

5 month hen

My first Porcelain 7 months 2nd pic.

4 moth old white

My Lavender 5-6 months

4-5 moths

So here are just a few. What do you think?

It looks like you have a wonderful flock of Silkies. Congrats.

 

[cindersga]

I'm so excited to be getting nice babies from my own breeding. I'm loving this little splash. Just 7 1/2 wks old.

Drop dead gorgeous! Congrats

 

[Lynzi777]

I forgot how much I loved coming over to this thread just to see everyone's pictures. Everyone's silkies are so beautiful! Quick question, I have white silkie hen and will be obtaining another white hen and a lavender split ( blue) roo. Anyone have any ideas what colors I could end up with if I try and hatch some chicks from the white hens? I know I definitely won't get white because I've been told only white x white = white. I'm just doing this for fun as this will be first time trying to hatch eggs so it really doesn't matter what I end up with, I was just curious.

 

[Adoravachick]

I love all these fluffy butts!!!!!

 

[Sanna]

I just received my eggs from Catdance

My little Lacy girl is being a good momma and is taking care of her clutch. 21 days and counting, LOL. I really want a Buff, Lavender, Partridge, and Splash so say a prayer that they all hatch for me and are girls

I'm sooooo excited!!! Thanks Karen.

Exciting! We'll keep our fingers crossed for you! If you get any extra lavenders, you can send them my way.

Mine didn't hatch.

I really like the bearded silkies but, your pullet's coloring is easy on the eyes for me and looks great

Thank you. I love her coloring myself. She's the nicest blue I have, in my opinion, when it comes to the coloring. I have one blue hen that is much nicer quality wise though.

That makes me sad...I hope your little baby is okay and makes a full recovery

Thanks. The little one looks better today. Eye started opening yesterday, so I don't think the turkies got the eye ball itself. Doesn't look like it. Then again, I'm not an eye expert. It's eating and drinking and complaining a lot. lol Much more active than yesterday. I'm hoping these are all good signs.

I brought one of the siblings in to keep it company, they seem to be happy in their little box. lol

 

[Denise661]

This is one of my 6 chicks that hatched from catdance. I have several more of hers in the bator right now LOL as you can see it's a partridge but not your everyday color. This one has gray/silver coloring.

 

[Denise661]

Is this a lavender chick?

 

[babffel]

Where did you get this Silkie? I have never seen this color before I like it.

I got all of my adults silkies from a lady who was tried of them because they were always broody, which is why I wanted them.