Silkie thread!

[dwegg]

Yeah but they were standard sized I believe. Unless they were bantam sized and europe made them standard sized.... way too confusing...

Yes I believe the original breed were large breed like Europe has and north America breed them to be bantam...this is what I remember reading...but I could be wrong

 

[1chicken fan]

What a beautiful blue boy! I think I'll stick with smaller chickens thank you tho.

Trying to find an old english bantam rooster, since I have the hens already, I figured a way to keep everyone will just need to add a place for the Jerseys and silkies to free range seperately. Which should be fairly easy.

 

[sheeshshe]

He's doing good, but he doesn't weigh as much as the others. He ate for me before I put him back in with the others. I hope he continues to eat. That worries me a little, but he is acting fine. perhaps he lost a lot of weight that week while he acted off?

 

[Kim95037]

Hey so how are silkie roosters temperment wise? Are they a little bit more mellow than other breeds? I was thinking about hatching some silikies in the spring, it seems easier to bring new chicks in that why rather than trying to integrate new chickens into an existing flock. I have a Russian Orloff rooster right now, would it be a problem to have a silkie rooster in the flock as well?? Heres a pic of my new blue silkie. My white silkie hatched her. SO cute!

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

You could always say they are hens that are crowing   That's my plan! Some hens do that! what do your silies look like? You may be able to sell them on here if they are good quality.

The boys look better than their sister (lots of hard tail and primary feathers) but are still defiantly pet quality. They are dark blue with gold leaking on the backs of their necks.

 

[ChicksNherps]

The boys look better than their sister (lots of hard tail and primary feathers) but are still defiantly pet quality. They are dark blue with gold leaking on the backs of their necks.

Could they be blue partridge?

 

[Kim95037]

Sorry guys, I didnt mean to hijack the thread, I probably should have started a new one (?)

 

[littlecritters]

Looks familiar! Congratulations and wish you many more!

We've been through so much trying to get to this point... that I might just have this one bronzed!

 

[moomoodiddy]

Hey so how are silkie roosters temperment wise? Are they a little bit more mellow than other breeds? I was thinking about hatching some silikies in the spring, it seems easier to bring new chicks in that why rather than trying to integrate new chickens into an existing flock. I have a Russian Orloff rooster right now, would it be a problem to have a silkie rooster in the flock as well?? Heres a pic of my new blue silkie. My white silkie hatched her. SO cute!

i use tp have a game roo that would attack me when i got near his hens and now i have had three different silkie roos that let me pick the hens up and even them without throwing a fit so yeah id say they are mellower in my experiences...good luck silkies r awesome!!!!!!

 

[ChicksNherps]

i use tp have a game roo that would attack me when i got near his hens and now i have had three different silkie roos that let me pick the hens up and even them without throwing a fit so yeah id say they are mellower in my experiences...good luck silkies r awesome!!!!!!

all my silkies have been pretty mellow, but I have not had any adult silkie roosters, only one young cockerel. But he was very friendly. I have a polish roo now and he is also very mellow.