First one may be a cochin? Someone else may know bit that's what it looks like to me, last one looks to be a normal silkieI got 2 blue silkies yesterday. One appears to be straight feathered.
The straight feathered Silkie.
The other one. Will this chicks feathers be Silkie?
gorgeous. I hope I'm posting this in the right place, apologies if it isn't :s
Possibly blue cream? (porcelain)Hello there, wow all these silkie babies are sooooo cute
I have recently become a Silkie owner after wanting them for ages, and was hoping you could give me an idea of what colour you think these babies will be when they are older, the gentleman I bought them from said that they should be grey/blue but they look a bit on the light side to me. I was just after you guy's opinion if thats ok? Jasper and Sook are 4 weeks old, Twiglet and Pip are 2 weeks old)
This is Sook (4 weeks) on right and Pip (2 weeks) on left
Pip, Sook, and Jasper (4 weeks old-think hes a boy-walks more upright, is a bit bigger than Sook and seems to be the boss!)
Jasper (4 weeks) with Twiglet (2 weeks)
Jasper
The crew........ thank you
I'm glad everything turned out well.
You should begin to meal feed her I.e. a bit in the morning and a bit in the afternoon. Basically to inhibit reproduction she needs to be only having enough calories to support her own body not extra for reproduction. It's like a marathon runner, they do not ovulate because they are barely getting enough calories to support their high energy needs and no more so their body knows they can't support another life. Make sure you keep her in only around 8-10 hours of light daily, be wary of outside lights (street lights etc) that may come thru. There has to be a 10fold difference to be able to distinguish dark from light for chickens. Because silkies are seasonal breeders, the longer days (12 hours of light or more) indicate they should be reproducing. By keeping her in the dark, she will think it is winter. The most important thing is to do both, nutrition can override light sensitivity.
Avian biology major at UGA - I've done lots of repro studies on chickens.
Glad she is all better!!
The first one has black feet. Maybe it's a mix?
Oh yeah, didn't notice that... Maybe a silkie cochin mix lol i'd like to know how many toes it has.
Oh my gosh! So cute!!!! Send the little buff one my wayDay two and all babies are eating, drinking, and doing poo. The last little Buff one to hatch is getting bumped around a lot and chirps mightily in annoyance. Keeping an eye on that chick.
Day two and all babies are eating, drinking, and doing poo. The last little Buff one to hatch is getting bumped around a lot and chirps mightily in annoyance. Keeping an eye on that chick.
