Silkie thread!

[PaintedFeathers]

Trying out a hot oil treatment for pets on Icelynn

we'll see what happens... needs to stay on for 15 to 20 minutes then rinse out, she's sitting wrapped in a blanket with me until it's done

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

As promised

Black

Blue

Splash(pigment hole on left second toe)

Silkies and the "meat group". The Silkies are a week older than the meaties and half the size.

Buckbeak(Buck), Porcelain "Special needs" cockerel from Catdance(6mo)

Marsala, Porcelain pullet from MB(4.5mo)

General Tso, Blue cockerel from MB(5mo)

 

[Feathersprings]

As promised

Black

Blue

Splash(pigment hole on left second toe)

Silkies and the "meat group". The Silkies are a week older than the meaties and half the size.

Buckbeak(Buck), Porcelain "Special needs" cockerel from Catdance(6mo)

Marsala, Porcelain pullet from MB(4.5mo)

General Tso, Blue cockerel from MB(5mo)

Cute new bunch!!! Glad to see your last to older ones are doing well!

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

Quote: They seem to be doing ok, been doing Chelation therapy for a week now and have another week to go. They are finally putting on weight and General found his big boy voice this week too.

 

[PaintedFeathers]

As promised

Black

Blue

Splash(pigment hole on left second toe)

Silkies and the "meat group". The Silkies are a week older than the meaties and half the size.

Buckbeak(Buck), Porcelain "Special needs" cockerel from Catdance(6mo)

Marsala, Porcelain pullet from MB(4.5mo)

General Tso, Blue cockerel from MB(5mo)

Very cute! But i'm not completely convinced your black is black and your blue is blue

Your black looks blue and your blue looks self blue

but i'm no expert so someone else may know better. The "general" looks so much like Icelynn! It's like i'm looking at a picture of her! Just with a few streamers

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

Quote: That is also why I took this one inside, sunlight washes out color in photos. In this you can see they are Blue and Black. These were hatched from eggs marked from which pen and Chicknlove assured me that they are not self blue(she kept those). I think the blue may be on the light side but of course will have to wait until feathered. The Black is the same as my MB black from her black only pen, people thought she was a blue under certain lighting conditions(in fact I think you were one that ?ed her being a blue and not black until I did a side by side shot inside). And either way, blue or black, they will still work in my BBS breeding.

 

[chicknlove]

As promised

Black

Blue

Splash(pigment hole on left second toe)

Silkies and the "meat group". The Silkies are a week older than the meaties and half the size.

Buckbeak(Buck), Porcelain "Special needs" cockerel from Catdance(6mo)

Marsala, Porcelain pullet from MB(4.5mo)

General Tso, Blue cockerel from MB(5mo)

aww, so sweet! Any names yet?? Glad you posted some pics today. I had to put the paint down today. It had a turn for the worse and wasn't getting better for the last three days. I'm glad the silkies on the chelation treatment are doing well! I just started the FF yesterday. It was hard to convince them it was food at first, but now they are covered in it.

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

Quote: Awe, bummer about the Paint. No names until their personality comes out and get an idea of sex. We didn't name the first bunch for 7 weeks. Yeah, with the FF, they are like little vultures when I put the fresh dish in every morning. Their feet are covered in it since they climb in the dish.

 

[Gigirg]

Silkie lovers --- When is the best time to move silkies from brooder (inside) to coop (outside)? My babies hatched on 2-14 and have been going outside on the nice days for a couple of weeks now. I don't want to put them out to soon!

Thanks!

 

[LaPetiteFarmer]

SWOLLEN GOOPY EYES UPDATE
my chicks eyes have been staying open on with out me cleaning them for 2 days!! Still swollen but looking tons better!
Moved its siblings outside today and decided to bring it out to play (it's first time outside!)
They all had a great time and are enjoying their new coop you can compare the size if the chick with the eye issue to the other in the first photo, it the white one in the center.

My 2 year old loves the chicks, and was a little too helpful in feeding them!! It's so surprising how calm and submissive they are with her! And don't worry, she was very gentle with them and was supervised



10 week old, I'm thinking pullet.. You agree?

Glad your little chick is doing better. Your little girls is adorable... and she takes her "duty" very seriously! So cute!!!

Hello, I'm from Australia and I just purchased my first ever trio of silkies

I just love their little fluffy butts... Any advice would be appreciated. Mine are all grey with different shades of grey through them. One has a light fluffy head, one a dark nearly black head and the last one has a dark but not black head.. I was hoping to get a buff & white as well but they didn't have any... I'm so excited to finally have my silkie family

Welcome to BYC and congrats on your new trio!

Off I go to Catdance's farm to pick up a special needs cockerel for a pet to have a forever home. Gonna pair him with our Porcelain pullet when done with quarantine. She will also be a pet since we will only be breeding B/B/S.

I will get pics of him and the 3 Catdance chicks today, I promise

Lucky you! I wish I could go with you lol!

Good Morning,
I have not had a chance to post on here lately, but I do try to read several pages each day to get a little dose of silkie cuteness and info. Our family will be adopting my little cousin from Arizona (any day now) and when we get home I plan to fill the incubator with silkie eggs. Here is a picture of my son and our soon-to-be little boy:
This was taken in Old Sacramento.

I thought I'd also share some pictures of some of my silkies at our new place.

Yesterday "Cloud" and "Shadow" were looking pretty by the grape plants..........until I realized they were nibling on the budding grape leaves. Those naughty girls.
Cloud is really developing into a pretty white silkie. Her daddy was a Bobbi Porto silkie roo. Shadow is also very nice, but does have wry tail. :/


Silkie nap-time.
Someone picked up both of these chicks from my flock this morning. One had a single comb, like the daddy (out of 4 chicks) and the other has some red leakage on it's feathers. I'm happy they went to a great home.


Here's all 4 of the babies from the test hatch of my own splash rooster & blue hen. I think they hatched in January:
All 4 chicks, with the crippled one up front and the 2 just sold in the very back.
The little cripple and the remaining chick will be going to a sweet neighbor who will care for them.............leaving me with only my bigger silkies.

I can't wait to hatch more babies.

I will be doing more of my own flock and shipped eggs -lots of eggs.

Here are my 5 older silkies. Splash rooster, dark blue hen, partridge hen and a white and black pullet. Eventually I will have a BBS, partridge and white breeding pen. Leo Pierre is a great boy and doesn't try to breed the 2 pullets....only the 2 laying silkie girls. (He's smarter than we gave him credit for!)





And last of all, I wanted to share what we did with a quail-coop which I re-did into a silkie coop...........
Before

After

OK, enough of my photo-bombing this thread. Hope you're all having a great weekend and a Blessed Easter.

As promised

Black

Blue

Splash(pigment hole on left second toe)

Silkies and the "meat group". The Silkies are a week older than the meaties and half the size.

Buckbeak(Buck), Porcelain "Special needs" cockerel from Catdance(6mo)

Marsala, Porcelain pullet from MB(4.5mo)

General Tso, Blue cockerel from MB(5mo)

They are so darn cute! What is going on with Buck?