Silkie thread!

[Suzierd]

Happy Easter from Nori and Icelynn!

Adorable!!

 

[chicknlove]

Adorable!!

x2!

 

[Stef82]

anywhere from 6 months to a year. My hen didn't start laying until she was a year old. My friend's hens all start around 6 months

Mine didn't start laying till over a year old. She was a May baby and she started to lay eggs in July a year later. Same with the rest of my hens. All late bloomers.

 

[peepblessed]

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)

Beautiful babies!! Having hatched several Catdance chicks, I can verify the colors. White toes will darken.

You always come up with great ideas... next time I go to Costco, I get a pie LOL!

I have 2 broodies sitting in eggs and it isn't going very well. My first broody was supposed to have her chicks yesterday and nothing happened. She kept stealing eggs and bothered by my other layers, so I think her eggs are all dead. I will wait 3 more days, but my hopes are very low. The other one had 7 eggs under her, but she couldn't handle them. Every times I checked on her, one or two eggs weren't under her. I finally took 4 of them and added them to my incubator plus the 2 that my first broody stole. My problem now is they are not at the same stage. I candled them tonight and 4 are fully developed, but the rest are very "new", so not that many veins yet. Whenever the 4 will be in lockdown, should I set the other 2 in a different incubator?

I have had these same problems with broodies. I rarely use them.

Can someone tell me at what age do Silkies start laying? I was told my girls are about 12 weeks old.. Thank you

I've had three that laid as early as 5 months, most 7 - 8 mos and one at 11 mos.

Happy Easter from Nori and Icelynn!

Just too cute!!

 

[Momma 2 silkies]

I have 2 broodies sitting in eggs and it isn't going very well. My first broody was supposed to have her chicks yesterday and nothing happened. She kept stealing eggs and bothered by my other layers, so I think her eggs are all dead. I will wait 3 more days, but my hopes are very low. The other one had 7 eggs under her, but she couldn't handle them. Every times I checked on her, one or two eggs weren't under her. I finally took 4 of them and added them to my incubator plus the 2 that my first broody stole. My problem now is they are not at the same stage. I candled them tonight and 4 are fully developed, but the rest are very "new", so not that many veins yet. Whenever the 4 will be in lockdown, should I set the other 2 in a different incubator?

I just hatched 18 of my own eggs that were staggered. All of them made it but 1 and it was a tiny chick. I got excited and kept adding eggs to the bator, some were even a week apart and they all hatched. I didn't move any from the bator just the chicks when they were almost dry.

 

[fluffyfeathers]

Everyone has switched to the fermented feed now. Do they look like they like it?

 

[NOLA Chicks]

I finally got some decent pictures of my black pullet!!

Her favorite pose is showing me her butt... But today she was just hanging out...or maybe she was striking a pose?

This one cracks me up, the little head tilt!

She's definitely striking a pose.

My pretty Parti girl started laying <3

Congratulations!!! She's very pretty.

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 the group!!

Happy Easter from Nori and Icelynn!

Cute, cute, cute!!! Sporting their Easter Sunday best.

 

[JacquiJ]

Just had a necklace pendant made of one of my girls! What do you guys think??

 

[peepblessed]

Just had a necklace pendant made of one of my girls! What do you guys think??

Really clever!!

 

[aoxa]

Doc Holiday is 1 week older (15 weeks now).

Holding those wings nice and tight.