Silkie thread!

[PaintedFeathers]

Has anyone ordered silkies from Ideal Poultry? If so, how was your experience with them?

We
Just got our first chickens- 6 pullets from Atwoods, (not sure what breed) about a month ago and I am totally addicted to chickens now. I somehow just talked my hubby into ordering 8 silkies today. They should be delivered 10-12 days from now. I am SOOO excited for them to get here!

They are not "show quality" but rather look more like the original silkie standard, not the big poofy balls of fluff we see on here

But I have heard good things about ideal, chick health wise. If your looking for great pets and broodies your on the right track. If you decide you want to show, check for a local breeder, craigslist typically has a lot of postings. That is where I got my hen.

 

[starkiller8]

Hey guys I'm knew to this thread cause i just got 5 silkies this morning. Ones a blue, one red and 3 white. Im wondering if any one can tell me somethin that would be good to now about them

 

[Suzierd]

Looking for a new home for Rusty, I have to many Roo's. PM me if your interested Came from a Cat Dance Egg..

 

[CruchyJeepMama]

They are not "show quality" but rather look more like the original silkie standard, not the big poofy balls of fluff we see on here

But I have heard good things about ideal, chick health wise. If your looking for great pets and broodies your on the right track. If you decide you want to show, check for a local breeder, craigslist typically has a lot of postings. That is where I got my hen.

Yeah, I am just wanting pets/egg layers. I don't care Too much about show quality.

 

[camilleathome]

My silkies are all grown up and finally in the chicken coop

 

[gcorso33]

Here is some of my new babies I hatched from my own stock. Had a great hatch 20/24, still deciding what some of the colors will be.

 

[ceocka]

Is anyone on here live in ok? I am looking for show quality silkies or hatching eggs!

 

[Lisa and girls]

Okay, story incoming with cute ending (beginning?). One of my wyandotte mix hens went broody, but the day I put her in a broody isolation hutch she apparently laid an egg of her own in with the turkey eggs she was supposed to brood on. I didn't notice it until I did the day 12 turkey egg candling, and surprise, there was a day 12 chicken egg in there with them. This was a problem because chickens hatch a week earlier than turkeys, so if I left the egg in with the hen she would probably abandon the turkey eggs for the chick that hatched. So I slipped this little developing egg under a broody silkie in the silkie dogloo. Apparently, this silkie pullet's broodiness caused the hormones of the other pullets to go haywire, and I quickly ended up with 3 silkie pullets broody in the dogloo with her (I have 2 others broody elsewhere). They took turns stealing the single egg from each other, and lo and behold, today there was a fuzzy little chick nestled in between the 3 pullets. They keep making concerned broody clucks and trying to 'roll' the chick underneath them. So, all three girls think that the chick is theirs

He's going to be a spoiled baby! Very tired and newly hatched baby with his doting 3 moms

Lol! That is soooo cute!

 

[ceocka]

Okay, story incoming with cute ending (beginning?). One of my wyandotte mix hens went broody, but the day I put her in a broody isolation hutch she apparently laid an egg of her own in with the turkey eggs she was supposed to brood on. I didn't notice it until I did the day 12 turkey egg candling, and surprise, there was a day 12 chicken egg in there with them. This was a problem because chickens hatch a week earlier than turkeys, so if I left the egg in with the hen she would probably abandon the turkey eggs for the chick that hatched. So I slipped this little developing egg under a broody silkie in the silkie dogloo. Apparently, this silkie pullet's broodiness caused the hormones of the other pullets to go haywire, and I quickly ended up with 3 silkie pullets broody in the dogloo with her (I have 2 others broody elsewhere). They took turns stealing the single egg from each other, and lo and behold, today there was a fuzzy little chick nestled in between the 3 pullets. They keep making concerned broody clucks and trying to 'roll' the chick underneath them. So, all three girls think that the chick is theirs

He's going to be a spoiled baby! Very tired and newly hatched baby with his doting 3 moms

That is the cures thing ever!

 

[ceocka]

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