Silkie thread!

[SigningChickens]

 

[laseterlass]

Just wanted to post some pics I took today, I love my silkies!

I love rhe white with the dark crest! Do you know what they call that?

 

[Sanna]

Yes she is a Russian Blue. She was rescued from Rt 17 as a kitten with her surviving sisters. Two were already smooched in the road.

She looks just like my old man Jussi.

I love Russian Blues.
Sorry about the cat pictures, everyone! lol


You should go post some of your pictures at this photography thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...are-the-best-advertisement/1160#post_11125923

Not a silkie, but thought you would all enjoy the laugh I had

Apparently, Cleo decided the yogurt was better for smooshing rather than eating!

Isn't that what all kids do...play with their food?

Our broody Surprised us!!! I had her on 3 decoy eggs until I could find fertile eggs for her( Roo was gone for 2wks.) to hatch......it had been 13 days or so when I found fertile eggs and removed the decoy eggs and set them aside in the house. I gave her the fertile eggs at 10:00 am and she hunkered down like a boss. The next morning, before I discarded the decoys I thought I'd candle them( my first time for all of this) and to my surprise and instant heartbreak they had been fertile and developing!!!! I'm a Murderer, how can this beeee?? We had sent our Roo away to Silkie Camp weeks before for Kung Foo fighting with me in the yard. So I panicked and was told to give them back, ya never know!?! So That's what I did.....and she hatched identical twins of herself and my Partridge Silkie!!!

The top photo is of the Momma (Scott) and the other egg belonged to Nugget the Partridge. The bottom photo is the new chicklets Poppy and Pinch!!! Eeeee....I'm not a murderer!!! Haa

It's raining! it's pouring! The silkies are gonna have a blast! LOL

Hasn't rained here in weeks!

Oh, it poured here too. Right on my head.

I was getting fresh water and some snacks for all our chickens and SURPRISE! Downpour within seconds!!! I was so wet. It wasn't very funny at the time.

Still difficult to tell but I wouldn't be surprised if they were both boys. Especially the one on the right.

 

[RockerHen]

Why not just interact with them while mama is raising them? Then you can let her raise them the normal 6 weeks to 2 months that is natural.

I would like to, but my normal broodies are game hens (most are totally free range) that are wildly protective of their brood and do not tolerate any sort of socialization attempts (as in, attacking my hand violently even if I just change feed/water). My silkie broodies are sort of a difference, and are calmer, although I do have two "hand aggressive" pullets with broods right now. Besides, I don't think I've had a hen raise her chicks for 2 months before, even if I let them stay together

My last hen kept hers for almost exactly a month before 'ditching' them. My other hens usually do the same.

 

[Sanna]

LOCKDOWN!!!

Sorry, getting a little excited here. lol My eggs are officially on lockdown. Hatch day is Saturday. Can't wait!

 

[RockerHen]

A summary of my many broodies

silkie on single silkie egg


silkie with two olive eggers

silkie with 3 turkeys


silkie with 6 various marans crosses (she's lost some of her butt feathers being broody, she looks rumpless in this pic!

)

Wyandotte cross with 4 turkeys

turkey on 15 turkey eggs


combine this with the 18 young leghorn chicks I've got running around, and I'm more than overrun

 

[jettgirl24]

I have kind of an odd question about one of my Silkie hens. She is an absolutely gorgeous little white Silkie. I had planned on taking her and the two equally gorgeous hens I hatched from her eggs to a couple of shows this year. Then we had an odd turn of events this winter. She started acting funny, I thought she might be sick but I couldn't figure out what was wrong. I brought her inside and kept her confined in my old brooder box and she acted totally normal so I put her back out with her flock. She acted weird again, brought her in and she was totally normal. After doing this a few times and then keeping a close eye on her it finally dawned on me that she was acting as if she couldn't see. It's been a couple of months and the more I watch her the more I'm positive this is the cause of her sometimes odd behavior. I don't know if this is a genetic thing or if one of the roosters got too rough - she has a vaulted skull and I've now been told that they are more vulnerable. Neither of her offspring have any issues to date. In any case, she eats and drinks fine and has a fabulous calm demeanor. Her blindness hasn't slowed her down a bit - she just has to look reeeeaaaally close before she dives into her food

I've thought about whether or not the show atmosphere will be too much stress but she's super mellow about everything so I don't think it will be a big deal... I will continue to turn that over in my mind before I decide to take her though. What I'm *really* curious about is if this will affect how she is judged at shows. Anyone know if that would count against her? You really can't tell anything is wrong by looking at her or her eyes.

For good measure here's a kind of goofy post-bath picture, she's the one in the back on the left. This is a fairly young picture, she's actually fluffed out even more since then!

 

[peepblessed]

I am new to the silky breed. I was given one by a friend about 6 weeks ago. It is a cute little thing. It started out gray and now has black plumage? coming in in areas. My question is, my other two chicks of the same age are pretty much fully feathered and I have put them in the coop. When would it be time for me to put the silky in there also? I don't want the poor little thing to get cold. right now it is snuggled up with my 17 two day old mutt chicks.

Check this site out about sand.
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/search?q=Sand

Our broody Surprised us!!! I had her on 3 decoy eggs until I could find fertile eggs for her( Roo was gone for 2wks.) to hatch......it had been 13 days or so when I found fertile eggs and removed the decoy eggs and set them aside in the house. I gave her the fertile eggs at 10:00 am and she hunkered down like a boss. The next morning, before I discarded the decoys I thought I'd candle them( my first time for all of this) and to my surprise and instant heartbreak they had been fertile and developing!!!! I'm a Murderer, how can this beeee?? We had sent our Roo away to Silkie Camp weeks before for Kung Foo fighting with me in the yard. So I panicked and was told to give them back, ya never know!?! So That's what I did.....and she hatched identical twins of herself and my Partridge Silkie!!!

The top photo is of the Momma (Scott) and the other egg belonged to Nugget the Partridge. The bottom photo is the new chicklets Poppy and Pinch!!! Eeeee....I'm not a murderer!!! Haa

Great story!!

Hello BYC, love this website..just owned 3 silkies for the first time and I just love them soo much! They're 4 wks old now and I can't wait to see what they would look like as an adult. Actually, I want to know what kind do I really have. When I bought them from this breeder, she said that I have a blue silkie, a splash and a vaulted black silkie..? I'll try to post pictures to show, hopefully someone here can tell me what I have..thanks
P.S.
I'll try to get a good picture or a better one than these.

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Nice chicks! The light one maybe blue and not splash.

Too young to sex.

LOCKDOWN!!!

Sorry, getting a little excited here. lol My eggs are officially on lockdown. Hatch day is Saturday. Can't wait!

I put mine in lockdown yesterday and took them out today. I had my dates wrong. Being gone really messed me up!

A summary of my many broodies

silkie on single silkie egg


silkie with two olive eggers

silkie with 3 turkeys


silkie with 6 various marans crosses (she's lost some of her butt feathers being broody, she looks rumpless in this pic!

)

Wyandotte cross with 4 turkeys

turkey on 15 turkey eggs


combine this with the 18 young leghorn chicks I've got running around, and I'm more than overrun

Great photos!! What a beautiful turkey!

I have kind of an odd question about one of my Silkie hens. She is an absolutely gorgeous little white Silkie. I had planned on taking her and the two equally gorgeous hens I hatched from her eggs to a couple of shows this year. Then we had an odd turn of events this winter. She started acting funny, I thought she might be sick but I couldn't figure out what was wrong. I brought her inside and kept her confined in my old brooder box and she acted totally normal so I put her back out with her flock. She acted weird again, brought her in and she was totally normal. After doing this a few times and then keeping a close eye on her it finally dawned on me that she was acting as if she couldn't see. It's been a couple of months and the more I watch her the more I'm positive this is the cause of her sometimes odd behavior. I don't know if this is a genetic thing or if one of the roosters got too rough - she has a vaulted skull and I've now been told that they are more vulnerable. Neither of her offspring have any issues to date. In any case, she eats and drinks fine and has a fabulous calm demeanor. Her blindness hasn't slowed her down a bit - she just has to look reeeeaaaally close before she dives into her food

I've thought about whether or not the show atmosphere will be too much stress but she's super mellow about everything so I don't think it will be a big deal... I will continue to turn that over in my mind before I decide to take her though. What I'm *really* curious about is if this will affect how she is judged at shows. Anyone know if that would count against her? You really can't tell anything is wrong by looking at her or her eyes.

For good measure here's a kind of goofy post-bath picture, she's the one in the back on the left. This is a fairly young picture, she's actually fluffed out even more since then!

Are you sure it's not cheek feathers blocking her sight? I have this problem a lot.

 

[Jharper]

I have kind of an odd question about one of my Silkie hens. She is an absolutely gorgeous little white Silkie. I had planned on taking her and the two equally gorgeous hens I hatched from her eggs to a couple of shows this year. Then we had an odd turn of events this winter. She started acting funny, I thought she might be sick but I couldn't figure out what was wrong. I brought her inside and kept her confined in my old brooder box and she acted totally normal so I put her back out with her flock. She acted weird again, brought her in and she was totally normal. After doing this a few times and then keeping a close eye on her it finally dawned on me that she was acting as if she couldn't see. It's been a couple of months and the more I watch her the more I'm positive this is the cause of her sometimes odd behavior. I don't know if this is a genetic thing or if one of the roosters got too rough - she has a vaulted skull and I've now been told that they are more vulnerable. Neither of her offspring have any issues to date. In any case, she eats and drinks fine and has a fabulous calm demeanor. Her blindness hasn't slowed her down a bit - she just has to look reeeeaaaally close before she dives into her food I've thought about whether or not the show atmosphere will be too much stress but she's super mellow about everything so I don't think it will be a big deal... I will continue to turn that over in my mind before I decide to take her though. What I'm *really* curious about is if this will affect how she is judged at shows. Anyone know if that would count against her? You really can't tell anything is wrong by looking at her or her eyes. For good measure here's a kind of goofy post-bath picture, she's the one in the back on the left. This is a fairly young picture, she's actually fluffed out even more since then!

I would show her before you start trimming away some feathers.

 

[Jharper]

I managed to give cotton a bath yesterday and she managed to get dirty again within 24 hours. Does anyone else have this problem, too.