Silkie thread!

[thebanthams]

is it normal for silkies to lay white eggs? the ones I've gotten are always tan-ish. but my 1 year old silkie hen just started laying 2 days ago (my first egg eeeee!) and it was white. then this morning I check again and same spot another white egg.

it can happen, its normal.

 

[hiddenacres]

Hey I think I have got my first silkie egg any ideas it's very small and cream colored

 

[Urchin]

Hi! I've already asked this in the lavender silkie thread, but go no response! I have a three week old silkie bantam named smudge who was sold to me as a self blue. However smudge is looking pretty white up against my other three self blue chicks (bought from the same place at the same time). I'm not picky about colouring and wouldn't actually mind if smudge is a white, however I'd like to know what my birds colouring is.

Any opinions on if smudge is a white or a self blue? Thanks for any feed back!

I've got one like that. It's about five weeks old now and I still can't tell if it's white or self blue. Even holding it up to my white silkie it's hard to tell. The tail looks white, the rest of it silvery grey. I think my silkies like to trick me, though. I've had two partridge colored chicks turn blue rather than partridge! One of those is my avatar. She looks black there, but really she's a dark shade of blue.

 

[Sanna]

Happy birthday to me! Snow's neck looks better, Coco and Chanel look 100% snot free, and Ice has started laying!

Too bad the little brat hid the egg on me, but I can tell because of the size of her vent.

That's a good birthday!

the colors are actually not off, it really is green irl. it is weird. I posted that photo bc the colors were right on.

I meant the general colors of the pictures were off. They were washed out and not clear. But if the chicks look the same in real life, you have a blue and a splash. Not sure on the green one.

I don't think I've ever had a green chick. lol

is it normal for silkies to lay white eggs? the ones I've gotten are always tan-ish. but my 1 year old silkie hen just started laying 2 days ago (my first egg eeeee!) and it was white. then this morning I check again and same spot another white egg.

Yes, it's normal. I get everything between white and light brown from my girls.

Hey I think I have got my first silkie egg any ideas it's very small and cream colored

Sure looks like a silkie egg.

 

[Jharper]

Hey I think I have got my first silkie egg any ideas it's very small and cream colored

That is not a silkie egg.

 

[PaintedFeathers]

Hey I think I have got my first silkie egg any ideas it's very small and cream colored

Do you have any other breeds in with your silkies? Not every silkie lays the same shade of egg but it does seem a bit dark. Looks like the right size though =)

 

[RockerHen]

The broody quartet (seriously, 4 hens. I have nobody actively laying) has begun hatching their hoarded eggs. These were just something to stop them from being broody, I'd rather them be raising chicks than sitting on nothing wasting mine and their time. One is out so far, but I think it was older than the rest. They should hatch in the next few days. This little guy doesn't have much in the way of middle toe feathering, so probably not a keeper, but is still seriously cute.

 

[katzbantams]

cute!!

I havv 7 silkies ~ I adult rooster - 2 younger roos - 4 pullets . I love them

this is Pocco the adult roo

 

[PaintedFeathers]

I'm a snowwwwman! Ba-na-na-da-na-na-na i'm a snowwwmaaan! Hehe

 

[katzbantams]

I'm a snowwwwman! Ba-na-na-da-na-na-na i'm a snowwwmaaan! Hehe

omg!!! ADORABLE