Silkie thread!

[smoothmule]

You can't tell what color a hen will lay, all silkies lay a cream colored egg, not white, just lighter and darker shades of cream.

I had read somewhere that some lay white but if it was a palest tinted egg, that would be fine. I want a young hen or two that is already laying.

 

[BuckNBark Farm]

Didn't go with bender huh? LOL

Here is snow today after a bath

He gets SO gross SO fast!
PS: first 2 are crowing action shots

RE- Bender..I loved the name. But my back-up-if-I-ever-get-divorced-and he's divorced -too- and am over my devistation-and- have- $2000.00-to-g0-to England friend named him

 

[JenS9]

I thought Silkies couldn't be sexed until 3+ months? Are these ones that are being posted at 2 months super obvious? I haven't really looked into how you can tell the difference yet, since I didn't think I'd have a chance of telling with mine yet.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: I have a couple that lay a white egg.

 

[blipit007]

So I gave Marbles a bath today! I wanted to see if she has some "fluf" potential. She is 12 weeks old today. Let me know what you think? Photo overload!
She got real tired afterward and wanted to nap.






Comb, or lack there of?



Her is the best "pose" I could get out of her... she doesn't get it yet, wants to stretch up and look for her friends.



So a better view out the window is of course on the Pit Bull... Tajah was like woah!



I got a little bit of Johnson & Johnson Baby Shampoo in her eye, and I think that is what the swollen spot you see here. Because she didn't have that before... I hope she will be ok.







Now to play.



Pants



My favorite shot.



And of course, like my horse always does, after a bath, lets roll in the dirt!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

I thought Silkies couldn't be sexed until 3+ months? Are these ones that are being posted at 2 months super obvious? I haven't really looked into how you can tell the difference yet, since I didn't think I'd have a chance of telling with mine yet.

Typically you can tell sooner with lower quality birds. And sometimes you can tell earlier than others.

 

[DebraM]

Ah, the light beak had me fooled.  She is super cute - is she "Partridge"?    I have two right now, the Blue mother - and a Blue kid (I call Cruella because of the curled shoulder feathers that came in while she still had her chick down) - and I think I got one Blue Frizzled Silkie too - just not easy to tell with Silkie feathers

Whatever they're called, they sure are beautiful!!

 

[PaintedFeathers]

I got a little bit of Johnson & Johnson Baby Shampoo in her eye, and I think that is what the swollen spot you see here. Because she didn't have that before... I hope she will be ok.

I've never had that happen by getting soap in their eyes

I would keep an eye on it and if it is still there today put some triple antibiotic ointment on her eye 2 times a day and see if it helps.

 

[blipit007]

I've never had that happen by getting soap in their eyes

I would keep an eye on it and if it is still there today put some triple antibiotic ointment on her eye 2 times a day and see if it helps.

In her eye? Or on the spot near? Thanks

 

[katzbantams]

I thought Silkies couldn't be sexed until 3+ months? Are these ones that are being posted at 2 months super obvious? I haven't really looked into how you can tell the difference yet, since I didn't think I'd have a chance of telling with mine yet.

Well, when I see if the chicks are pullets or cockerels, when they are 2-3 days (I think LOL) when you spread out their wing , before they get pin feathers , if the feathers are 'short , long , short , long' (you get the idea

) its most likely a pullet, and if the feathers are all the same length then most likely its a cockerel. It has worked for me all these times when I get chicks. If I did the math right

I was 66.7% correct. I got 4 cockerels out of 12 chicks. (I believe I did the math right LOL)