Silkie thread!

[moomoodiddy]

E kip I am in holly springs NC

hry and welcome im in nc also i have buff black paint and cuckoo silkies

 

[mandycarlo]

hope this is what you was wanting ashortt

 

[mandycarlo]

Got a question :0 can I stop turning my silkie eggs in the incubator after day 14 ?? Anyone do this ??

 

[Jharper]

I wouldn't recommend it but those are your eggs.

 

[aoxa]

Two new babies in isolation, spending some time with mama so I can watch them. The buff one acts like she has trouble swallowing after drinking. Its almost has if she drinks too fast or too much. She will bob her head up and down like she is trying to get it down. Everything else about her is fine.

The light one looks like a frizzled silkie! Is she?

 

[aoxa]

I haven't posted any silkie pictures on here in quite some time. My adults still really need to go through a molt.. really ratty right now. The chicks are finally passed that ugly stage they go through.

Fluffy butts galore!


You talkin' to me? One of the partridge pullets. 8 Weeks.


These are project partridge, as we could not find any true in our area. They are buff with partridge base x Jamie Carson's best white females. Some are coming out quite nice.. others are looking like smutty buffs.


Mmm apple. That duck thinks it's a chicken. Here's hoping it is a girl so it can stay a chicken.. otherwise he will be eaten


The one on the left is 6 weeks old, the one on the right is 8 weeks.


See what I'm talking about with the smutty buffs? Any boys like this will have to go. I may keep a girl or two just as broodies.


One of my favourite 8 week old partridge girls.


Look at the legs on this one!

They all have such fully feathered legs. The wings are also all looking nice and tight for this age.

I have some whites, blues and black chicks growing out in the brooder. They are white x white and blue x blue breedings. I bought the above pictured birds because I so want partridge again.

 

[NOLA Chicks]

Hey everybody. I haven't been on in a while. Love all the pics!

My little rescue duckling is doing well. He's 3 weeks old now and has been "adopted" by the 3 Silkie chicks who are around 7 wks old and Ginger, a buff Silkie that is 12 weeks old. He imprinted on Ginger and is so cute following her around. She's being a good "mom" even at her young age and really looks out for him. Over the weekend he discovered water is for more than drinking. I was such a proud momma when he took his first swim in the little tub of water.

Here's Skittles and his adopted family.


Hey, what's this?


Passes the taste test.


Geronimo!


That was fun.


Woohoo!!! I can swim!

 

[jsp28504]

Trim the feathers that block her vision with baby nail scissors. Most are prbably from her muffs, but there may be some crest feathers blocking her vision as well. And if you plan to keep her inside, consider chicken diapers.

I have trimmed the muff, may look into getting some hair tape for her crest, I would really like to show her, but I have had so many problems with her when trying to integrate her into the white pen I have with 12-ish adult birds. I know my husband has been looking for some diapers for her and *Chrystal (spelled it wrong before) because they are the only pullets I was able to hatch and keep from LFB (roo in profile picture) before he was taken by a hawk in April. Right now, Eve and Chrystal are outside in a rabbit hutch turned brooder/sick call chicken pen, where I can monitor the food and water intake and keep an eye on them from the living room.

 

[1chicken fan]

Hey everybody. I haven't been on in a while. Love all the pics!

My little rescue duckling is doing well. He's 3 weeks old now and has been "adopted" by the 3 Silkie chicks who are around 7 wks old and Ginger, a buff Silkie that is 12 weeks old. He imprinted on Ginger and is so cute following her around. She's being a good "mom" even at her young age and really looks out for him. Over the weekend he discovered water is for more than drinking. I was such a proud momma when he took his first swim in the little tub of water.

Here's Skittles and his adopted family.


Hey, what's this?


Passes the taste test.


Geronimo!


That was fun.


Woohoo!!! I can swim!

precious!!!

 

[Daisy9696]

Male or female?

Male or female?