Silkie thread!

[farmer boy]

i have 2 silkies that roost up high and then 2 that sleep on the floor

 

[JuNK GyPSY]

Thanks guy's I guess I will try and accommodate for both

 

[Fancychooklady]

I have an old timber roof ladder. It's about 3 metres long. I have it against the hay shed under cover. Those who wanna stay close to the ground do so. It's on top of the nesting box at one end, about 1 metre off the ground. The rungs are round, perfect perch for silkies.

 

[ChickNmamma]

no one fully told me what i could get .. thank you so much you fully answered my question .... would i be able to get splash since the black hen and silver partridge has a blue mother or ?? i thought the chick was just partridge but blue partridge sounds cool never had it before ... what do you think of the quality i know these ones aren;t the greatest but what about the kids do you think they will be better .. all of these i have . have defects like my silver partridge has a crooked beak but his hen has nothing wrong with her and then my smutty buff/ partridge has a broken toe that points backwards and then his hen has a tilt in her neck .. and then the smutty buffs kid has nothing wrong with them

I'm sorry. I thought I had.

I do not think you can get Splash from your Silver Partridge and your black hen. You MIGHT be able to get splash if your Silver Partridge is actually a Silver/Blue Partridge and you cross him with your Blue hen - you need two copies of Blue to get splash. If your Black hen is actually Black, she does not carry a copy of Blue, no matter what her parents were. B/B/S breeding goes like this: Black = NO copies of blue, Blue = one copy of Blue, Splash = two copies of Blue. Two Blacks will never create a Blue, even if both their parents were Blue. If your Silver Partridge is Black based and your Black hen is really black, then you will not get any Blues - or any Splashes. If you get any Blues - then one or the other is not Black...

I can't tell quality from the pictures - they weren't the best (on the move) and having them trimmed by the breeder certainly doesn't help. Let them grow back all their feathers - and take pictures when they are standing still and relaxed.

Crooked beak may be genetic, watch his kids closely and if he passes it on do not use him. Broken toes are not genetic - do not worry about those unless it was because of brittle bones. I do not know what can cause the tilt of her neck - does she have problems with wry neck? I believe that is a vitamin deficiency - and may be an inherited inability to properly process the food we are feeding them. If the kids do not show any similar symptoms I would guess they are fine.

Your boy is just Smutty Buff. He may carry Partridge - but so do lots of Blues, Blacks, Whites, Splashes, Buffs, etc.. and nobody appends "Partridge" after them. When you get to the next generation (like your young one) then you can call them Partridge, those kids went from the Buff side to the Partridge side.

I went back and looked at your Silver Partridge male again - he may very well be Silver/Blue Partridge. Cross him with your blue hen for the possibility of Splashes. Your "Black" hen also shows some gray underfluff - you may have a Dark Blue instead of a Black there as well. When you get chicks out of the pair see if you get any Splash chicks - that will tell you if she is really Black - or Blue.

 

[PaintedFeathers]

 

[dylanj911]

does anyone no the sex there 4 months

 

[califarmgirl]

Painted Feathers he is gorgeous!

 

[ChickNmamma]

does anyone no the sex there 4 months

They do not look like 4 month olds to me

More like 4 weeks? I still see baby eyeliner on the Partridge one. Cant really see anything on the white one - rather cluttered shot. By 4 months old they look like grown ups - only slightly smaller.

When they get older take a side picture of them standing normally flat footed and relaxed in the grass or some plain background. Then take another close up of the head area so we can see their combs (if they have one). Then we can make some guesses. Right now they look Too Young To Tell (TYTT).

 

[buttercup95]

Hello I just almost bought a silkie but I was too slow and now I want to order some from a hatchery but I was wondering if anybody had better luck with one hatchery than another. I usually use Murray McMurray, but I could use a different hatchery if need be.

 

[Jharper]

Hello I just almost bought a silkie but I was too slow and now I want to order some from a hatchery but I was wondering if anybody had better luck with one hatchery than another. I usually use Murray McMurray, but I could use a different hatchery if need be.

If you want a better quality bird I would get one from a breeder or possibly at a poultry swap.