Silkie thread!

[howfunkyisurchicken]

Ok so can anyone tell what color this one is going to be?? And see the feet ??

Adorable! Looks black or blue. My chicks toes looked exactly like that before they darkened. Its nails are still light, but the skin is black

 

[sheeshshe]

Ok, one of my chicks has coccidiosis I think. She's been acting off and I checked her out and she has a bloody bum They were hatched end of June. Do i treat them all? or just this chick? they're in with a rooster and a hen. I'm hatching the hens eggs out.

 

[buckaroogirl]

Ok, one of my chicks has coccidiosis I think.  She's been acting off and I checked her out and she has a bloody bum  They were hatched end of June.  Do i treat them all? or just this chick?  they're in with a rooster and a hen.  I'm hatching the hens eggs out.

I would treat them all

 

[sheeshshe]

Can I still incubate the eggs? Or will it cause damage to the growing chick?

 

[buckaroogirl]

I'm not an expert but there's a big marginal of safety. I think you should be fine.

 

[kourtneyo]

I think there are tons of Silkie threads on the forum, but you can see some on my website.  I had to get rid of most of mine.  Here's a few I got to keep:

 

[kourtneyo]

I have a black silkie that hatched in June that I thought was a pullet until I saw her mount another pullet (white cross breed) yesterday. The reason I thought it was a she is because she makes the same 'Brock Brock Brock' noise as the rest of my hens and has never crowed. The black silkie and the white cross breed are at the very bottom of the pecking order and stay away from my other layers (white leghorns and red sex links). I recently put 3 new babies in a pen next to rest of them and 1 of them is definitely a roo, crows, puffs up, and protects the other 2 babies. How can I tell if my black silkie is a roo or not??

 

[kourtneyo]

I have a black silkie that hatched in June that I thought was a pullet until I saw her mount another pullet (white cross breed) yesterday. The reason I thought it was a she is because she makes the same 'Brock Brock Brock' noise as the rest of my hens and has never crowed. The black silkie and the white cross breed are at the very bottom of the pecking order and stay away from my other layers (white leghorns and red sex links). I recently put 3 new babies in a pen next to rest of them and 1 of them is definitely a roo, crows, puffs up, and protects the other 2 babies. How can I tell if my black silkie is a roo or not??

 

[BuffOrps123]

They're gonna have big boots when they're older! :O

 

[buckaroogirl]

Sometimes hens will mount other hens. Until you see it crow or lay an egg, who knows.