Silkie thread!

[vamcbride]

What do you have available? I just got some beautiful blue cockerels yesterday. ;-) Thanks. Pam Pittman they are doing great.

See pictures at: www.moonlightsilkies.com, we listed all the ones available on the store page. We also have a Serilkie available who is a sweetie.

 

[vamcbride]

Our hen is so much better! We bathed her every weekend and put peroxide on her ear and it cleared all up. We think it was just a left over infection from when she had mites. She is doing great now, and is the mama of the group with Bunny being the daddy.

 

[K Epp]

Meet the boys...

The lighter one is trying to say hello. Carmella preceded to give him a peck when he got to close.

I love this ones color. He is much lighter than the others.



I think this ones stands very nice.


The light one.

They found the food. They are pretty funny. They move around looking like a swarm of bees.

 

[Rebecca8576]

Meet the boys...

The lighter one is trying to say hello. Carmella preceded to give him a peck when he got to close.

I love this ones color. He is much lighter than the others.



I think this ones stands very nice.


The light one.

They found the food. They are pretty funny. They move around looking like a swarm of bees.

There so cute I just love the fuzzy butts. I have three little two week old blues that I hope will look as good as yours .

 

[chickee]

Meet the boys...

The lighter one is trying to say hello. Carmella preceded to give him a peck when he got to close.

I love this ones color. He is much lighter than the others.



I think this ones stands very nice.


The light one.

They found the food. They are pretty funny. They move around looking like a swarm of bees.

Very nice! I love the blue colored birds! I especially like the lighter blue guy too

 

[Fancychooklady]

oh once I got my Silkies I've never gone back. They are such sweethearts and I spoil them. Lol they have the best disposition of any bird I've had. Im glad your enjoying them too!! One of my silkie hens found 2 eggs from my other hens and is now in momma broody mode. Haha! So more babies!! Take care!!

I sell fertile eggs and you'd be suprised how many people tell me on the phone, " oh no I'm not interested in those fluffy chooks ", only to fall in love with them as soon as they see them in person. They certainly so steal your

away.

 

[chickee]

I sell fertile eggs and you'd be suprised how many people tell me on the phone, " oh no I'm not interested in those fluffy chooks ", only to fall in love with them as soon as they see them in person. They certainly so steal your

away.

Your photography is so good and your birds are beautiful!

 

[chickee]

Well neat, I am glad the ones I guessed as being White are being.. white... Cute Partridge. Hooray for wobbly Chance, doing great now I see.

Share away with pictures, love that stage. Mine are past it now to the "little adult" stage - and I suspect I have two boys and two girls

The one I wanted.. is a boy.

I believe it is too early to call split wing. My SFH had what looked like split wing until they hit puberty - then the missing middle feathers grew in. I don't know if they will do that on Silkies, and you only have one white from the batch to look at. Perhaps there is a gene that causes the slow flight feather growth, I don't know. Just watch it. If it isn't folding the wings correctly and dropping the wing that can be corrected by taping it up with vet wrap until it gets the idea of how the wing is supposed to be held. That can be corrected.

What, you mean I get to choose NOW? Oh, but if I did that it would be your favorite later on - or it might "turn into" a girl.. then you would want to keep it. I like the orange head too - but I wonder if it didn't get two copies of lavender because its rather a dark orange for a bird that should be washed out by the lavender. Which one was the oddball dark one at birth? That one I would like to view their journey through the feather changes. If it turns out to be a boy, and isn't your favorite...

Tell you what, you decide when they get their adult feathers in and you can critique them properly. I will be patient

. I will happily take any boy that isn't the best boy - or the second best if you want a backup. I would even take the little Self Blue if that is what you decide... Just too cute!

I think of my four chicks here the one Black and one Blue are girls - the other Blue and the "Partridge" look to be boys. The Partridge was the one I really wanted to be a girl - drat! Did you want to trade birds once you decide? Mine are almost 10 weeks old. I am thinking of trying to sell them now before I know I have two boys (instead of guessing) but if you still want the Black or the Blue girl let me know. Or even the Blue boy. I won't claim any higher than BQ on mine (but stance looks good), but added to the genetic powerhouse behind Catdance's birds will correct all the deficiencies I see in mine.. and then some. My Black is really really black... coal black at birth and hasn't lightened up at all. Super dark skin too - I would guess she is extra melanized.

My repeat offender, the mom of that batch (Poppi), has gone broody again. I gave her 4 of Minkie's (my nice Partridge Silkie) eggs. Then Minkie decided SHE wanted to be broody so she is sitting on one of her eggs - and two from the Partridge Wyandotte Bantam cross (light Partridge with Blue instead of Black) I just threw in there. No clue who daddy will be on those - that one was in with my Lavender/Split Ameraucana roosters, one Marans Rooster, her half brother and she could get through the fence to the Isbar and SFH rooster... and is now in with one adult Partridge Silkie rooster and one growing up dark Partridge boy (Goggles). I really wasn't planning on setting any of her eggs, but one egg for a hen is pretty risky... so I let her have the three.

This thread has been so busy and your post got away from me . . I am sure there are some that have caught your eye already. I know they change a lot so our favorites might change. The two dark chicks at hatch are the 2 roosters that have the most buff coming in. I have one boy that looked like a lavender and he is now getting a nice balance of the buff color. It will be fun to see how they turn out. The little lavender one "might" stay here just because I worked so hard to save it, so it has become a favorite although it is not a bit friendly which leads me to believe it is a pullet.

Thank-you for offering the blue and black chicks in trade, but I think I better stick with just the porcelain color since I already am short on pens to separate my birds for breeding.

Hard to deny a broody!

It will be fun to see how those mixed chicks will look. They sound like they will be real cute, especially the ones from the bantam partridge Wyandottes. I have the BLRW bantam Wyandottes so I am partial to them. You will have to post pictures on the Northern California thread when they hatch!

 

[BuckNBark Farm]

Meet the boys...

The lighter one is trying to say hello. Carmella preceded to give him a peck when he got to close.

I love this ones color. He is much lighter than the others.



I think this ones stands very nice.


The light one.

They found the food. They are pretty funny. They move around looking like a swarm of bees.

LOL- They looks so tall!

 

[kabhyper1]

I sell fertile eggs and you'd be suprised how many people tell me on the phone, " oh no I'm not interested in those fluffy chooks ", only to fall in love with them as soon as they see them in person. They certainly so steal your

away.

What kind of camera do you use?! Beautiful pictures!