Silkie thread!

[ChickenLover WI]

Here is my New Porcelain Silkie Pair I just got!

 

[ChickenLover WI]

Here are Me new babies I also just got from same breeder.

 

[ChickenLover WI]

Here are the the buff's I got from same breeder to.

 

[ChickenLover WI]

I will have to take pictures of all my other silkies babies I have to. Blues and whites later.

 

[K Epp]

My Silkies won't use nest boxes either.  Mine prefer a cozy corner with shavings.  Good luck!

I've had good luck getting my Silkies to nest in a covered cat litter box. I just put shavings in them and sit them on the floor of the coop. I put a golfball in there too. It made it super easy to move the nest when they go broody.

 

[ChickenLover WI]

So I heard that I should breed my Porcelain silkie hen to a black silkie or a lavender rooster and breed my Porcelain silkie rooster to a black hen or a lavender hens. Is this true you should not breed them together because it will not make that same color unless breed with the color's I posted with? Please inform me please. Thank you.

 

[Mommaw]

I cant wait to see pics /img/smilies/wink.png

It looks like i will be getting my white silkie on Thursday.. I cant wait!

 

[Mommaw]

I will have to take pictures of all my other silkies babies I have to. Blues and whites later.

I have 4 new babies the 24th. So love them. Little white ones.

 

[Sylvester017]

Could you use coconut oil? An can you put oil on 3 week old chicks there feet look dry to me

The vitamin E oil at Walmart has coconut oil as a base and the E will supply the nutrient the outside skin needs. You could use bear grease if you wanted but it wouldn't do the chickens any benefit except to get really greasy chickens. We tried baby A&D ointment ( a petroleum base ) but it was just as greasy as vaseline or olive oil and my vet recommended "vitamin oil" not stiff or heavy greases. If you like expensive organic coconut oil it won't hurt the chicks but certainly not as chick beneficial as a $4 bottle of vitamin E oil from Walmart that lasts months. If you do use just coconut I'm curious to know what your results were regarding feather cleanliness.

After our disastrous experience with vaseline, vitamin ointment, olive oil, Crisco oil, etc, we have been very pleased with the results from the vitamin E oil and surprised how long one bottle lasts for 4 hens (1 treatment per month per chicken). As stated in my previous posts the vit E oil is applied on clean feet (shampoo if necessary) after the chickens have gone to roost. The chickens will have overnight for the nutrients to absorb into the legs and feathers. Of course we blot excess after treatment before putting the chickens back to roost. Vitamin E oil is still oil but tons cleaner than any of the greases - especially if applied on combs or wattles. Like the uninformed dummies that we were we used vaseline on the combs and wattles of a floppy combed Leghorn a couple years ago and when she took a dust bath the next day her face was black with dirt and there was no safe way to wash that oil and dirt out of her head feathers safely without drowning her - poor thing - she was dirt-stained for months. When we used the vit E oil on her the next treatment she was whistle clean for her next day dust baths.

 

[Sylvester017]

I had to share this. My husband always says I'm crazy because I love my silkies. Well the other day he saw them sunbathing for the first time. Naturally if you never seen it before it looks like they are almost dead/dying lol. Well he ran out so fast he scared the hell out of them. He says "what" when he caught me watching him I just said mmhmm. Plus now I know which one his favorite is because he ran to my blue girl first.

Within a couple months MY DH completely took over the care, cleaning, treats, and feeding of our flock. Sometimes I have to sneak out fast to give the flock treats before he beats me to it