Silkie thread!

[opeth13]

So what you're saying is much like gender the color can be a big surprise too! NBD, I'll see how black this black chick looks and make a judgement call. It varies with them by the day too, sometimes they look more black, other times less. Natural light would be a better way to tell but I live in New England and even though it was 80 yesterday it's 50 today.

I have quite a few surprises on my hands since I also have some easter egger chicks that I got for eggs. Should be an interesting summer We also have RI red chicks but my mother in law is taking them as soon as their ready to go outside. I just figured no point in everyone having a house that smelled like chickens

 

[Cynthia12]

Well Folks, Its been a while, but Im getting back into it!

We had a hard winter, but spring has arrived and I am now ready to get some more silkies. I was going to get some chicks from Bobbi Porto but my husband doesn't want to do the chick thing again. So I am hoping to get 2-3 young pullets that are from SQ lines, and have lots of SQ potential. Im not too picky about color as I am starting out fresh. I know I do love the Splash and Paints. (I really wish Judy Lee was selling birds again) I also love the self blue, porcelain, buff, red, BBS, salmon, tye-dye... heck, anything as long as it is sweet, and nice type.

She will be a show bird, but mostly my buddy that will travel with me and be my friend. Any suggestions of who would offer something like this to a girl just starting back up? I was thinking of asking Karen Larsen, maybe Geri G... anyone else?

Thank you all.
Kristen

Have you tried this gal? She shows, and does very well. She doesn't advertise, just sells by word/name. I will show you a couple of birds that I've hatched from you, but first, here is her fb page.

https://www.facebook.com/RockRoadSilkies

She doesn't do whites any more, but her silkies have great type like this.





I just hatched these .. Just a few that I hatched.



She does ship chicks.

 

[lightchick]

Sylvester! You do know I was teasing you and joking around too? Would never intentionally try to hurt a fellow chickie persons feelings!

I never put small chickens in with larger ones! That's a BIG NO NO on my side of the fence! People that do that just irritate the hello out of me! I want to take that person and toss them into a ring fight and tell them good luck!

A little trick I learned for pecking chicks. Whenever I caught them pecking others or myself? I would grab their beak between my thumb and finger and wiggle their head back and forth. All the while telling them - no pecking! It didn't take them long to learn they weren't supposed to peck others! We did the same thing for those that thought our eyeballs were for pecking too!

If you have a chick born with a toe that's turned under or crooked? Get a piece of duck tape or gorilla tape and cut it down to fit on it's foot. This will hold it's little toe in place so that it straightens out.

As for a crooked beak? You'd have to get a piece of wire or small rubberband to put at the base of it's beak. Make it loose enough though so it could still eat and drink water. A better way would to do it only at night while it's sleeping.

TC

I'm keeping my Silkie with my other chickens. Of course their growing up together and I think that would make a difference.
My babies are about 4.5 weeks old!

 

[quailtrail]

I plan on keeping mine separately for a few reasons. I'd like to keep them in with my Polish chicks. Then I will keep the rest LF together. I figured I am protecting both from being picked on by the others. I Do have a BO who has been with my silkies since she was born. They all snuggle together. I feel bad thinking about separating them. I kind of want to wait and see with her???

 

[a little chiken]

hi I am new to your thread. I have only a couple of silkies but I am selling those in order to get show quality silkies. They have always been a favorite of mine.

 

[rnchick74]

hi I am new to your thread. I have only a couple of silkies but I am selling those in order to get show quality silkies. They have always been a favorite of mine.

Welcome! I'd love to see pics!

 

[a little chiken]

I will send a pic of my chick soon


these are the ones I am selling











I like my roo but he has the buff bleed through. The buffs are not full silkie although they were sold to me as such.

 

[blipit007]

Have you tried this gal? She shows, and does very well. She doesn't advertise, just sells by word/name. I will show you a couple of birds that I've hatched from you, but first, here is her fb page.

https://www.facebook.com/RockRoadSilkies

She doesn't do whites any more, but her silkies have great type like this.





I just hatched these .. Just a few that I hatched.



She does ship chicks.

Thank you. I will check her out. Beautiful birds!

 

[Fancychooklady]

I'm keeping my Silkie with my other chickens.    Of course their growing up together and I think that would make a difference.
My babies are about 4.5 weeks old!

Many people do. I have 3x groups of silkies. My whites that I keep separate so that I can still achieve pure white. My breeding pen are just silkie and then I have my Broodiies happily cohabiting with LF Wyandotte and sussex. There is nothing wrong with letting chickens be chickens !

 

[Fancychooklady]

Have you tried this gal? She shows, and does very well. She doesn't advertise, just sells by word/name. I will show you a couple of birds that I've hatched from you, but first, here is her fb page. https://www.facebook.com/RockRoadSilkies She doesn't do whites any more, but her silkies have great type like this. I just hatched these .. Just a few that I hatched. She does ship chicks.

Nice birds !