Silkie thread!

[robin416]

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I think Marjory Best might be close enough to you. Or she can tell you who to contact. Email me, I'll give you her phone number.

 

[countrygirl911]

hi everyone i have three silkies that are 1 week old and i have one that is between 8 and 10 weeks old she has been growing normally with no problems and today upon closer inspection she has a crossed beak she will not be used for breeding when she gets old enough but just 2 weeks ago she was fine with no cross beak but she does not seem to have gotten any bigger in two weeks can not miss that when i go out to feed them but with 25 other birds bantam and LF with her until i can get the new coop finished this weekend i guess i could miss it her and my 3 other bantams hide most of the day but does come out to eat and drink they found a cool spot to get that the bigger birds can not fit into lol she seems not to have problems eating and drinking but i am not in her face to make sure that she is actually swallowing and that it is not falling out of her beak. has anyone ever had a silkie with a cross beak and how did they do with it. i just do not want her to suffer or starve to death because of it. here is a picture of her.

here is a picture of her as a baby

here are my one week old silkies they were hatched in my incubator my older silkie came from the TSC could my new babies suffer from the same thing my eggs came from a BYCer

any advice on how to care for her or what i can do for her would be greatly appreciated

 

[ultasol]

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If I were in your shoes (which I have been, in the past) I would wait until the Stevenson, WA show to get your birds. In the meantime I would contact some breeders who are usually there (Marjorie Best, Karen/Catdance/Kelar, Sheryl Butler, Calesta Rieth, Me). Also, what colors are you looking for? Some people are stronger in certain colors than others.

Also, do you need a certain level fo quality, or are these for pets?

Jen

 

[minihorse927]

I hatched out these chicks yesterday from my own eggs and I am now wondering, what color are these two? I am guessing blue but all the other blues I have hatched out were much darker in color than these guys and these have yellow bellies. These were black roos over some black hens and one white hen was in that pen also that had buff coloring running down her neck. I didn't have any use for her in any breeding pens really so I let her run with whoever she wanted and she chose the black pen. I am guessing these are her chicks since everyone else is black. Sorry it is a little blurry, I can get better pictures if needed. These two just have to be in my face.

ETA: Some of the chicks in the back are ameracaunas, not silkies

 

[NewToFarming]

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Yes I have one now and her name is Kriss Kross.

I had first seen hers at about 9 weeks old and the best way it was explained to me was when it shows up at this age, it most likely was a result of them pecking on something hard within 48 hrs of life. I have no others like this so I do believe they were correct and Kriss's was not the result of a genetic defect. Kris is now 6 months old and doing quite well. You will need to trim her beak every so often so it is easier for her to eat and drink. I try to do Kriss's on a weekly basis. You can try a nail trimmer but for some reason Kriss freaked with that and it didn't go well. I had found she tolerated an emory board without a problem so I decided to try a pedipaw and it works great for us. You do have to be careful not to cut or grind the tongue! I also set deep dishes of food around so it is easier for her to get some in her mouth and I do feed her moistened chicken feed and I add grit to that to ensure she gets grit in her diet. I would imagine it is harder for her to pick up the grit. I give her the added moistened food twice a day just to be sure she gets enough.
She is actually thriving well and is a bit heavier than some of the others. I just make sure I see her eating and she is still able to do OK. If you don't trim the beak back enough or at all, it will eventually become impossible for her to eat.
Your little one is adorable!
PM me if you have any questions and I would be glad to try to help!

I will add a picture of Kriss @ about 2 1/2 months old before her trim. I do not have a good working camera right now to get an updated pic of her.

 

[mycitychickens]

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If I were in your shoes (which I have been, in the past) I would wait until the Stevenson, WA show to get your birds. In the meantime I would contact some breeders who are usually there (Marjorie Best, Karen/Catdance/Kelar, Sheryl Butler, Calesta Rieth, Me). Also, what colors are you looking for? Some people are stronger in certain colors than others.

Also, do you need a certain level fo quality, or are these for pets?

Jen

I've shown a few times before and might get back into it but these would be pets. I was thinking splash or paint or columbian, along those lines.

 

[Brody's Broodello]

OMG! the heat has been insane here the last few days, 97,98 & humid! The Silkies were melting! Well today the humidity was way down, awesome breeze blowing & temps in the lower 80's.......and almost every single hen went broodie!! I mean all but 6 or so. We are talking a ton of birds here! It was like a bad 70's shag rug in the pens!

 

[minihorse927]

Brody's Broodello :

OMG! the heat has been insane here the last few days, 97,98 & humid! The Silkies were melting! Well today the humidity was way down, awesome breeze blowing & temps in the lower 80's.......and almost every single hen went broodie!! I mean all but 6 or so. We are talking a ton of birds here! It was like a bad 70's shag rug in the pens!

OMG!!!! LOL!!!!!

 

[countrygirl911]

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Yes I have one now and her name is Kriss Kross.

I had first seen hers at about 9 weeks old and the best way it was explained to me was when it shows up at this age, it most likely was a result of them pecking on something hard within 48 hrs of life. I have no others like this so I do believe they were correct and Kriss's was not the result of a genetic defect. Kris is now 6 months old and doing quite well. You will need to trim her beak every so often so it is easier for her to eat and drink. I try to do Kriss's on a weekly basis. You can try a nail trimmer but for some reason Kriss freaked with that and it didn't go well. I had found she tolerated an emory board without a problem so I decided to try a pedipaw and it works great for us. You do have to be careful not to cut or grind the tongue! I also set deep dishes of food around so it is easier for her to get some in her mouth and I do feed her moistened chicken feed and I add grit to that to ensure she gets grit in her diet. I would imagine it is harder for her to pick up the grit. I give her the added moistened food twice a day just to be sure she gets enough.
She is actually thriving well and is a bit heavier than some of the others. I just make sure I see her eating and she is still able to do OK. If you don't trim the beak back enough or at all, it will eventually become impossible for her to eat.
Your little one is adorable!
PM me if you have any questions and I would be glad to try to help!

I will add a picture of Kriss @ about 2 1/2 months old before her trim. I do not have a good working camera right now to get an updated pic of her.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/55771_hpim2805.jpg

hi thank you for answering my questions how to you trim them and how far without hurting her and the pedipaw is the think they use on animals toenails right we do not have a vet that deals with chickens around here so i would have to do it on my own. how do you make sure you do not get the tounge or cut the beak to far back so for her food that is separate from the others to make sure she is getting her food in her do i wet it down with just water and separate her while she eats or do i feed it to her

 

[NewToFarming]

You want to trim a little back at a time so initially you might be doing it every couple of days to where it seems she can eat OK. I do not go back any further than to where you see it becomes a bit darker in color on kriss's beak. If you trim, they do have a vein that can bleed so be prepared for that with quick stop if you do decide to try to use a nail clippers.
I do not have any bleeding using the pedipaws. I decided to try it because it takes forever to try to file it down and it does a good job and she seemed to tolerate surprisingly well. Kriss does stick her tongue out from time to time so I keep an eye out for her to do that and stop grinding, then we start again. You might need to give her a break and try to do more the next day which is what I had done so I didn't stress her too much when I started.
No, I do feed her with the others and the rest of my flock has been accustomed to the daily mash too! LOL They think it is a wonderful treat!

I just add some water and let it soak a bit and throw some grit into the mix also.
Yes, the pedipaws is what is used for the toenails. I started with the bottom beak first and got that to a decent length and then did the top to have it try to meet up that the top beak fits to the bottom as best as it can.
I was very nervous to do this at first but if you do a little at a time to start, you both will become pros at it!!!