Silkie thread!

[Bloveschickens]

Aww look at how adorable this frizzle silkie is getting. She is 5 weeks old. Just love her! Her whole body is a silver, with some brown icing over the tips, and I am soo excited for the dark crest coming in! She's by far one of my favorite And i'm betting she's a girl. Woo hoo!

Omg she is the cutest thing that I have ever seen! Definitely looks like a girl to me

 

[cronks5]

So cute! I have bad luck every single silkie chick I have gotten is a boy lol

 

[cronks5]

I'm a new silkie owner and my little silkie girl is amazing! I'm wondering though if anyone else has problems with their silkies not seeing well? She can't seem to see things around her well because her feathers are always in her eyes and she has problems finding her way around. I'm wondering what others have done about this? Should I trim her feathers so she can see more??

You can tie her hair back in a band that's what I do because I'm to scared to trim it. Mine like it when I pull their hair back with my finger too

 

[cronks5]

does anyone know what color this is called?

 

[Iluvmysilkies]

These four pictures where May 2014 Kate about 4 weeks, (I think)








And this was July 2014








Here is William


I will try to get a current picture later.

She is so cute! I'd love to see the current pic of her. She looked alot lighter colored as a chick then mine did. Mine started out with alot of buff, but now at 5 weeks old she has mostly silver. She has similar coloring as yours in July but I think yours has alot more buff. And I think the crest on mine may turn out darker then it already is. I cant wait to see how she turns out. I think they'd both be considered a porcelain.

 

[Fancychooklady]

I'm a new silkie owner and my little silkie girl is amazing! I'm wondering though if anyone else has problems with their silkies not seeing well? She can't seem to see things around her well because her feathers are always in her eyes and she has problems finding her way around. I'm wondering what others have done about this? Should I trim her feathers so she can see more??

If you feel that her vision is impaired by her crest , by all means trim it. The only argument against trimming is that it is not accepted in the show ring. So if you have no intention of showing and it improves your birds ability to feed and increases it's chance of survival , go for it. It is only cosmetic .
After 10 years of breeding silkies I've only had to trim 4-5 crests. These birds were all from the same line and would literally bump into me in the coop.
Bearded silkies are by far more inclined to have these issues.

 

[Suzierd]

I'm a new silkie owner and my little silkie girl is amazing! I'm wondering though if anyone else has problems with their silkies not seeing well? She can't seem to see things around her well because her feathers are always in her eyes and she has problems finding her way around. I'm wondering what others have done about this? Should I trim her feathers so she can see more??

I would trim, I've had silkies stop eating because they couldn't see, did great as soon as I trimed.

 

[EZFarms]

two of my silkies are supposed to be bearded but they arent. both have bare necks is that normal or?

 

[mom of silkies]

Aww look at how adorable this frizzle silkie is getting. She is 5 weeks old. Just love her! Her whole body is a silver, with some brown icing over the tips, and I am soo excited for the dark crest coming in! She's by far one of my favorite And i'm betting she's a girl. Woo hoo!

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She is adorable!!!!

 

[Fancychooklady]

two of my silkies are supposed to be bearded but they arent. both have bare necks is that normal or?

They could be showgirls. Pics?