Silkie thread!

[seminolewind]

I'm hatching more silkies next week. I'd like to get them in a coop that is like a palace-or you know what I mean. Kind of cute and fancy. Anyone have pictures?

 

[kristin07035]

Sylvester017 & Kelxey thanks for the tips & i will definitely post pics next month.
I always wait for the crow (since usually that comes before the egg, at least in my experiences) before any re-homing decisions are made (& I ALWAYS re-home) but i like to guess in the meantime

 

[AlwaysForever]

Should I keep my silkies in the brooder longer than my other chicks? Everyone else is nearly fully feathered and I have taken to spend time in the coop when it is sunny, but the silkies are still much smaller and... odd. Lol

 

[kada6305]

So I have 2 pure silkies, 2 silkie mixes and a leghorn/speckled sessex in the grow out pet. all are 19 weeks old now. The leghorn was sitting in nesting box for awhile...i looked over she was gone but silkie mixes were by nesting boxes...is this the silkies eggs or hers?! Looks EXACTLY like the eggs i hatched the pure silkies from color and size. I have it by a leghorn horn egg so you can see for comparison how small it is.

 

[codieshell]

7 out of 9 of my chicks that just hatched have more hatching in a few days

 

[Bloveschickens]

7 out of 9 of my chicks that just hatched have more hatching in a few days

AWW! So cute!

 

[lightchick]

7 out of 9 of my chicks that just hatched have more hatching in a few days

Awww! Adorable!

 

[Sylvester017]

Should I keep my silkies in the brooder longer than my other chicks? Everyone else is nearly fully feathered and I have taken to spend time in the coop when it is sunny, but the silkies are still much smaller and... odd. Lol

I was given 2 free Partridge day-olds that were raised with a friend's day-olds all at the same time. However, it was apparent very quickly that the Silkies were picked on as the larger breed day-olds grew much faster and picked on the 2 smaller Silkies who had to hide all the time and run from the bigger chicks. Later I discovered most people with bantams suggest not mixing Silkies with larger breeds because of the danger LF pose. I learned the hard way and now do not mix anything dual purpose or combative type breeds over 5-lbs with my Silkies. My Silkies are my barometer. If no one plays nice with the gentlest of my Silkies they are instantly rehomed. So far the only breed that's played nice with my Silkies is the Blue Wheaten Ameraucana (my avatar) and in the Spring am getting another Ameraucana in Blue and a Blue Breda which I'm told are exceptionally gentle and not over 5-lb. We decided to keep our mixed flock with non-combative gentles which means less eggs but then there's only the two of us. The APA Ameraucana makes up for eggs by being a very good layer and at nearly 2 y/o continues being submissive to the Silkies.

 

[Sylvester017]

So I have 2 pure silkies, 2 silkie mixes and a leghorn/speckled sessex in the grow out pet. all are 19 weeks old now. The leghorn was sitting in nesting box for awhile...i looked over she was gone but silkie mixes were by nesting boxes...is this the silkies eggs or hers?! Looks EXACTLY like the eggs i hatched the pure silkies from color and size. I have it by a leghorn horn egg so you can see for comparison how small it is.

IMO the little Silkie eggs are pretty large in the bantam world. Mine weigh between 1.25 to 1.5 oz with 1.25 being the norm. My Leghorn and Ameraucana layed 2.25 oz eggs consistently. Always remember that pullet eggs and especially a first pullet egg will always be smaller than mature hen's eggs.

 

[kada6305]

IMO the little Silkie eggs are pretty large in the bantam world. Mine weigh between 1.25 to 1.5 oz with 1.25 being the norm. My Leghorn and Ameraucana layed 2.25 oz eggs consistently. Always remember that pullet eggs and especially a first pullet egg will always be smaller than mature hen's eggs.

I will keep an eye out next few days and see who lays. Its a very light shade of pink, very pretty color. Hopefully the others will folow shortly. I know the pure silkies won't lay until they are about 8 months old though.