Silkie thread!

[Tsmom]

We are looking for a mentor to help us. We are curious about dry hatching but know nothing about it. We have had over 20 silkie eggs sent to us and thought we were going to have our first chicken but it died. We are going to have live chick's sent in June but would like to be able to hatch from those chickens we just want someone who is very experienced to answer questions. Even pm through here. Anyone willing to help

 

[Fancychooklady]

I have my first ever silkie. Got my 6 hens from tsc and there were 2 lonely bantams left so naturally I took them home too! Haha! I know it's early yet to think of next winter since this one was so long, but my mother in law told me the silkie will need to live in my house come winter. Is this true? I live in Western Mass, temps cam go below zero and plenty of snow! Thank you all!

Silkies do quite well in the winter, we often have below 0 here. They don't have very good water repellency so they do need shelter from the rain. The coop should be draught free , but that applies to all breeds. If anything , as with most rose and walnut combed chooks , extreme heat tends to knock them around more.

 

[bigbruce]

My beautiful silkies

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[bigbruce]

My flock

 

[bigbruce]

Makes me smile

 

[coleson12]

Makes me smile

How old are these? My silkie should hatch tomorrow!

 

[Fancychooklady]

Makes me smile

Me too.

 

[bigbruce]

How old are these? My silkie should hatch tomorrow!

Three days old

 

[summer920]

Oh their little poofs are so cute. My friend specifically breeds silkie to polish and gets some lovely looking birds. Raven looks like a ' sizzle '.

Now that you say that, I think you're right! If so, that is SUPER exciting!

 

[summer920]

Makes me smile