Silkie thread!

[BantamFan4Life]

Yes, so true!

Ikr!

 

[RubyNala97]

Here's a couple pics of my 7&1/2 week old buff babies. I have 5 and would really like to try to sex them soon so I can get rid of any cockerels, as I have more silkie eggs coming this week! I found a fabulous breeder to buy eggs from. Has anyone heard of Magnolia Silkies?

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Here's a couple pics of my 7&1/2 week old buff babies. I have 5 and would really like to try to sex them soon so I can get rid of any cockerels, as I have more silkie eggs coming this week! I found a fabulous breeder to buy eggs from. Has anyone heard of Magnolia Silkies?

Cute! I haven't heard of Magnolia Silkies. I assume that's a variety?

 

[RubyNala97]

Cute! I haven't heard of Magnolia Silkies. I assume that's a variety?

No, I'm sorry. I should have clarified, that's the name of the breeder! The eggs will be an assortment of white, black, partridge, paint, and porcelain.

 

[phoenix-silkie]

I breed both, but I am a little partial to partridge.

your partridge one i like a lot, keep checking in on this thread to see my babies i'm getting on the 5. they are partridge too.
how many silkies do you have?

 

[WIchickens]

Ok so here's a color question for you....

I hatched 5 silkie eggs from ebay and would like to start breeding them next spring. I have 1 buff roo, 1 black roo, and 1 gray roo. Then i have 1 black and one grey hen. I also have a white roo and hen from another source i want to keep.

I only want to keep 1 more rooster. Which color should i keep???

 

[silkiecuddles]

I personally would keep white, but that's just my opinion. White gives such a variety. I've never had a black rooster, however, so I don't know what kind of colors you'd get from one. Your gray rooster, are you sure it's gray?

 

[RubyNala97]

I personally would keep white, but that's just my opinion. White gives such a variety. I've never had a black rooster, however, so I don't know what kind of colors you'd get from one. Your gray rooster, are you sure it's gray?

I'm planning to keep 1 white roo too. How many hens per rooster with silkies??

 

[Kisune]

When do silky hens start laying eggs? And should I separate my rooster from them when they do so I can get table eggs. I've got three hens and one roo and the four of them are nine weeks

 

[silkiecuddles]

I believe it's the same as with LF. I have 2 silkie roosters with 4 silkie hens right now, and there are 2 juveniles of unknown gender. All the hen's' backs look fine. But I'm getting rid of the 2 roosters, juveniles, and two of the hens soon.