Silkie thread!

[silkiecuddles]

Anyone able to assist with sex of this young one? Still quite young, around nine weeks, and VERY hard to get pics of, but hoping these are enough. Sold to me as a hen, comb very narrow and small and seems to behave like a hen. Will try to get comb pic tonight when I have someone to hold her/him for me.

From what I can tell in those pics, I'd say female. She's gorgeous!

 

[PollyCoop]

New to BYC today, so thought I'd share a few more pics of some of my Silkies.

 

[PollyCoop]

From what I can tell in those pics, I'd say female. She's gorgeous!

Thanks silkiecuddles. I was really hoping someone would say female.

 

[tjo804]

Quote: beating the egg and adding salt and letting it sit before cooking?

Anyone able to assist with sex of this young one? Still quite young, around nine weeks, and VERY hard to get pics of, but hoping these are enough. Sold to me as a hen, comb very narrow and small and seems to behave like a hen. Will try to get comb pic tonight when I have someone to hold her/him for me.

Very nice I would say Pullet also she looks alot like my Buffy.

New to BYC today, so thought I'd share a few more pics of some of my Silkies.

Good lookers I really like the pic of the white ones together.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Thanks silkiecuddles.  I was really hoping someone would say female. 

I would say pullet too.

 

[abbevilleoz]

New to BYC today, so thought I'd share a few more pics of some of my Silkies. Beautiful birds! Do your roosters get along?

 

[silkiecuddles]

New to BYC today, so thought I'd share a few more pics of some of my Silkies.

They're all gorgeous! :

 

[Shadow920]

New to BYC today, so thought I'd share a few more pics of some of my Silkies.

they are beautiful. i especially like the fifth one.

 

[QueenMisha]

GREAT NEWS EVERYBODY!

I've posted here about my wryneck baby Taylor and recieved some truly excellent advice. In fact, to start, I'd just like to say thanks to everyone who supported me and helped me with her treatment. Having never treated wryneck before I don't think I'd have been able to hold out as long as I did giving her 1+ hours of care per day without all your encouragement.

These are some photos of Tay the last few days, usually post-feeding:

Even last night, she was not standing, moving, eating, or drinking on her own. I was filling her crop twice a day by hand. At this point between my poor sleep schedule, work, predator worries, and having to care for an additional 150 birds besides Tay, I was getting to wit's end. Part of me was even considering culling because the sheer time it was taking out of my schedule and the amount of frustration I was feeling just trying to feed and water her (she is not very cooperative during feedings), a part of me was even wondering if maybe culling was the best option at this point, with no signs of improvement.

I finished her night feeding last night at around one in the morning (I wasn't kidding when I said my sleep schedule is poor) and she was the same as always. Flip flopping around and trying to crawl backwards out of her bowl-nest with her head twisted upside down. You know, the usual Exorcist-deleted-scenes stuff.

This is how I found her when I uncovered her nest this morning:

And here she is at her morning feeding, eating and drinking on her own:

Now I'm not one to bandy about the word "miracle" - I'm a sometimes-stuff-happens-good-or-bad kind of girl - but this feels like a miracle if I ever saw one. Maybe just a miracle born of chicken's healing capabilities and my own (slightly frayed) sense of perseverance, but a miracle nonetheless.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Great news QueenMisha. It's always nice to see a success story. Remember that this is a deficiency , so it's important to see that her dietary needs are seen to.
The fact that she is the only one in your flock that has suffered with wryneck means that she will need to be treated as a ' special needs ' bird. I have a few of those in my flock .