Silkie thread!

[Lamaremybabies]

Are silkies born the same color that they will be when they mature?

Just curious

 

[Sylvester017]

I have nesting boxes off about 2 ft off the ground, I have 6 nesting boxes 3 on ground 3 on top. I was wondering if the average silkies could hop on to the top ones without a ramp?

With all my breeds I've provided both a ramp and at least an 8-inch walking ledge in front of top-positioned nestboxes. Some owners provide perches in front of their nestboxes for the hens to hop/fly up to but I personally prefer a walking



sidewalk-ledge in front of a row of raised nestboxes ever since I've had Silkies.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Are silkies born the same color that they will be when they mature?

Just curious e

No , they can change quite a bit from the time they hatch to maturity and lighten after their first moult.

 

[Lamaremybabies]

No , they can change quite a bit from the time they hatch to maturity and lighten after their first moult.

Oh. That's cool! So mine might not be white???

 

[mom of silkies]

Are silkies born the same color that they will be when they mature?

Just curious

They change colors as they mature

 

[Lamaremybabies]

They change colors as they mature.

Oki doki! So mine might not actually end up being white??

 

[mom of silkies]

Oki doki! So mine might not actually end up being white??

Well, if they are white they usually stay white. But their color can lighten.

 

[Lamaremybabies]

Well, if they are white they usually stay white. But their color can lighten.

Ok.

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Hello I wen to tractor supply to get silkies and they had them but they didn't have the right sign for them so I asked if they knew and they and my mom are telling me the breed of the chicks are called bantams and I kept saying that heh looked like silkies and everything they even had older ones that had like u know those silkies wing feathers like and so my parents wouldn't let me get them so I am pretty mad about that and I even told them there was no such breed called bantams

 

[Fancychooklady]

​Oh. That's cool! So mine might not be white???

Smutty, grey and yellow chicks will generally be white adults.