Silkie thread!

[glenney08]

Hi looking for any helpful tips . I have about 10 silkie chickens. Not the big beautiful show type but the "you know they are silkies"also they do all have that extra toe. they are nice and have good foot fluff and whatnot. I've done 5 hatches from all of them in total so far . All very silkie like . All chicks came out wonderful except today I so far have had one chick hatch with white legs ??? Now I know that's not silkie because their skin is black but all my birds have and have had black legs and show all silkie . Photos are of parent birds and chick from today. Looking for any advice thanks

 

[glenney08]

Hi looking for any helpful tips . I have about 10 silkie chickens. Not the big beautiful show type but the "you know they are silkies"also they do all have that extra toe. they are nice and have good foot fluff and whatnot. I've done 5 hatches from all of them in total so far . All very silkie like . All chicks came out wonderful except today I so far have had one chick hatch with white legs ??? Now I know that's not silkie because their skin is black but all my birds have and have had black legs and show all silkie . Photos are of parent birds and chick from today. Looking for any advice thanks

 

[glenney08]

 

[glenney08]

Sorry about the mess of photos

 

[Wyatt0224]

When is the youngest a Silkie hen can lay eggs? Because today one of my 16 week old hens was in the coop for 3 hours and made a little nest in a corner. She's never done that before.

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

That's a sign of the first egg. Silkies will start to lay anywhere from 7 months to 1 year old

 

[Fancychooklady]

When is the youngest a Silkie hen can lay eggs? Because today one of my 16 week old hens was in the coop for 3 hours and made a little nest in a corner. She's never done that before.

I've had them lay as early as 20 weeks.

 

[Wyatt0224]

I've had them lay as early as 20 weeks.

Ok well thank you!

 

[Lil Peeps]

Hi looking for any helpful tips . I have about 10 silkie chickens. Not the big beautiful show type but the "you know they are silkies"also they do all have that extra toe. they are nice and have good foot fluff and whatnot. I've done 5 hatches from all of them in total so far . All very silkie like . All chicks came out wonderful except today I so far have had one chick hatch with white legs ??? Now I know that's not silkie because their skin is black but all my birds have and have had black legs and show all silkie . Photos are of parent birds and chick from today. Looking for any advice thanks

Sometimes Silkie chicks can have pink skin when they first hatch and while they are little. I've had a silkie chick born with pink that skin that turned black when it was older. That could happen with yours. Don't know what causes the pink skin. The chick I had was from hatching eggs I bought from a breeder with show winning parents. All her silkies were SQ. So I don't know if it's from problems with the parents not being fullbred.

 

[Wyatt0224]

What are signs that a Silkie hen is about to begin laying?