Silkie thread!

[Nanas Silkies]

Hit reply too soon! Here are the other 2.

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The #1 Silkie Looks To Be A Roo And The Other #2 And #3 Look To Be Girls But The First One Still Could Be A Girl As One Of Mine Hen Has A Good Size Walnut And She Lays Eggs Lol.

 

[abbevilleoz]

Feels like an early Spring here! Temps were bumping 80'.

 

[PouleNoire]

Wow, we still have snow. Is that your pic? Its awesome!

 

[dawn secord]

I came home today and went to check on my tiny flock of silkies. They are roosting in their nesting box. My little black one - she is six years old - sneezed and has a little bit of a runny nose. Do I need to do anything? She was eating, drinking and acting normal. She is up on the roost next to the rooster - like normal. Just a sneeze and a slight runny nose. All else is fine.

Worried....

Thank you

 

[caboodleschicks]

@dawn secord

She should be fine. I have one that has had a runny nose before and he got over it. What I did is when his nose had a lot of snot on it, I would wipe it with some toilet paper, so no pine would stick to his nose. Just to let you know he was a chick, so he actually let me wipe his nose.

P.S
Sorry for saying, "snot"

Signed,
http://www.bootsandchickenpoop.wix.com/mysite

 

[Fancychooklady]

I came home today and went to check on my tiny flock of silkies.  They are roosting in their nesting box.  My little black one - she is six years old - sneezed and has a little bit of a runny nose.  Do I need to do anything?  She was eating, drinking and acting normal.  She is up on the roost next to the rooster - like normal.  Just a sneeze and a slight runny nose.  All else is fine.


Worried....

Thank you

A sneeze is often nothing to worry about, but mucous can be. I would isolate her from the others and just keep an eye on things for a few days. It may just be dusty in the coop or rising ammonia from droppings under the roost but better to be safe than sorry.

 

[dawn secord]

thank you all for answers.

 

[Elbert Garrett]

My first hatch this year and 1st time ever hatching Silkies....8 out of 10 so far.

 

[kellyloveschad]

I learned something about silkies with these babies! Bunny is dominant always wins the fight! When it comes to the babies the laid back chicken moo has took the lead! I almost wonder tho if bunny is a better mom! In the morning when I put food in the cage bunny stands up and tells the one chick under her its time to eat and drink!! Moo on the other hand I have to pick up then when the chicks are eating she is still trying to sit on them and the food!

 

[Cerise1924]

Hello, Silkie folks!

My Silkies are about 4 months old now, and it is looking like I have one cockerel and three pullets. (I know, it is hard to tell... but the cockerel is a definite.)

I knew so little about Silkies when I hatched these, when I asked what the b/b/s was penciled on the egg, and the breeder said "Blue Black Splash," I thought that was a colour. I think I just realized that was the notation for three different colours housed in the same pen. Is that right?

Here is my cockerel from the BBS egg. I think this would be blue, yes?


The three others are white, partridge and paint. Here they are, when younger:

If the blue cockerel ends up making chicks with the other silkies, what colours would be possible?

I am especially interested in what would come of the cockerel and the paint, below (assuming it is a big pullet and not a mellow cockerel

).

Thanks for any answers you have come up with. I have tried looking at Silkie genetic web pages, and the info is too dense for me to extract anything.