Silkie thread!

[Feathersprings]

Ok...I know I've posted this before but I am hoping SOMEONE CAN HELP ME. I am getting rid of some of my daughter's roos~we have to many. I told my daughter that if she sold some of her roos that I would get her some silkies...I CAN'T FIND ANY!!! All I am asking is that they are not chicks...I don't have room for chicks and I couldn't keep them in with my bigger girls/boys if they are that small...all I ask is that they are 10wks + old. I know that it is really hard to sex a silkie so they don't even have to be sexed, if we ended up with roos~she can start a breeding program~we would deal with that as it comes. She asked for silkies...she loves her babies and I am trying to lessen the blow on her for giving up some of her roos. I can't find anyone, classifieds, etc anywhere!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As you can see I live in AR....can anyone help me out?!?!?!?! Thanks!!!!!!!!!

My Daughter has some in missouri she is looking for homes for. She has decided not to breed certain colors and wants a nice home for them.

 

[aoxa]

Love this lady and her site.  She comes up with the best ideas, fallacies, and right on good things for the chicken.http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/10/chickens-pumpkin-seeds-and-worms-oh-my.html

Read all the way down. 

There have been many scientific studies on pumpkin seeds and parasite loads.

There are many, many studies and articles on this subject...way more than one webpage by one lady, that show studies done on this topic. A simple Google will yield studies that you can read until your eyeballs bleed...some are very lengthy and contain more scientific jargon than I care to dissect.

Here's one example of an article..not a study...that shows a couple of my fave remedies can help with worms:

http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/intestinal-parasites-000097.htm

The real question here is WHY NOT use pumpkins and their seeds in this manner? There are more studies to support this claim than there are studies done that show they are of little value or require a high dose to do any good. Of course one can run down to the vet or feed store and get some properly researched chemicals that have been proven to kill worms in drug trials...that's an easy route to take and is considered dummy proof for livestock husbandry.

Unfortunately, those looking for scientific proof of using natural means to regulate health are frequently disappointed because there is a marked lack of conclusive, large and well known organizations doing studies on such things. Why? Because there is no funding behind finding health giving properties that one can grow or obtain cheaply and much more funding place into things that will make the manufacturer~or the gov't..or both~ money.

I stick with the anecdotal results of cheaply obtained and time worn remedies and let the scientists battle it out over grants for research. All I can give as proof is healthy flocks/herds over the past many years. Somehow, to me, that's good enough.

 

[Cynthia12]

There have been many scientific studies on pumpkin seeds and parasite loads.

Oooh, that was a good article too..thanks.

 

[Arkansas81]

My Daughter has some in missouri she is looking for homes for. She has decided not to breed certain colors and wants a nice home for them.

missouri is a little far...thanks anyways...never knew this would be so diffucult!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

 

[ChicksNherps]

missouri is a little far...thanks anyways...never knew this would be so diffucult!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

6 young silkies: http://jonesboro.craigslist.org/grd/3429950499.html

Adult whites: http://jonesboro.craigslist.org/grd/3358825186.html

Partridge silkie pair:http://jonesboro.craigslist.org/grd/3381126457.html

 

[Arkansas81]

6 young silkies: http://jonesboro.craigslist.org/grd/3429950499.html

Adult whites: http://jonesboro.craigslist.org/grd/3358825186.html

Partridge silkie pair:http://jonesboro.craigslist.org/grd/3381126457.html

Thank You! I've contacted them all, you were very helpful, if this works out you have made my daughter very happy!!!

 

[ChicksNherps]

Thank You! I've contacted them all, you were very helpful, if this works out you have made my daughter very happy!!!

no problem

I'm home sick so I didn't mind looking for you

haha nothing else to do.

 

[debchick]

My Daughter has some in missouri she is looking for homes for. She has decided not to breed certain colors and wants a nice home for them.

Where at in Missouri I am looking for some Thanks

 

[Chickengirl47]

Wow! I'm seeing some pretty silkie's here! It's my turn now. There's 17 in all, but I'm giving three to a friend, and later selling white silkie cockerels. This first one is Danny, he is one of my favorites! But I'm gonna have to get rid of him.

The last picture's ae of them when they were babies. The first picture's are of 'em now. They are two months and half old now.

 

[Feathersprings]

Where at in Missouri I am looking for some Thanks

She is in Mountain Grove