Silkie thread!

[CALI CHICK]

"Found my bed! I love my bed"

Awwww!

So cute! I'm hoping my little wry neck baby looks like this one when she gets better and grows up.

 

[1chicken fan]

Why do the Silkies in hatchery books look so different from the ones I see on here and on other talk sites. The ones I like have the big puffy heads and faces are almost covered with fluff but the Hatchery ones arent as fluffy? Are they a different breed? Better or worse??? Just wondering.....thanks!

Some people have posted gorgeous pictures of hatchery chickens. A lot of people who buy silkies also bath them and blow dry them and they are fluffier after primping, also depends on the time of year, if they are molting etc.

 

[ChicksNherps]

Some people have posted gorgeous pictures of hatchery chickens. A lot of people who buy silkies also bath them and blow dry them and they are fluffier after primping, also depends on the time of year, if they are molting etc.

I would like to see those pics. I've never seen one.

 

[Teresaann24]

Showing off some pics of some of my older flock. Miss these guys big time

 

[moomoodiddy]

This is what it looks like- it's rear is all red and raw (the hair is not part of it, it crawled over it for the pic)

hey i think i talked to u on facebook* meghan edwards *

 

[1chicken fan]

I would like to see those pics. I've never seen one.

Lol, mine are from Karen at cat dance so........

I am speaking from memory only, admittedly it is much rarer to get gorgeous specimens.

 

[ChicksNherps]

Lol, mine are from Karen at cat dance so........

I am speaking from memory only, admittedly it is much rarer to get gorgeous specimens.

I've seen pics on their websites of silkies they offer, but they are from google mostly

 

[moomoodiddy]

U can say that again nobody around me has any in the past 3 years since ive had silkies i have only found a few even remotely close to me that has some decent silkies....);

 

[K Epp]

Do I need to start my Silkie chicks on vitamins as a preventive? Is there anything else they need?

 

[Kimmi500]

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Do I need to start my Silkie chicks on vitamins as a preventive?  Is there anything else they need?

 
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I have heard a lot about people using Black Oil Sunflower Seeds (BOSS) for their chickens. It provides extra nutrients and is supposed to help with or help prevent Wry Neck. I give it to all all my birds (mixed in with the layer)and I also grind some up very fine and mix it in with the starter feed for the young chicks. Everyone here seems to love them