Silkie thread!

[SigningChickens]

My chicks finally arrived! Here is a pic of my favorite

Yay! Congrats!

 

[youngchooklover]

So what happens when you breed a white silkie with a black silke.

 

[Sanna]

Can anyone tell what gender my little Creampuff is? He/She is about 3 months old. I hope its a girl because thats what i keep calling Her/Him

Could be a girl. I'm not very familiar with the non-bearded silkies.

Ignore my last post asking for help sexing my black silkie. I got better pictures today of both of them.

Here is chick number 1:


Chickie number 2:

They're still too young to tell gender but they're very cute.

That one looks like it's been partying a little too much.

 

[moomoodiddy]

So what happens when you  breed a white silkie with a black silke.

A mix of blacks and whites depending on what their genetic make up is

 

[moomoodiddy]

I don't know... not from what i've read. How would you know if you have a pure bred frizzle? I'm getting another from my friend who has frizzles but they are from a mixed frizzle boy and regular mixed hens. From what I understand "frizzles" speak more for the mutant gene that makes the feathers curl rather than one exact breed. Here's one article showing it: http://www.backyardpoultrymag.com/5-5/frizzles_one_of_our_odd_breeds/

You can also order frizzles from hatcheries

 

[moomoodiddy]

My frizzled Cochin hen hatched out a cute little Silkie chick yesterday! Its parents are the hen in my avatar and a smutty buff rooster. He's got terrible color, but has good type I think. He's so round he looks like a little basketball.
Anyway, Curly Sue is doing a great job taking care of her chick, hopefully she keeps it up bc its the only one that hatched :/
I can't wait to see how it feathers out though, should be interesting! Its mostly buff, but its got light brown chipmunk markings on its back

I have heard that the Roos determine color and hens the type

 

[Friar_Tuck]

Well, my three silkies are 3 months old today. How old are they before the roosters stick out obviously? None of these have any sign of comb or waddles. That is if you can get the fluff out of the way enough to even see their faces. I am beginning to think I ended up with three hens. No crowing yet either.

 

[PaintedFeathers]

Wouldn't 1, 3 and 4 have feathers curling if they were frizzled? 1 and 3 are probably still too young, but what about 4? At what age do the feathers start to curl up?

The wing feathers start to curl first, the ends look a bit curled to me.

Can anyone tell what gender my little Creampuff is? He/She is about 3 months old. I hope its a girl because thats what i keep calling Her/Him

Looks girly to me too

 

[SilkieBaby81]

one of my two eggs CHIRPED!! omg I have tears in my eyes! lol Its chirping!! ok now what do I do, day 20 does he/she need help i'm freaking out now.

 

[birdbaby213]

Hi everyone i just wanted to share a picture of my new babies . I love everyone of them.