Silkie thread!

[Newlove]

She is Pet quality, possibly breeder quality, she will make a great incubator and momma for you, but her tail is not round and fluffy enough and her back is too long. I can't see her feet well to see how much feathering there is, but if she has good foot feathering and nice toes with 5 on each foot and no nail defects you may be able to breed her to a really nice white roo and get some pretty show quality babies

Looks like a hen to me, probably just more dominant. She is cute =) Non beardeds crack me up, they look like they have this giant boufont hairdo! My beardeds just look like abominable snowmen

Oh I sure do hope so I have two and still no eggs :/

 

[PaintedFeathers]

HELP NEEDED......Phyllis Diller, my 11-week old bantam Polish hen is very lethargic and won't eat this morning. I just separated her from the rest of the flock so I don't know how her droppings look yet. Her crop is empty. No physical signs of injury or illness. Checked for lice, mites - she's clean. What should I do? I know she's not a silkie but everyone is so knowledgeable here I thought you could help.

She could be dehydrated. I know the heat has been killer down there. Try to get some sugr or honey water into her. You can try a syringe and drop some on the tip of her beak to see if she will suck it up, if not,open her beak up(you will see two holes, one in the back of the throat that is large and one little one at the base of the tongue) and squirt the water down into the larger hole t the back of the throat. Try to put the syringe as far down as you can so she doesn't accidentally aspirate.

 

[K Epp]

HELP NEEDED......Phyllis Diller, my 11-week old bantam Polish hen is very lethargic and won't eat this morning. I just separated her from the rest of the flock so I don't know how her droppings look yet. Her crop is empty. No physical signs of injury or illness. Checked for lice, mites - she's clean. What should I do? I know she's not a silkie but everyone is so knowledgeable here I thought you could help.

Have you tried giving her electrolytes with a dropper? Keep her warm and try that I haven't had much luck with mine that get like that, but I also give them the polyvisol vitamins too. Good luck I'm sure some one else will have more suggestions.

 

[nikkichiki]

Lol

3 months??? Are you sure? It does not look 3 months to me, maybe 2? Hard to tell, but the comb looks very girly from what I can see. Is it a mix? It's crest looks funky lol! So I can't tell from the crest the gender. Looks like a fauxhawk LOL!
Looks like a grey to me. Not cuckoo

Lol it could be a bit younger. I didn't hatch it. I was thinking the same thing about it being mixed....I have been callin it django, thinking its a boy,lol. I'm glad everyone's saying girl though. I don't need another rooster. I have 3 others I'll be posting sometime today and asking the same thing! Lol thank you!

 

[Jharper]

Do y'all like my new rooster? I guess I will get vaulted non bearded and vaulted/bearded and non vaulted/non bearded and non vaulted/bearded chicks.

 

[NOLA Chicks]

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Quote: I did give her some fresh water with a syringe and she took that pretty well. She's looking a little better. I don't have any polyvisol (just ordered some though) so I"ll try a little sugar water.
Thanks you both for the advice. I'll keep you posted!

 

[ChickNmamma]

Do y'all like my new rooster? I guess I will get vaulted non bearded and vaulted/bearded and non vaulted/non bearded and non vaulted/bearded chicks.

He is a handsome boy.

Just to let you know, you will also get poorly/sparsely bearded birds. The bearded gene is two copies for most bearded birds - but with your rooster you are now going to have one copy in all the chicks. They may all have beards (if your girls all have two copies). In that case it won't be until the next generation that you will get beardless and more poorly bearded birds. That is why most people do not suggest breeding beardless to bearded if you want bearded birds. You can also have funny looking beardless birds with almost no wattles if they have a walnut comb.

You will probably not get very many vaulted chicks - I had a vaulted rooster over an un-vaulted hen and got only one vaulted chick out of 13. I also lost about 9 fully formed chicks in the shell so I don't know if that skewed the vaulted/un-vaulted rates because of hatching problems.

 

[moomoodiddy]

Can you make blue double laced barnvelder a and splash?

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[Jharper]

He is a handsome boy.


Just to let you know, you will also get poorly/sparsely bearded birds.  The bearded gene is two copies for most bearded birds - but with your rooster you are now going to have one copy in all the chicks.  They may all have beards (if your girls all have two copies).  In that case it won't be until the next generation that you will get beardless and more poorly bearded birds.   That is why most people do not suggest breeding beardless to bearded if you want bearded birds.  You can also have funny looking beardless birds with almost no wattles if they have a walnut comb.

You will probably not get very many vaulted chicks - I had a vaulted rooster over an un-vaulted hen and got only one vaulted chick out of 13.  I also lost about 9 fully formed chicks in the shell so I don't know if that skewed the vaulted/un-vaulted  rates because of hatching problems.

Both the girls came from both bearded parents. They are from different flocks.

 

[poppyandpatch]

I have 2 13 and 1/2 week old Silkies. They are so cute and fluffy, and have an adorable personality! I am not sure if they are roosters or hens yet but am hoping they are both hens! One is a blue named Baby and one I am unsure the color of named Mimi. It is either a blue or a splash. It has the wrong face coloring. Here are some pics. I love Silkies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Mimi

Baby