Silkie thread!

[Urchin]

How old is she again? If she is young she may end up being a cockerel. I see waddles and a good sized comb for a young pullet.

Four months old. We call it "she" because it's a rather feminine-looking chicken when not wet. The comb and wattles are a new development.

Putting all the shots of combs, wattles, stance, etc. here.










I'm getting so many roosters. Looks like my only silkie pullets might be Ella, Cottonball and Professor Fluffles. Well, maybe I'll get a pullet or two out of the two youngest, but they tend to like fighting with the little cochin roo.

 

[abmaddox1981]

Newest members of my silkie coop! They hatched Saturday, and are enjoying the brooder currently! There are 11 new babis total, but this pic was too adorable not to share.

 

[Jharper]

3 more days till mine hatch!! Wait! My RIR hasn't gone broody yet so I have no clue what to do while my other incubator is at my school and I have that one still in use. She's a day or two away from it thought. I'll just remove some egg rails.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: I'd give her about half a cup daily--as much as she will eat. Mix it with plain live culture yogurt (as many many strains as you can find--a health food store is a good place to find one with a lot of strains of probiotics). None of it will hurt the others, and would be beneficial, so you don't necessarily need to pull her out.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

I have a little white pullet that is in need of some weight gain. She brooded chicks and now I need to gain that weight back. I don't particularly want to give her corn, as it will yellow her a bit. Any suggestions to chunk her up a bit?

extra food, sunflower seeds, oats, rice, wheat, fish, egg, ....

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Try worming her, too

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Looks more vertical than horizontal

 

[ChickensXOXO]

 

[gooselady]

Are you using raw apple cider vinegar "with the mother"?

No I'm not. I'll look and see if I can find some. Thank you.

 

[PaintedFeathers]

I have two white silkies that I am going to sell. They are around 2-3 months old. What would be a good price for them?

I'll buy them! How close are you to NH? Price depends on quality, so could you post some more pictures of them? Combs, feet, side body shot, wings, etc. Also how old are they?