Silkie thread!

[breeze27]

Hi all just wanted to share a couple pictures of our first little silkies we got a couple days back

 

[breeze27]

 

[cheeseandfoody]

My hen was sitting on too many eggs and one cracked open I took it out and there was a feathered chicken inside of it but still lots of yolk.
It was dead but it smelt really bad.
So are fertile eggs meant to smell that bad or was it rotten can someone answer

 

[cheeseandfoody]

What cross breeds are they

 

[breeze27]

What cross breeds are they

I was told they were pure bred by the breeder I brought them off :/
Don't they look it?

 

[Pyxis]

I was told they were pure bred by the breeder I brought them off :/
Don't they look it?

No, that second one is definitely a cross. The breeder lied to you :/

 

[breeze27]

No, that second one is definitely a cross. The breeder lied to you :/

That sucks
What do you think she would be crossed with?

 

[AFChick]

I was told they were pure bred by the breeder I brought them off

Don't they look it?

The second one appears to be a smooth sizzle - They can be shown- Same SOP as a Silkie other than they have barbed feathers rather than the unbarbed of the silkies.
They come in smooth and curled (frizzled) .

You may want to check here for more info on them : https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/664348/the-sizzle-thread

I've been working with and showing these for years now - one of my many grey penciled hens "Paisley"

 

[TeddyBearSilkie]

That is one beautiful sizzle. Now I'm going to have consider adding some to my silkie flock.

 

[jajeanpierre]

I'm brand new to chickens. My vision of how I would keep them has changed over time. At first, I intended to keep them all in tractors, safe from predators and safe from my Dachshunds, but that doesn't seem like a very enriching life and no fun for me since I can't interact or even see them much when housed like that. Currently, they are in a 1000 square foot yard, but it is getting a bit worn.

I could put them in my parrot aviaries and they would be 100% safe, but it is not how I want them to live. They will trash the ground in no time and be on dirt. They really enjoy foraging in the grass and I want them to continue to be allowed to be chickens.

I'm considering putting them in my back yard and putting hawk shelters in the open areas and running chicken wire around the fence to discourage a fox coming through. I'm also thinking of getting an electrified fence which would protect them from foxes and my (expletive) Dachshund.

I'm really up in the air about how to house them. What do other people do who want their Silkies to be on fresh pasture?

Thanks