Silkie thread!

[Fancychooklady]

Some of my whites hatch out with brownish partridge markings, similar to yours. This little guy had white parents and feathered out completely white. I have no idea why his down was so strange.

Believe it or not,this

little guy came from white parents and feathered out to white.

 

[PaintedFeathers]

I am going to have to clean and treat 2 coops, the indoor brooder, and my cochin and her 3 chicks in the barn brooder. I am also waiting on my silkie hen to finish hatching chicks. So I won't be able to do anything with her for at least another day. I could do the dawn, but once they are dry I am concerned about re-infestation. 2 of the silkies just got off antibiotics for a respiratory thing from last week. They are still sneezing a little, I really don't want to cause a problem by doing the wrong thing. So if I use dawn on the littles, how much soap do I use, and when will I need to do it again to prevent re-infestaton?

Suds them right up with the full strength dawn (don't water it down), just skip doing their heads. As long as your careful and use a small stream of water you shouldn't get any in their noses. If they are only a day old you shouldn't have to worry about reinfestation on them, I doubt any have layed eggs yet. Just clean them up as best you can and put them in a clean brooder with brand new bedding. I would just take all teh chicks away from the moms to keep them protected. Do the ones that have hatched already, and then do the new ones after they hatch and add them to the brooder as well.

 

[Jharper]

Some of my whites hatch out with brownish partridge markings, similar to yours. This little guy had white parents and feathered out completely white. I have no idea why his down was so strange.

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[ChickNmamma]

Quote: I believe it.

I had two chicks - one I called Ice and the other was Creme. Creme looked like RockerHen's and kabhyper1's cream chipmunk chicks (hence the name Creme). Both feathered out pure white - and if it wasn't for the fact that one was un-bearded and the other bearded I would be hard pressed to tell them apart when they got their juvie feathers in.

The difference in the chick down is genetics. The cream colored ones are based on Gold - the silver white one is based on Silver. They will look the same as adults - except the Gold based males need additional genetic and/or environmental protection from getting brassy hackle and saddle feathers - and they may have more problems with sunbleaching/reacting to corn/greens in the diet.

I would guess all the lighter ones - chipmunk or not - will feather in pure white. That odd gray one may also feather in pure white.

 

[chicketydooda]

Hi I'm new to this thread. I just bought 4 silkies from the small animal swap meat. The rooster is white with some yellow streaking down...then I have one white hen, one blue hen, and one black hen. They are in quarantine right now. I want to start breeding them but need to learn about the breed and what to expect. so if I breed the white rooster with the white, blue and black hens that is the only color variations I will get? These are my first bantams. They are so cute, they blend right in with my 4 lbs Pomeranian

 

[Urchin]

So, how do you get a silkie pullet to actually lay her eggs in the nest boxes? I have low nest boxes in the coop, but my one laying silkie lays on the coop floor. She always lays in front of one particular nest box. I even put in a little ramp to it to encourage her, but she's adamant about laying on the floor. I don't plan on breeding my silkies and it's not like their eggs are more than a mouthful, but I'd rather she lay it somewhere safe. One's going to end up broken and then someone's going to figure out raw eggs are good to eat or they're going to step in the mess and track it all over the coop. It's not a problem now, but it could be when it's warm enough for the bugs to come out.

 

[I<3MyChickens-Jewel&Flash]

White is random. Ur too can throw other colors if he has other colors hidden. My friend has white who bred wig her black, splash, and blue and they gave those colors and white and partridge, you won't really know lol

 

[breeze27]

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So, how do you get a silkie pullet to actually lay her eggs in the nest boxes?  I have low nest boxes in the coop, but my one laying silkie lays on the coop floor.  She always lays in front of one particular nest box.  I even put in a little ramp to it to encourage her, but she's adamant about laying on the floor.  I don't plan on breeding my silkies and it's not like their eggs are more than a mouthful, but I'd rather she lay it somewhere safe.  One's going to end up broken and then someone's going to figure out raw eggs are good to eat or they're going to step in the mess and track it all over the coop.  It's not a problem now, but it could be when it's warm enough for the bugs to come out. 

I had a huge problem with mine doing that, and I really was worried about someone breaking it .. Long story short she still doesn't lay in the hen boxes she lays in the duck box..
Hopefully someone can tell you how to get yours to lay in the box
I tried moving her eggs, placing fake eggs, placing other hen eggs where I wanted her to lay
Nothing worked and now she's happy to lay with the ducks

 

[jajeanpierre]

The partridge one is a frizzled Sizzle, the buff is a frazzle I just picked up a week ago. Poor thing is naky! She's living in the house.

and my hen on the bottom is blue.

I've got a couple of frazzled Cochins and am worried about the cold. I live in south central Texas. How do I monitor them? By weighing?

Have you noticed any skin problems with the frazzle?

Is the frazzle a Sizzle as well?

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

My frazzle did fine during the winter. She would sleep in the middle spot in between the Silkies and keep warm.

I'd imagine we have worse winters here in Va