Silkie thread!

[Ramblin Rooster]

Gorgeous splash silkies everyone!

Those paints are to die for!

 

[kabhyper1]

Well, I started a new venture this weekend. I am making hen saddles. I have 3 large fowl hens with feathers missing from our rooster, they seemed so warm when I put on their jackets, I decided to make them for the rest of the girls. The silkies don't seem to need them, they don't act like the cold bothers them at all.




Gracie is finally getting her spashes!! I'm so excited. I wanted a splash so much from my blues and I got one!!

 

[Ramblin Rooster]

The silkies don't seem to need them, they don't act like the cold bothers them at all.

x2! Same here, my other chickens are wimps all staying inside whenever the temp drops below freezing but the silkies are out all the time!

I was surprised about that, as I am new to silkies and thought they would be less cold hardy because their size. WRONG!

 

[SilkieMom8875]

My poor Thunderhead died. RIP little one. I'm sorry your life was so short.

My poor Thunderhead died. RIP little one. I'm sorry your life was so short.

So sorry for you loss !

 

[PaintedFeathers]

This is Cooper. A very nice woman had her as a house Silkie since she was a day old chick, but has come to the conclusion (after severe asthma and hospital trips) that she is severely allergic to her and needed to give her up. So I offered to bring her into my home =) She just drove 3 hours to come here, and she is doing great! She is such a beautiful black girl,and she's already strutting around the livingroom like she owns the place LOL

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Silkies lay an ivory coloured egg (the correct term is "tinted." I would say that mine are usually about the size of a medium egg; earl ones maybe a bit smaller. B the time they are two or three, they usually lay large eggs.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

This is Cooper. A very nice woman had her as a house Silkie since she was a day old chick, but has come to the conclusion (after severe asthma and hospital trips) that she is severely allergic to her and needed to give her up. So I offered to bring her into my home =) She just drove 3 hours to come here, and she is doing great! She is such a beautiful black girl,and she's already strutting around the livingroom like she owns the place LOL

LIKE she owns it?! Obviously she DOES.

 

[PaintedFeathers]

LIKE she owns it?! Obviously she DOES.

Haha yeah I guess she does! She is sleeping now with my older babies who are house bound for the winter. I set the 5 of them up with an excercise pen and her XL rabbit cage in the basement. They all get along quite well!

 

[Ramblin Rooster]

LIKE she owns it?!  Obviously she DOES.

X2 how can a silkie not love a couch and the run of the living room? Spoiled little girl!

 

[Urchin]

Thanks everyone for the condolences. I feel so bad because it was my mistake that killed Thunderhead. He was my son's favorite. We were feeding him when when he jerked himself free from my hold and cracked his head on the counter as he fell. He just lay there like a rubber chicken for a minute while we wondered what to do, then closed his eyes and stopped breathing. But I wonder if it was for the best. His crop wasn't working that well. One day it would empty properly, the next we wouldn't be able to feed him all day because it was full. I wonder if his body was just shutting down and we would have lost him in a month or two.

Now I need to figure out what to do about Ella. She spent today absent mindedly caring for her chicks while searching the pen for him, calling out like she did whenever he was taken out to be fed. They had a strong bond. She'd rub her head on him every day and preen his feathers. He'd sit near her with a wing on her back. I don't know if she's going to be ok with just her chicks. They're only two weeks old. I kind of wish they were older so maybe they'd resemble more a flock for her than babies needing care. Should I try to introduce her and the chicks to another hen so she can have an adult friend? Professor Fluffles and Cottonball are very docile and I don't think either would be a threat to the chicks. The Professor's babysat brooder chicks before on their forays outside and looked after the four-week-olds for a while when we integrated them in our flock. Cottonball is rather timid, just like Ella and I don't think she'd ever hurt another chicken. She ignored the young cochins when we put them in the coop this summer. I'd introduce first with a barrier between Ella and her chicks, and the other hen, just to gauge the other hen's reaction to them. Or should I not bother and Ella will settle down to concentrate on her babies, not needing another adult's company? I haven't dealt with broodies before. I don't know if they need other chickens around besides their brood.