Silkie thread!

[I<3MyChickens-Jewel&Flash]

I don't usually close backbdoor to garage until 8pm. This has never happened where a creature cones in garage. So I'll close sooner ...im terrified to ket them out.

they follow me all over and dnt want to leave garage.

 

[I<3MyChickens-Jewel&Flash]

I wasn't planning on releasing.. I was just sounding nice lol

 

[Chickie Momma]

Definitely agree!

 

[suebgbr]

I posted a while ago about smooth silkies and how long it takes when you cross with something to get back to the pure breed. Do you think there is enough silkie in these to be called silkies again?

Sorry about the mud in the hairstyle. It's been throwing it down here in the UK!

Here is her daughter

 

[I<3MyChickens-Jewel&Flash]

My Lydia has something up with her foot. It would swell and fill with fluid on the bottom. I soaked in Epson salt.. But idk what it is. If I was bubble foot I figure there would be a sore but there isn't.

she is inside now... Loving it. She was outside. Her cage at night has wire of half or she runs around in garage and fleer is hard and cold. So idk.

ichabod my roo is getting so pretty. Even tho Isaac is gone...im glad these two are still here

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...4&set=a.1187346098486.23654.1673314709&type=1

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...5&set=a.1187346098486.23654.1673314709&type=1

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10200940202501978

 

[suebgbr]

Sorry, for some reason it skipped a few pics (prob posted enough to bore y'all)
Anyway, these were missed out. The girl at the bottom is this one's daughter.

 

[Sylvester017]

All silkies, regardless of variety, should be equally hardy. Getting lavenders to hatch can be a problem, but once hatched they should have no more issues than any other variety. As for personality, different lines of different varieties ma display different characteristics, but it is largely an individual or learned trait. A lessened ability to see due to oversized muffs or crest can cause a bird to be more timid.

Thank you Sonoran 4 d nice reply. Interestingly my energetic alert smartest bearded Black has oversized muffs/crest and certainly isn't the timid one LOL! At first I thought muffs/crests would be an interference for birds but they somehow manage to naturally clear a view for their little doll's eyes! Sometimes chickens gently groom (or kiss?) an area on the faces of other chickens. It's not feather picking per se but then a few days later WALLA! a fluffy faced chicken has just enough clearance to see where she's going and I know she can't pick her own facial feathers. Could just be coincidence but they have some kind of natural instinctive communication that solves their own flock issues. Every chicken even within one particular breed can be so-o-o different and find our attention and thoughts consumed by them as much as any dog or cat we've owned.

 

[Sylvester017]

My Lydia has something up with her foot. It would swell and fill with fluid on the bottom. I soaked in Epson salt.. But idk what it is. If I was bubble foot I figure there would be a sore but there isn't.

she is inside now... Loving it. She was outside. Her cage at night has wire of half or she runs around in garage and fleer is hard and cold. So idk.

ichabod my roo is getting so pretty. Even tho Isaac is gone...im glad these two are still here

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...4&set=a.1187346098486.23654.1673314709&type=1

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...5&set=a.1187346098486.23654.1673314709&type=1

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10200940202501978

Hello. Maybe it's just me but whenever there's a problem I can't ID it's off to the vet w/ the hen. Something u can't ID and keeps recurring is time for professional help IMO because as u kno chickens are so good at hiding their maladies. If you have a large flock then maybe u can afford to experiment w/ 1 chicken but as a small backyard flock owner I don't have a luxury to lose one of my girls to experimental doctoring. I had one Silkie that had bled & lost toenails in a fight and had to take her to the vet. Half a year later the same Silkie had regrown all but one toenail but her toenails were injured again - this time because she was OCD about scratching so vehemently in the wooden nest box to lay her eggs. We solved that problem by plexiglassing the bottom of the boxes so she didn't rip any more nails. These girls really tug at our heart. Taking Lydia inside to monitor is a good start. Hope Lydia gets better whatever route you take to help her - Smiles

 

[Sylvester017]

Sorry, for some reason it skipped a few pics (prob posted enough to bore y'all)
Anyway, these were missed out. The girl at the bottom is this one's daughter.

Hello. You asked if these birds can be called Silkies yet.Your cute birds definitely have recognizable Silkie features - 5 toes, turquoise earlobes, black skin coloring, facial expression of "Silkies" - except for the FEATHERING. Must be just me but I don't see enough fluffy silky feathering to call these pics "Silkie" yet and my Silkies all have SOLID black eyes - perhaps a single bird photo in better lighting would be helpful to see if your feathering is fluffy. The only time my Silkies don't look silken fluffy is if they are drenched in rain but your photos appear like normal chicken feathers rather than the poofy fluff of Silkie feathering. I believe Silkie tails should be a round ball of fluff unlike the pointed tail feathers that most other breeds possess. Also, in the USA I'm accustomed to the bearded Silkies and it's hard for me to find the non-bearded as show pretty even though both varieties are accepted. Very pretty coloring on your birds - Smiles

 

[Oscarorpington]

i am new on here and a new breeder i am wondering what i should expect from my fist hatch

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