Silkie thread!

[bardies]

Sorry, I completely misinterpreted what you meant. Your birds are lovely.
This little one of mine is yellow beaked as well. I have been breeding this line for several years and this is the first yellow beak I've seen.

What color is it? If a paint, I hear those sometimeshave 'spots ie holes' in their skin coloring - usually on the feet like a toe or something. I wonder if it is the same kind of color hole just on the face?

 

[tommysgirl]

When I say ' hard ' I mean smooth like normal feathers. If you are seeing hard spikes looking things in the crest they will be ' pin feathers ' which means the bird is in a molt.

Oh Thanks...no...her primaries on her wings are hard. Other than that her feathers are the "hair like" silkie feathers...again, I don't know enough to know the terminology. She doesn't have pin feathers sticking through her crest...she just has a dinky one.

I so appreciate you answering my questions. Have you seen small crests like these in pure silkies?

 

[Fancychooklady]

What color is it? If a paint, I hear those sometimeshave 'spots ie holes' in their skin coloring - usually on the feet like a toe or something. I wonder if it is the same kind of color hole just on the face?

This little guy is pure white. Blue silkies have 1 x white toenail .
This is mum and dad.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Oh  Thanks...no...her primaries on her wings are hard.  Other than that her feathers are the "hair like" silkie feathers...again,  I don't know enough to know the terminology.  She doesn't have pin feathers sticking  through her crest...she just has a dinky one.   I so appreciate you answering my questions.   Have you seen small crests like these in pure silkies?

Crests come in all shapes and forms. Are yours laying ?
The first pic here is my favorite silkie x , she has smooth feathers.

 

[subhanalah]

I love their blue earlobes, makes them look like they are wearing earrings lol

 

[tommysgirl]

Crests come in all shapes and forms. Are yours laying ?
The first pic here is my favorite silkie x , she has smooth feathers.

Thanks for the pics. They help so much. The blue was and I don't know about the black but neither has laid since I picked them up 2 weeks ago. I didn't expect them to though. The Blue was broody when I picked her up but left the nest after the move and so I went back and got the black as a friend for her 3 days later.

I feel more comfortable in assuming that they are pure bred pet quality now. Thanks.

 

[ashums]

Can I cut the feathers down on my silkie roos feet? His feet are constantly getting dirty.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Can I cut the feathers down on my silkie roos feet? His feet are constantly getting dirty.

So long as you don't want to show them. My silkies feet stay relatively clean.

And there is no guarantee that cutting them will improve the situation

 

[roostercantrell]

i got my first egg today im soo happy to know atleast 1 of my ladies is laying

 

[K Epp]

I got my broody Carmela a non bearded Silkie moved tonight. I picked up her nesting box (covered cat litter box) and moved it into the garage in a XL dog kennel. I had marked the original eggs she was sitting on she had a extra 8 under her for a total of 16. I gave her 8 out of my splash, frizzle, sizzle coop. I need to get my frizzle broody out of that coop. She is also on 8 eggs. The broodies were raised together but have been separated for about 6 weeks. Do you think I could move their nest into the same kennel?