Silkie thread!

[daniellecm]

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exactly 5 weeks in those pictures. taken yesterday

 

[The Hustons]

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exactly 5 weeks in those pictures. taken yesterday

If you keep your house on the cool side I would continue w/ the heat. I would think they would be fine at temps of 75 now.

 

[daniellecm]

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Thanks so much !! I really appreciate everyone's knowledge and help on this forum , I have learned so much and cannot believe I have waiting so long in my life to have chickens !! so much fun. Especially silikes ! they make me laugh everyday

 

[VladikC]

I just got these two little ones. I was told they are hens but I was told that about my rooster so hopefully they are or at least one.

 

[mmrmm]

I have these 3 little guys or girls, fingers crossed they are not roosters. They are all the same age, just over 4 weeks, but significantly different in sizes and general appearance. The blue and splash are about the same size but the buff is much smaller. The blue and splash also appear to have a "part" in their feathers around their heads but the buff just all runs together. The pics are not the best, let me know if I need to take better pics or different angles. I posted this on a different thread as well then I saw this one.

 

[I<3MyChickens-Jewel&Flash]

What to do?

My Lil silk8e hen has has curled feet and who had her before tried to tape them but nothing. She is sliding all over and if she 8 on slippery surface can't walk. She does ok in grass but can't move so fast.

I can't cull her. She won't be used for breeding. Just pet. Any suggestions?

She is partridge

 

[subhanalah]

What to do?

My Lil silk8e hen has has curled feet and who had her before tried to tape them but nothing. She is sliding all over and if she 8 on slippery surface can't walk. She does ok in grass but can't move so fast.

I can't cull her. She won't be used for breeding. Just pet. Any suggestions?

She is partridge

what has she been eating? That looks like a serious deficiency.

 

[Sylvester017]

thats the thing. I find the silkies extremely hard to tell if they are feathered ? these two are my first silkies.
I am not sure what i am looking at they just look like fluff balls with bad hair day's lol.
here are some pictures from yesterday.

Even my adult Silkies (2 years old and 3 years old) have crest pin feathers that look like that when they are growing new feathers on their head.

 

[lightchick]

Can you guys help!? I've tried before , but mostly got "too young to tell" answers. I'd love to know and I hope "she's" a pullet.
"She's" almost 8 weeks and I thought I might give an up date.
"Her" crest isn't looking so swept back and I think "she's" looking more like a girl, but we'll see what you guys think.

















In the pics her crest looks swept back still, but I took these pics a few days ago and "her" crest is getting fluffier.

 

[subhanalah]

Ok, he did not appreciate that.