Silkie thread!

[katzbantams]

Gorgeous silkies!!

 

[chickiebaby1]

This is Olaf. My first attempt at hatching any of my silkies eggs and I got 5 for 5.

I think I got 3 girls and 2 boys. What do you guys think? Is Olaf a boy, I sure hope so, he actually is turning out to look even better than his daddy. He is about 10 weeks old, does he seem small? The 4 I have left ( sold 1 to a friend) are all on the small size, but I just figured that is because they are bantams.

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

Hatched yesterday

 

[Fancychooklady]

Hatched yesterday

Well I have had my ' cuteness ' fix for the day. Thank you.

 

[Sylvester017]

Meet my porcelain Twist "aka" Little Marbles. She is my Marbles reborn. I absolutely adore her! The inside shots she was 2 months old, in the outside shots were two weeks later. She had a pretty bad cross beak that I fixed. But she will always have a crooked beak... Twist. I have had to trim her cheeks and crest several times. She has the fullest fluff! And she was really skinny and quiet. So trimming was a huge help to her. When she gets older I would like to learn how to properly tape up her crest so I can save it from having to be cut off.

However can a crossed beak be fixed? Twist doesn't look crossed in the photos - lovely girl.

Silkie fluff is not as easy to tie up as say a Polish Crest because Silkie fluff is so-o-o soft and my girls are clever at taking things off of them - soft tape, diapers, booties, etc. They are very good at being tenacious until the foreign item is completely off

Because of their fluff it gets stuck horribly in velcro or tapes so we use safety pins instead of velcro on the diapers.

I have never cut off anything on any of my breeds - muffs/beards/crests/etc. I find my Silkies very accommodating to each other to nibble little tunnels in each other's crests so they can see where they're going

It's not feather-picking but almost like a mutual helping society. Sometimes in rain or from sitting under the Orbit Mister during heatwaves their crest gets matted down for a while and then in a day or two right back to its fluffy self. My girls seem to be proud of their topknots. Makes them feel taller!

IMHO cutting their crests because we think they can't see is a myth. I've had my Silkies for 3 years and my fluffy girls see just fine. They are naturally skittish and aware of their diminutive size and being able to see does not alter this behavior. In their fluffiest new crests after a moult they see just fine - they'll tilt their heads if they want to see behind or above them and their crests have never interfered with giving a barnyard alert when a Cooper's Hawk sits on the fence - I have several shelters, doghouse, and plants scattered around the yard for the girls to dive under - once saw 4 hens at once dive into the doghouse when they sounded the hawk or stray cat alert! If you plan on keeping them outdoors don't fret about their vision - be more concerned about having more safety hiding/snoozing places for them to hang out during the day - they really love stickery plants like evergreens, roses, and berry bushes - predators don't like to go after hiding chickens in stickery bushes. Just MHO.

 

[55funfarm]

Your new chicks are sooo cute!!!

 

[K Epp]

The Mamas have gone broody again so daddy has to watch the kids.

 

[Sylviaanne]

hatched yesterday

What color are they now and what color will they be when they grow up?

 

[blipit007]

[COLOR=0000FF]However can a crossed beak be fixed?[/COLOR]  Twist doesn't look crossed in the photos - lovely

Her beak is crooked on her face. When I got her, it was sizzored, top half pointed to the left, bottom half pointed to the right, and it wouldn't close completely. She was a throw in as packing material for the shipment. :/. I trimmed her beak a few times. Took off the spots that were restricting her from being able to close her mouth all the way. And after a while, it lined up perfectly. Thank god because I love her. She couldn't even grab ahold of a blade of grass before.

I have never cut off anything on any of my breeds - muffs/beards/crests/etc.  My girls seem to be proud of their topknots.  Makes them feel taller!

I have been trimming everyone's beards because they are sticking in there eyes. I can only imagine how annoying that must be for them. I trimmed Little Marbles above and below her eyes because she was not eating and seemed too quiet. It made a big difference. Now when I pick her up, her crop isn't always empty. She was getting very skinny. I didn't know what else to do.

IMHO cutting their crests because we think they can't see is a myth.  I've had my Silkies for 3 years and my fluffy girls see just fine.  They are naturally skittish and aware of their diminutive size and being able to see does not alter this behavior.  In their fluffiest new crests after a moult they see just fine - they'll tilt their heads if they want to see behind or above them and their crests have never interfered with giving a barnyard alert when a Cooper's Hawk sits on the fence - I have several shelters, doghouse, and plants scattered around the yard for the girls to dive under - once saw 4 hens at once dive into the doghouse when they sounded the hawk or stray cat alert!  If you plan on keeping them outdoors don't fret about their vision - be more concerned about having more safety hiding/snoozing places for them to hang out during the day - they really love stickery plants like evergreens, roses, and berry bushes - predators don't like to go after hiding chickens in stickery bushes.  Just MHO.

Your new chicks are sooo cute!!!

Thank you. I'm so in love. Cross your fingers for girls. I feel like I have 5 boys here!!

 

[Sylvester017]

However can a crossed beak be fixed? Twist doesn't look crossed in the photos - lovely

Her beak is crooked on her face. When I got her, it was sizzored, top half pointed to the left, bottom half pointed to the right, and it wouldn't close completely. She was a throw in as packing material for the shipment.

. I trimmed her beak a few times. Took off the spots that were restricting her from being able to close her mouth all the way. And after a while, it lined up perfectly. Thank god because I love her. She couldn't even grab ahold of a blade of grass before.

I love hearing the stories that save little animals. You were very quick thinking and so glad you figured a solution for her! Our two Silkies groom each other and saves my having to intervene

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Thank you. I'm so in love. Cross your fingers for girls. I feel like I have 5 boys here!!