Silkie thread!

[Fancychooklady]

Beetle green is usually a male thing. The only birds in my flock that have it are partridge Roos. The shimmer is generally testosterone driven.

Of course it is much more noticeable in ' smooth ' feathers, which is why you will only see it in tail ribbons and ' osprey ' plumage in wing tips.

 

[Suzierd]

Beautiful Fancychooklady! Love how you captured the green! The green in mine are very little and the girls shimmers a little purple. Very pretty.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Beautiful Fancychooklady! Love how you captured the green! The green in mine are very little and the girls shimmers a little purple. Very pretty.

Thanks. I did a little research, the green sheen is a structural colour not pigment. That is why you don't see it much in silkies. The structure of the silkie feather is different and the only feathers in a silkie that may have a shaft are the sickle and wing tips. So theoretically if you have a black hen with hard feathering ( not desired in silkies) then you may see green. Barnevelder australorp and Cochin hens may display the green sheen because of the structure of the feather.

 

[lightchick]

Quote: My Australorp and Black Star both have a green sheen. My Silkie only has it on her tail and wing feathers.

 

[Half Moon Ranch]

Well, after getting down in the mouth over the prospect that I had gotten 5 straight run Silkies and that all 5 turned out to be roosters, we had a revelation today and a few new firsts.

First of all we have a Silkie that has apparently learned from the Buff Orpingtons it shelters with, to walk the ramp and go in and out of the coop.

Secondly we have a Silkie who apparently was mock crowing under the age of 1 year because SHE LAID AN EGG TODAY!

So, at 7-3/4 months old, our Abigail laid her first egg and made us proud!



Susie saw her in the run today and when I got home, she was up in her favorite place on the perch, tuckered out I'm sure.
After handling her and taking note that she is always extremely sweet and laid back, I couldn't settle for her being a rooster and I was right.
We have our first hen and she beat the Buffs to the first egg.

 

[michellemire]

Would anybody have some silkies for sale in louisana

 

[Sylviaanne]

I lost a baby tonight. I knew she was acting funny but when I would reach in to get her, she would run into the middle of the group and I wouldn't know which one she was. 7 weeks old today. My husband put them out in their cage this morning and we went to do some grocery shopping this afternoon about 5pm. When we got home I walked past their cage and she was sitting in a corner with her head stuck out through the bars. She looked dead and I dropped the groceries and yanked open that pen, picked her up and she was still alive. Her crop was empty but they had food and water. I brought her in and put her in a brooder under a lamp and kept an eye on her. I came in to ask what to do for her (here) but went back to give her some sugar water before asking here. I couldn't get her to open her mouth willingly but I think I got a little bit in her. I was afraid to try to give her very much because she wasn't holding her head up and acting like she was swallowing. I came to ask what to do and my husband called me and told me that she was still alive but panting real hard. I don't remember what I was doing but hadn't gotten on BYC yet and went back to check the chick. She had died. What my husband saw must have been her last gasping breaths.

I don't know why it didn't occur to me before this but I could have taken a drop of food coloring or koolaid and dropped it on her from outside the cage and then I would have been able to tell her from the others. Well, I think I could have, it might just have run off her feathers/fluff.

 

[Suzierd]

Well, after getting down in the mouth over the prospect that I had gotten 5 straight run Silkies and that all 5 turned out to be roosters, we had a revelation today and a few new firsts. First of all we have a Silkie that has apparently learned from the Buff Orpingtons it shelters with, to walk the ramp and go in and out of the coop. Secondly we have a Silkie who apparently was mock crowing under the age of 1 year because SHE LAID AN EGG TODAY! e So, at 7-3/4 months old, our Abigail laid her first egg and made us proud! Susie saw her in the run today and when I got home, she was up in her favorite place on the perch, tuckered out I'm sure. After handling her and taking note that she is always extremely sweet and laid back, I couldn't settle for her being a rooster and I was right. We have our first hen and she beat the Buffs to the first egg.

Congrats!

 

[Orps]

Well, after getting down in the mouth over the prospect that I had gotten 5 straight run Silkies and that all 5 turned out to be roosters, we had a revelation today and a few new firsts.

First of all we have a Silkie that has apparently learned from the Buff Orpingtons it shelters with, to walk the ramp and go in and out of the coop.

Secondly we have a Silkie who apparently was mock crowing under the age of 1 year because SHE LAID AN EGG TODAY!

So, at 7-3/4 months old, our Abigail laid her first egg and made us proud!



Susie saw her in the run today and when I got home, she was up in her favorite place on the perch, tuckered out I'm sure.
After handling her and taking note that she is always extremely sweet and laid back, I couldn't settle for her being a rooster and I was right.
We have our first hen and she beat the Buffs to the first egg.

Got a question. Aren't silkie eggs cream/white color?

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

Some of my eggs are nearly that dark. Others are almost white, some have dark speckles, some have light speckles. They can vary quite a bit