Silkie thread!

[Fancychooklady]

I can not seem to figure out how to post pics.

You need to have made 10 posts before you can add pics. Now your away.

 

[judy mclean]

can you see the baby thru the steam

 

[lisan1984]

Blue!

how freaking cute

 

[lisan1984]

not very good pics. They just would not be still and the red heat lamps didn't help.

My Silkie has finally started laying at almost a year old! (Her hatch date is at the end of this month) She has laid two eggs so far. They are a very light cream color. They are the two in the middle.

congrats on your fuzz buts

 

[AmethystMary]

Here's my new Blue Silkie, Sadie. She's not super friendly. The Welsummer I got the same day is friendlier. I'll keep handling her in hopes she becomes more friendly. How do you tell sex in Silkies? The first pix is when we first got her.
The second, hanging with her peeps....

 

[Fancychooklady]

Here's my new Blue Silkie, Sadie. She's not super friendly. The Welsummer I got the same day is friendlier. I'll keep handling her in hopes she becomes more friendly. How do you tell sex in Silkies? The first pix is when we first got her.
The second, hanging with her peeps....

We'd all love to be able to sex our silkies at a young age but unfortunately that is one of the pitfalls of the breed. with my chicks I start by putting food down and sit quietly . Tap the feed with your finger and just gently stroke the chest , after a while they usually stand and let you do so. Once I have gained their trust I can pick them up by slipping my hand between the legs and lifting. Birds aren't comfortable with being grasped from above, birds of prey and all that.
Very nice little flock you have started there.

 

[judy mclean]

if anyone has this incubator please tell me what settings you have your on I played with the buttons and now I can't get it back there is an AL.AH.CA.LH.LS I'm trying to get it to read 37.5 it keeps not wanting to stay there

 

[Chicken gal77]

I have a breeding question. I have two beautiful sizzle roosters. One is a smooth blue sizzle with cuckoo pattern and the other is a blue sizzle. I have two silkie hens, one splash and one white. What will I get if I breed them? Any information would be helpful. I didn't know if I would get some sizzles or all regular silkie feathered birds or both. Also possible color combos. I am very new to chicken genetics.

 

[BonRae67]

Had to share. I am so proud of my little boy. He is a blue ribbon winner at our county fair. Love him bunches.

 

[dandymandie]

This is the very curious Blanca with her sisters.
My chicks are growing so fast! I'm thinking I should have maybe gotten one more! Everyone's Silkies are so cute!