Silkie thread!

[seminolewind]

Quote: Starter mush is super great. It's been 12 weeks and mine still get it as a treat. Nothing like it to jump start an apetite. I mix it in a bowl and they generally have a few hours to finish it, and I throw the rest away. But they always finish it now.

 

[summer920]

Here's some updated pictures of the three in my brood that seem to be purebred Silkies:

Pepper
I think s/he is the oldest one because I can see the wattles already and the other two don't have them yet. I guess that could also mean s/he is a roo, but I think they're quite young yet to tell for sure.




Jubilee
This one is on the go - s/he will sit on my shoulder for about 10 minutes but if I try to get her/him to stay on my arm, it's all about wanting to hop down and go)




Raven
S/he settles down like it's nap time haha! I love this little one. S/he is my smallest Silkie.




I think they are about 10 weeks old right now. I do think they were different ages when we got them, and we got them about May 1st, and some were definitely already bigger than the others, so that's ballpark.
I love how fluffy they are getting! Their lobes are finally showing up bright blue, and they just love to run and play when I let them go out for supervised free ranging. It's so much fun to sit and watch them. My Silkies are definitely my favorites. <3

 

[silkiecuddles]

They're beautiful! The middle one, what colors are its parents?

 

[summer920]

I'm not sure - the lady we bought them from had an assorted variety of hens and two roosters, one of which is black and one is white.

 

[silkiecuddles]

I'm not sure - the lady we bought them from had an assorted variety of hens and two roosters, one of which is black and one is white. 

Ok. I have 3 chicks that look like that except two have black barring on the wings.

 

[tjo804]

Ok so Breeding to White?
why is it bad and what does unpredictable mean?
I think I might want to breed my White Bantam Cochin Frizzle to my blue bantam cochin smooth Only because I chose White frizzle before I read Black would do better for breeding.

any ideas how ugly the babies might be?

 

[Jmay402]

I've got a question about one of my silkies. It has a reddish brown round thing on it's forehead instead of a blackish comb like the others I have. Can anybody tell me what it is or why it's different from the others?

Here is a picture of her (atleast I think it's a girl )


The second picture is of the rest of them



Thanks for any help.

 

[tjo804]

are they all from the same parents or hatch?

Cuz I was under the impression that if the comb was not black it was a knock off. ?

 

[Jmay402]

I'm not sure. I bought them at Tractor Supply.

 

[tjo804]

Ahh I have never seen Silkies or Bantams at our local TSC but I will never get the layers again. The ones I got are nuts-o