Silkie thread!

[sara1226]

Ok, thank you very much!

 

[chick rookie]

How is their temperament? I have one that is still a baby but he's built like a tank. It's funny because he doesn't have a beard or crest yet, just a couple sporadic feathers on top of his head and he looks just like an ostrich. On top of that, he has a hugely disproportionated beak. Lol He just looks terrible.

I think its cute... lol
As far as the temperament goes... I have no ideal, they aren't mine but I will ask.

Apparently the original stock that came out of China were standard sized birds. I hear that we have standard and bantam size here in aus but I've never seen anything but bantam.

Thats all I have ever seen too, hadnt even seen pic's of the LF till I started looking them up after I seen these... lol

There are bantam and lf size in Europe, however only the bantam sized were imported into the US...
But there are many people breeding for larger sized Silkies... have seen pics of some that were close to lf size here...

I don't get why they would want the LF sz?? I think it takes away from the cuteness factor.

I don't mean to interrupt the thread, but can anyone tell me if silkies molt? I have one whose feathers are falling out like crazy and she hasn't laid in about a month. No one has been answering my posts. Can someone please just post a yes or no? I'd really appreciate it!

o yes they molt and it is bad... I feel so sorry for them cause they look terrible, worse than any other chicken.

this was 1 of my roo starting to grow back his feathers, check out his neck... lol he looked worse than that but I didn't take any pic's of the poor boy.



ok this is a really bad pic. She dont know how to get good pic's I guess, I am going out to her place Saturday and I will get some better pic's for ya all

 

[Nanna34]

I could not find my black hen anywhere started panicking, I checked the coop twice. Looked everywhere went back to the coop and found her at the back sitting on 3 eggs lol.

 

[michellemire]

How much does a Silkie chick cost n is it worth keeping a chicks until u can sex then n then sell them

 

[Ravynscroft]

I never thought of what Silkies look like when they molt. Now, I want to see! Lol

Ok, thank you very much!

This is what my Silkies look like normally...

And this is my blue hen right now...she looked a lot worse a couple weeks ago though, lol... and note the chunks of fluff scattered all over behind her... :/

 

[codieshell]

This is him next to a 2 year old rouen male duck

This is my biggest Silkie rooster I have I just bought him with a flock of 17 hes bigger them my other Silkie rooster

 

[silkiecuddles]

How much does a Silkie chick cost n is it worth keeping a chicks until u can sex then n then sell them

Depends on quality. Big name hatcheries sell them for $3-$5 as 2-day olds. Chicks from breeders will be more expensive but better quality.
Also depends on how much and what you're feeding them.

 

[codieshell]

My local feed store only sells arrow brand I can buy 50lbs bag for 12 each

 

[Frindizzle]

Quote: Cool! How old are the hatchlings?

 

[Frindizzle]

This is him next to a 2 year old rouen male duck

This is my biggest Silkie rooster I have I just bought him with a flock of 17 hes bigger them my other Silkie rooster

Wow!