Silkie thread!

[codieshell]

How can you tell if a Silkie chick will be buff

 

[silkiecuddles]

How can you tell if a Silkie chick will be buff

I think the color is obvious at hatch/chick stage.

 

[silkiecuddles]

my banty chicks start cheeping at 5:00 on the dot every night, to tell me it's time for bed.  the can't run with the big birds yet so they run in their own pen.  an they know when it is time for bed.  they are very indignant when i am late.

Aww cuties. They're smarter than some people

 

[silkiecuddles]

This is Diego, my adopted Silkie Cockrell. He's a spoiled pet but he's all rooster. In the late evening he will come up to me and jump onto my hand so I can carry him to his roost in the coop.
This is my first and only Silkie. I've kept heavy breeds and a few bantams for years but know very little about this breed. Looking for advice.

He's lovely! And his name

fits him. Is he your only chicken?

 

[MumsyIII]

How can you tell if a Silkie chick will be buff

Buff silkies are new to me this year. A precious few have hatched and they range in shade at day old from dark to almost partridge to vey light as almost white. When the primary wing feathers and breast feathers start to come in I can easily pick them out of a crowd.

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These chicks were hatched from Bobbi Porto Buff eggs.



and also this little baby.

This is what they look like today.

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[Hholly]

Buff silkies are new to me this year. A precious few have hatched and they range in shade at day old from dark to almost partridge to vey light as almost white. When the primary wing feathers and breast feathers start to come in I can easily pick them out of a crowd.

~

These chicks were hatched from Bobbi Porto Buff eggs.



and also this little baby.

This is what they look like today.

~

Aw, CUTIES!

 

[codieshell]

Buff silkies are new to me this year. A precious few have hatched and they range in shade at day old from dark to almost partridge to vey light as almost white. When the primary wing feathers and breast feathers start to come in I can easily pick them out of a crowd. ~ These chicks were hatched from Bobbi Porto Buff eggs. and also this little baby. This is what they look like today. ~

Thanks I had some that looked buff but turned white

 

[abbevilleoz]

He's lovely! And his name

fits him. Is he your only chicken?

 

[abbevilleoz]

No, he's keeping three really old hens company. I took him from a friend whose standard size rooster was roughing him up.

 

[Frindizzle]

Hey Silkie people