Silkie thread!

[QueenMisha]

Queen Misha,,,,I agree.  But my husband has a problem with 
getting rid of him.  If I cannot enjoy my Flock...he is going.

We live in New York State and there are FEW Silkie owners
around.  

We gave him a name (Einstein) before he arrived.  Got to get
a name like Lucifer or get rid of him.  Aria

Hah, I once had a Black Silkie cockerel (hatchery stock) named Lucifer. Oh how I hated that bird. He was flighty as heck and would do nothing but harass my hens. I saw him try to steal chicks only a few weeks old from broody hens and MOUNT them. Not attack them, but actually try to mate with them. He climbed into a bush last winter during a bad storm and froze to death. I cannot say I was sad to see him go...

 

[Sylvester017]

Okay I got a better pic of my girls, (with no chicken wire in the front!)
Jade

Twix

Jade

Twix is a little smaller idk why
I'm 90% sure their gonna be buffs.
Also they're super skittish. Its hard to offer them treats with all the other chickens around!!

We Silkie owners all have different dynamics in our flocks as far as environment, number of birds, breeds mixed around the Silkies, time we can spend with them, etc. Our two girls were skittish little things when we first got them but that's natural for Silkies because they're aware of their diminutive size around us giant humans. Depending on the time you or your family members spend with them low to the ground or sitting in a chair like we do with treats, they eventually trust you as the "food person." We've had our two girls 5 years and they are now pesty little things milling around our feet so we can hardly walk across the patio! Out of 2 Silkies and 2 large fowl, our Silkies lead the pack running when they see us! Our Silkies were not pampered for show purposes though I feel the 2 girls would've been great as pullet show quality but we've raised them to be rough-and-tumble free-range birds getting debris and cobwebs in their "hair", flocking with several large fowl breeds, dust-bathing in the dirt, playing in the rain pools, foraging for insects, etc, and I think it gave them good outdoor smarts recognizing danger like resident hawks, or stranger visitors, or my DH and me. Chickens (we learned) are so very much smarter than just being an egg-laying machine! One day you suddenly realize your Silkies have fallen in love with their humans and want attention -- and vice versa

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[mom of silkies]

I got two silkie chicks out of my hatch so far (only 6 silkie eggs) and one more is working! I will post pictures asap!

 

[Aria]

Quote: Any Suggestions..how to rehome him? There are few Silkie people around here. Aria

 

[mom of silkies]

My newest silkies!

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

Adorable!

 

[Silkie2]

We Silkie owners all have different dynamics in our flocks as far as environment, number of birds, breeds mixed around the Silkies, time we can spend with them, etc. Our two girls were skittish little things when we first got them but that's natural for Silkies because they're aware of their diminutive size around us giant humans.  Depending on the time you or your family members spend with them low to the ground or sitting in a chair like we do with treats, they eventually trust you as the "food person."  We've had our two girls 5 years and they are now pesty little things milling around our feet so we can hardly walk across the patio!  Out of 2 Silkies and 2 large fowl, our Silkies lead the pack running when they see us!  Our Silkies were not pampered for show purposes though I feel the 2 girls would've been great as pullet show quality but we've raised them to be rough-and-tumble free-range birds getting debris and cobwebs in their "hair", flocking with several large fowl breeds, dust-bathing in the dirt, playing in the rain pools, foraging for insects, etc, and I think it gave them good outdoor smarts recognizing danger like resident hawks, or stranger visitors, or my DH and me.  Chickens (we learned) are so very much smarter than just being an egg-laying machine!  One day you suddenly realize your Silkies have fallen in love with their humans and want attention -- and vice versa  .

Thanks!

Aw! Cute chicks @mom of silkies

 

[mom of silkies]

Thanks!

Aw! Cute chicks @mom of silkies

Thanks!

I have three now and one hatching! 2 blue and 1 white hatched, and the one hatching I think is a white/ blue splash!

 

[RKs Cluckers]

Hi have a sick silkie chick. Was wondering if you could help me in diagnosing it?

 

[BusyBearMama]

So we are new to silkies, we sort of randomly ended up grabbing some at tsc even though that's not really where I like to get birds :-/ ideally a breeder but it is what it is... Anyway they're straight run hatchery silkies - sort of buff white colored chicks, a couple have some gray on them. I imagine they aren't black or blue or striped or anything with any black genes but they likely could be anything else? Anyone know what colors would come from chick this color? And what hatcherys carry and what I should look out for at what ages for cockerels because I can really just keep one silkie cockerel but I do hope we end up with one because how fun would that be next spring hehe or in the winter- little silkie and silkie x something that would be fun chicks what is a fun mix do you think? Does anyone that does barnyard mixes have a favorite bird they've gotten that they know the silkie mix? Let's see... The chicks are pretty typical hatchery stock with some looking like great examples of the breed- at least for chicks but some are more like yep that's what they are but toe 5 is more short and hooked to toe 4 or they look like they have less head fluff... A couple we are keeping regardless because we think they are going to look like we hope they will and we will keep any pullets and if one we are keeping isn't already a cockerel we will pick one to keep... Are silkies usually pretty tame because we got them because the children have been wanting them I think they think they're basically chicken bunnies hehe, and because I am very tempted by their incubator potential... Hopefully we will get some other colors from a breeder eventually but for now these little guys are fun and cute little pets. Any suggestions for keeping them in the brooder that's more breed specific they seem touchy