Silkie thread!

[sue25]

Looks like Partridge

 

[JudysMuscovy]

I do best integrating into the silkie flock when they are younger. Younger birds seem to defer to older birds and not fight. A few light pecks from the adult hens reinforces their place.
Thank you for your input
Immature cockerels aren't seen as competition by the adult roosters. Makes it easy to add boys to the bachelor pen. Ive never had success getting mature males to not fight.

My birds are generally calm and accepting, so I don't have much in the way of fights.

 

[moomoodiddy]

First time on grass. They were a bit freaked out

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Gorgeous

Looks like Partridge
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Is the penciled bird in the back a sizzle?!?!

 

[sue25]

Gorgeous

Is the penciled bird in the back a sizzle?!?!

Yes she is.

 

[sue25]

Yes she is.

She is beautiful thank you.

 

[NNYchick]

I had finally gave up and have a little coop just for moving broodies into so there is no issues.

Yes I thought about moving her and her eggs to a broody pen (wire dog kennel inside main pen) I set up, but I read mixed reviews that it may break her being broody and she was doing well so I left her and was going to move her and the chick to the kennel when they hatched for a couple weeks to protect them. As soon as I took all the eggs out she went back with the flock in a couple hours. I even took the fake eggs out of the egg boxes for a couple days so she wouldn't decided to sit on those and now none of these crazy silkies are laying in the nest boxes, even after I put the fake eggs and golf balls back. They have decided that inside the nighttime igloo is a better place and the are burying them in the bedding. I have to go out every evening with a garden hoe searching for eggs. I am going to start putting up a board on the front of the igloo in the morning so they cant get in there to lay. I do not want to have to crawl in there to kick out a broody.

 

[Hinotori]

Yes I thought about moving her and her eggs to a broody pen (wire dog kennel inside main pen) I set up, but I read mixed reviews that it may break her being broody and she was doing well so I left her and was going to move her and the chick to the kennel when they hatched for a couple weeks to protect them. As soon as I took all the eggs out she went back with the flock in a couple hours. I even took the fake eggs out of the egg boxes for a couple days so she wouldn't decided to sit on those and now none of these crazy silkies are laying in the nest boxes, even after I put the fake eggs and golf balls back. They have decided that inside the nighttime igloo is a better place and the are burying them in the bedding. I have to go out every evening with a garden hoe searching for eggs. I am going to start putting up a board on the front of the igloo in the morning so they cant get in there to lay. I do not want to have to crawl in there to kick out a broody.

I'm so sorry. I laughed.

I do know what that is like crawling into things for eggs

 

[AlleysChicks]

I’m going to be looking at some silver partridge later today. Are they similar to the brown as far as gender?

 

[FirstTimeClucky]

My partridge laid her first egg today. It was comical watching her antics before she laid it. She was going from one corner to another, digging nests, wiggling her butt and "testing" the spot before going off to another corner to dig. Everywhere but inside the box I gave them, of course! She'd stop every so often to vocalize loudly "buh-KAWK!", then back to the nest construction. I had to leave to go out. When I got back I found her several "nests" empty and a *pink* egg deposited at random and ignored.

At what age do Silkies usually lay their first egg? I'm not sure how old my Silkies are (but the white one is definitely younger than the partridge).

 

[Hinotori]

Mine start between 7 and 9 months depending on the time of year