Silkie thread!

[sydney13]

these are my silkies i just got a week ago. They came from a factory and lived in small battery cages so when they came home with me they were so exieted to go uot side for the first time in their lives

 

[bacres]

I like the crest on the first one, but they look like they have single combs.

 

[Freckle Face Farm]

sydney13 That is so great you introduced them to a whole new life...

I bet they love it outside those cages

 

[sydney13]

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lol you should have seen how happy they were in their very first dust bath. they love to be free range outside

 

[SilkieTime]

Sweet hearts.

 

[that_crazy_lady]

here is one of my sorry looking buffs from ideal, they are a little cuter now but still not super fluffy

 

[ChickenSal]

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Beautiful! And you can't beat that price!

 

[bacres]

Haha that's right you can't beat free!

 

[featherbaby]

Three Chickens, it was good to finally meet you at the last Bent Creek Swap. Your silkies are just BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for sharing pictures of them with us. I got a new silkie hen from Sunshine at the swap. She's laid 6 eggs that are likely to be fertile. She is paying them no attention at all. What can I do to encourage her to 'go broody' and sit on them? Do they have to lay a certain number before they decide to set? I thought Silkies went broody at the drop of a hat.....but not mine.....Noooooooo, that would be too easy! HA!

 

[Freckle Face Farm]

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I have a cluth of eggs out there in the box because my bators are full and none of my girls want to go broody

I think they have a mind of there own...My one girl tried to go broddy everyday I caught her sitting in the box with no eggs and I had to throw her out all day

Now I want her broody I think she is holding a grudge

Good luck with that hen...Hoping she goes broody for you