Silkie thread!

[Teresaann24]

thanks to you both! I hatched this girl from my own hen's the hen's came from a BYC member who keeps a mixed colored flock.

 

[Funky Feathers]

I may be wrong, but she looks Porcelain to me.

 

[Teresaann24]

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Not sure

 

[Iheartchicks<3:)]

Would It Be Okay If I Put Silkies In With My Bantam Standard Mix Hen? And A Ee Roo?

 

[ultasol]

Fattie, to me she looks like a miscolored, or smutty, buff with white down. Her dark areas don't appear diluted at all.

 

[ChickenPox]

Can you show a silkie that doesn't have a beard? I have a pullet that is filling out really nicely IMO, but doesn't even have a hint of a beard. Just wondering.

 

[muddyhorse]

Iheartchicks I have some silkies that hang with the big birds. just make sure they aren't getting bullied to much. if you are going to free range them keep in mind they don't see hawks as well because of the crests.

 

[CHARLIE408]

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I am not a pro (first show coming up) but think you can show both -bearded and un bearded

 

[averytds]

Iheartchicks<3

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Would It Be Okay If I Put Silkies In With My Bantam Standard Mix Hen? And A Ee Roo?

That's hard to answer. It may be okay and it may not. I have some Silkies in my main coop with a standard roo and some bantam/standard mixes. They are hatchery stock or decendants of hatchery stock. No vaulted skulls. The roo is very docile. They do fine, but they were there before more than half the flock, are higher up in the pecking order and one is the mother of the bantam/standard mixes.

I wouldn't attempt it with any vaulted skulls or a more aggressive roo. Non-vaulted with smaller crests if you really want to I would integrate the same as any other new birds. Penned separately with their own food/water access, but within the coop where they can see and get to know each other. After awhile, supervised time together. Then on to full time with the separate pen/food/water and an entrance small just for them so they can run to safety if necessary.​

 

[Iheartchicks<3:)]

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That's hard to answer. It may be okay and it may not. I have some Silkies in my main coop with a standard roo and some bantam/standard mixes. They are hatchery stock or decendants of hatchery stock. No vaulted skulls. The roo is very docile. They do fine, but they were there before more than half the flock, are higher up in the pecking order and one is the mother of the bantam/standard mixes.

I wouldn't attempt it with any vaulted skulls or a more aggressive roo. Non-vaulted with smaller crests if you really want to I would integrate the same as any other new birds. Penned separately with their own food/water access, but within the coop where they can see and get to know each other. After awhile, supervised time together. Then on to full time with the separate pen/food/water and an entrance small just for them so they can run to safety if necessary.

My hen is super small too! My roo has been really mean lately, but i think he is just getting used to not having his buddies aroun (we rehomed 3 other roos) So maybe he will calm down? Shelly is his only hen and i feel bad for her (she gets al the mating) And for him (hes lonely) I know shelly is lonely and i think she would get beat up by bigger hens (she is a standard bantam mix) But idk.. I love silkies, they are sooo pretty, but mine do free range.. We have plenty of trees and bushes tho!( and wouldnt they follow the other chickens?) So they would have lots of hiding places! I will be
sure to do the whole hanging food from a string thing when i integrate too! And the whole keep them separate for a while thing.. I think I will free range them separately for a while to!
Im not sure if he is overly aggressive? She seems to stay with him wherever she goes and he wont leave her. He runs around her with his feathers fluffed whenever he feels he needs o protect her.. Even if its me.. But a quick tap on the but makes him stop this silliness! I'd rather get rid of my roo and get bantams to go with my hen then vice versa! What do i do????