Silkie thread!

[lilwhispers]

Does anyone in Idaho have silkies?

 

[kfchickenlady]

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just rules for ME to live by, Im on day 11 here...and need to stop candling everyday!

 

[ChickenPox]

I watched my silkie lay her egg this morning! It was very cool. I've never seen her lay before. I've thrown all eggs but the two I checked for fertility into my bator, VERY interested to see what I'm going to get out of my young pullets. There is honestly no telling at this point! I have a porcelain in with a splash, and the blacks that I bought at the show were in with a blue when I picked them up, but no telling what they were in with before. (Hopefully black.....I want some more GOOD blacks!)

 

[vfem]

Crazy bird isn't happy with the 'nest' I made and is redecorating... even knocking the eggs around to get things HER way! I have a snob of a silkie!

 

[JustAChickenLittle&More]

I have a big ole partridge silkie that hatched back in November. He is definitely a Roo. Large Feed and legs. He has the characteristics of a silky but for some reason I think he is mixed. I'm gonna have to get a pic and put it on here and see what you all think.

 

[jktrahan]

How old are silkies when they start to lay eggs?

 

[ChickenPox]

Mine are around 6 months, although I've heard they can wait up to a year.

 

[Danooj]

Hey everyone, I don't have any silkies but was just wondering how they are with rain?

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

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Rain itself is not a problem. It's rain with cool to cold temperatures. They don't shed water like regular fowl because they lack the barbicels to hold their feathers together. It take them a LONG time to dry. Shoot...it takes me 30-45 minutes to blow one dry with a warm hair dryer after bathing.

Then you have a soaked bird that can't dry before they become hypothermic.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL_4CQeaQTI
Here's 2 videos I took today of the birds.