Silkie thread!

[Colie <3]

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Thanks for the sites Tammy

ASBC IMO is amazing I've reached out there before for help and I got good advice very quickly. As long as I have silkies you'll find me on their members list

Annddd yep you must love you baby silkie girl a ton to be digging out a big ol' ball of yucky stinky wax, good for you! For future reference I was told by another breeder who's husband is a vet to try Happy Jacks for dogs for ear mites

 

[Colie <3]

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Well...not really fur but still it definitely feels like it!

 

[Colie <3]

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Awww adorable! Don't be sorry, "barge" in whenever you want with cute pictures of babies

 

[Colie <3]

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I'm 5'9" I feel your pain! Two of my coops are the style with the run that is under the coop and expands out to the sides. Trying to crawl in there when my rooster decides he doesn't want to be put up for the night is no fun! I used 1/2" hardware cloth so I can even poke a broom handle in there to shoo him towards the door

 

[Colie <3]

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I don't have a "pure black" line, but I know where the lines that created mine originated.

Mine are in with my BBS & I can definitely tell the difference between blue & black. The breeder I got my original BBS silkies does the same... HatTrick Silkies also does this. Here's a link to HatTrick Silkies Blue Silkie Page.

Splash to Splash will breed true but leads to "wash-out" as well as other problems. Another HatTrick link: Splash Silkies with some great info on what happens when you breed splash to splash.

Honestly it's a matter of preference I keep my blacks separate as do many others but it's acceptable to do a BBS pen if that suits your needs. I only at this moment am doing black x black or black x lav. Splash to splash is said to dilute their color out over time yes I've also been told it can up the chances of a redder comb but I honestly think that just depends on your particular birds. I breed splash x splash but also splash x blue and blue x blue and I know many others do as well. Thanks for the links I've seen those pages before but didn't bookmark them so I did this time

 

[Teresaann24]

I hope to have my 12x12 coop done by winter I hope so

 

[Colie <3]

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Wryneck, crookneck and stargazing are all common names that can refer to any of a number of problems that cause similar symptoms. It really isn't that different than common names applied to plants: the same common name can refer to unrelated plants, and a single plant can have numerous common names--typically used in different regions.

I didn't know that about plants! Cool

 

[BlueBirdChick]

lol it sure deftinley feels like it

lol I like taking the chicks and put them near my cheeks hehehehehee and feel how soft it is

and they are like ummm okay......... Poor chickies lol but they are such the sweetest things though

.. Im hoping that I have some girls in this bunch

.. my mom has fallen in love with my only partridge silkie and Im not happy

lol... Theyve already named it chocolate chip lol Im hoping its a girl

.... anyway i have a bunch of bantams that I'm gonna build a seperate coop and run for them

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Im going to keep at least two silkies and a couple of the silkie x d'uccle chicks

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[flgardengirl]

Colie <3 :

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I think it depends on the ratio of hens to the roo on keeping them together all the time. Some roos are more rough and/or lacking in manners than others from what I've seen and heard. Your ratio doesn't seem too low though. I think the girls need a break from the roo sometimes especially if he's flattening them out and banging around the smallest ones when they don't submit to him. I know that alot of people like to breed only in pairs or trios in a smaller pen and keep the hens away from the rooster most other times. I think I would have pulled the rooster out to "time out" and left the girls LOL

Was he trying to breed with her or was he showing her he was the boss? If it was a pecking order thing maybe it won't happen again...

Someone one on here was talking about an older hen pounding a young cockerel into the dirt and showing him some manners when he tried to jump her roughly. I need one of those type hens to pound my lavender cockerel into the ground a few times lol He's super rough and likes to pull on their crests and I end up with a ton of feathers all around. It's funny that when I keep him with the juveniles that are 3-4 months old he's always super sweet to them even letting them sleep under him and under his wings in the evening. He likes to chase the young boys around when I first put him in the pen in the morning just to remind them he's the boss (he spends the night in my garage) but other than that he's a doll baby.

Ok sorry that wasn't much help! LOL I don't think it's common for them to get seriously injured when mating but it's definitely possible and I'm sure it happens.

Hi Colie

I had to take her out because she at first was gasping like she had the wind knocked out of her. Then she was acting like she wasn't right in the head lol. She did not eat or drink for almost 2 days. She finally is back to her old self so I put her in with the girls and moved the boy to a separate pen for now in with 2 other silkie roos lol. He isn't normally real rough with the girls but she does not want to submit to him she is laying eggs now but hates any rooster. She was chased alot when she was younger and is alot smaller than the others so got stepped on and pushed around a little. She gets along with the hens now. Thank you for your advice...she really had me scared for a bit..of course this stuff always happens to your favorites !!​

 

[NewToFarming]

Thanks for your answers about the toes!!

I have been busy all day building a bachelor pen! I have way too many roos so if anyone needs a roo, please let me know!!! They boys are not happy with me at all right now but the girls will be able to relax a bit!!