Silkie thread!

[Colie <3]

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Thanks! I have so many more birds that totally deserve a photo shoot just got to drag my butt outside and starting clicking away again. I can't claim any of these guys as my own hard work though since I didn't breed them myself but hopefully next year I can brag a bit

Hi Colie,
Is PotPie a roo? I have a 10 week old the exact same color and he/she is starting to get that same comb (?) on his beak. I am assuming roo??

thanks!

Yes Potpie is definitely a boy

In comparison to the others his same age he was pretty easy to spot. At 10 weeks I have some that had the same comb size as the boys but ended up girls so I wouldn't assume yours is a boy unless the comb is pretty large like PotPie's is right now. Check for wattles those are usually a good indicator in my experience around the 3 month mark

 

[CarolinaChickenKeeper]

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Keep them out of the rain (completely) or it may cost you dearly!!!

 

[tgrlily]

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Keep them out of the rain (completely) or it may cost you dearly!!!

I live in Syracuse. It's rained here for most of the last 6 weeks. All my silkies are alive & well.

You can get them get wet AND feed them after midnight, too!

 

[Vanessabuffsnsilkies]

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Keep them out of the rain (completely) or it may cost you dearly!!!

I live in Syracuse. It's rained here for most of the last 6 weeks. All my silkies are alive & well.

You can get them get wet AND feed them after midnight, too!

 

[Teresaann24]

So in the matter of the cuckoo not being cuckoo chicks of mine here is the e-mail I sent and got back. (E-mails and names have been removed)

RE: Cuckoo silkie eggs
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You are the first person to bring this to my attention, but I believe you 100%. I hatched out five chicks about a week ago from eggs I didn't sell and all have white wing feathers growing out except for one. I'm guessing it's going to be black. I do have the one half black half cuckoo hen in with the rooster so there is a 25% chance that black chicks will hatch. Did you not get any cuckoo colored chicks?

Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 21:45:28 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: Cuckoo silkie eggs
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I bought some eggs from you in march my chicks are now 5 weeks old and are NOT cuckoo silkie chicks. They are black chicks with no sign of cuckoo on them.

Pics of them I took last night

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Could you explain why they are not cuckoo chicks when I bought eggs from you AS cuckoo silkie eggs?

 

[chickendales]

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like said on other poster those eggs probly where from they black hen sorry they where black but at least u got chicks and they where silkies

 

[chickendales]

my partride cock lookso much better

 

[Gordonhillfarm]

"be glad you got chicks and they were silkie" Did I just read that corectly

Wow sorry this has happened to you Teresaann24 -- Is more of what runs through my mind ~~~ Tammy

 

[Teresaann24]

Yeah I am upset I didn't pay for MAYBE cuckoo could be black. I paid for cuckoo silkie chicks. I have Blacks and can buy blacks just down the road.

 

[chickendales]

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when u breed cuckoo u breed to black and some time u end up with black chicks i hatched 5 white crested polish out cuckoo to black breeding 3 out 5 are cuckoo 2 are black u cant get mad beacaue u got a black