Silkie thread!

[CarolinaChickenKeeper]

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I'll b n touch and thanks for the help re my little chickie. He/she is doing great now

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

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I'll b n touch and thanks for the help re my little chickie. He/she is doing great now

YEAH!!!! I love a good ending to a story!!

 

[destiny_56085]

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That's a good reference point Amy. That's just the way I sell them. I never have any problems getting rid of them. My only problem is when I grow out a bunch to pick my keepers, are the juvenile boys. Just this weekend at a swap, I sold a few and by the end of the day, I gave a few away

Just can't keep'em all.

seem like every body want chicks but no one wants juvenile boy lol

That's what the local Asian population is for..... I rarely have any extra boys til maturity. Once I can take a guess at sex, if they aren't anything I'd even consider breeding from, I take them to the local swaps. Wings, off color, feet not 100% perfect spacing, combs too large and bumpy, too long through back, narrow through cushion, etc. Put a $10-15 pricetag on them and most if not all are snatched up by some of the Hmong families. If I have any left over, there's this old guy in my poultry club that isn't afraid to make a chicken into his next supper. I don't like taking birds home from swaps and the hassle of quarantining so I send whatever is left home with him. When the fall shows roll around I'm down to just my show string and older breeder males. Occasionally I will sell extra males for breeding, but not too often.

On the chick pricing, you don't want to price yourself out of the market or you'll be stuck feeding out tons of those pq babies. I only start selling chicks after my own growout pens are full. Some breeders are afraid to sell chicks because they might be giving up their next show winner. I do it anyways and congratulate people when they do raise some winners. Some people refuse to sell chicks either because someone might breed from one of their culls. Its why I don't make any fancy claims about show quality... Parents may be, but anyone that raises birds knows that 100% of the offspring isn't always perfect (more like <10% if you are extremely lucky). I personally don't like wasting any feed/bedding on a sub-par bird either. I'll price them just to get rid of them asap. There's alot of people out there that just want cheap backyard scenery.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Silkies are one of the larger bantam breeds, but they are definitely smaller than largefowl unless you found a very rare preson who has extra large silkies--there are a few folks with large ones here, but I would expect that people would advertize them as such. A soaking wet silkie looks a whole lot smaller than one who is dry and fluffy.

Size is determined by weight. The US standard for bantam silkies weight is:

36 oz for a cock (2.25 lb)
32 oz for a hen (2 lb)
32 oz for a cockerel (2 lb)
28 oz for a hen (1.75 lb)

 

[Teresaann24]

Anyone in Ky looking for some PQ pet silkies I have three roo's and 2 hen's for adoption. All are beautiful I just don't wanna use them due to lacking of foot feathering or comb sizes or color. Colors are white buff & gray have two showgirls one roo and one hen. Just message me.

 

[the*chicken*chik]

aww. cant wait till my 2 week old babies grow.

 

[Stacykins]

Just hatched this pair of tiny poofballs!

This little white silkie could hardly stay awake for the pictures! Kept wanting to lay down and snooze!

The black silkie was a little more alert

Keep wanting to call the pair Salt and Pepper, but that is so blasé

 

[PamB]

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They are adorable! Congrats!

 

[laughingdog]

i have a silkie trio that is bigger than my games already, maybe only slightly larger when soaked, that are still peepers, and curious were theyll go when double in size.. i was under impression silkies were small game sized bantams.

 

[cpegram]

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so cute!!