Silkie thread!

[peepblessed]

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How many silkies do you have? I never had trouble controling my chicken population until I got silkies!

 

[kfchickenlady]

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I call that chicken math.

 

[Kaelinstorm]

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How many silkies do you have? I never had trouble controling my chicken population until I got silkies!

Haha Yeah I thought I was fine with my other chickens (7) then I got 1 silkie... and from there I had to buy 4 more! LOL And I still want a bearded white one LOL

 

[NovaAman]

I have 5. I am pretty sure that I have 3 hens and 2 roos... or it could be2 hens and 3 roos... So sad, I think its the first way around, but as I haven't been able to get really good pics, I am guessing and going by what other people think from the pics I have posted! SO SAD! They are all 5 months this month. My son wants a white one too. Only so he can have me give it a blue food coloring bath!

 

[chickendales]

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ive got some white chicks in the brooder and i live in michigan

 

[peepblessed]

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Oh, the food coloring baths are great fun. I've seen photos of them!

 

[Colie <3]

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Ohh I want some favs!! I tried hatching some out a few months ago but dummy me forgot to plug in the turner and none of them hatched!

If it were me I'd ask her where she got her stock from that your birds came from. Mostly curiosity probably on my part but I like to know. I'd also ask about the breeding background as far as color goes. Ask her what breeding your birds came from. Like blue x blue or what not. Also I'd want to know if she has any unexpected colors popping up in her line. Say for example she might have blue or black breeders but those birds might be split to lavender and you wouldn't know unless you asked!

When I asked the background I was trying to get some insight on the color if I recall correctly. For example if you have a chick that is so dark blue you're wondering if it's black or not. If you know that chick came from black x black breeding well then you know for sure it's black. If it came from blue x blue then you don't have such a clear cut answer but in general you should be able to tell the blues from you blacks by the juvenile stage unless there is something going on.
Say the chick came from a BBS pen but the roosters in that pen are only black or what not over BBS hens or a blue but only over blue and splash girls then you could gather a better guess just based on knowing that. I don't really remember which bird I asked you about lol sorry I'm just using BBS as an example.

Knowing the color back ground of the birds can be more helpful in some situations versus others but it's always good to know especially when you are playing the "What color IS this" game

OH, I see. Ok. She's going to be focusing on just breeding silkies from now on. Got/getting rid of all other breeds and I am benifiting by getting the favs. I have some for so long and was thinking I'd have to buy them from MPC, have them shipped, but now I don't!

That's awesome for you! IF you end up with extra fertile eggs please let me know

I'd love some good quality favs to add to my flock.

 

[Colie <3]

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I want!! Not the roo just a couple standard sized hens

I won't eat silkie eggs.... I just can't bring myself to do it! I need some girls to lay some eggs for me lol you know, ones I CAN and WILL eat!

Get some golden comets. I have one and she gives me 4oz brown eggs! They are huge and I get one from her every day.

How do you think they will get along with my silkies? I need a docile breed that lays an egg of either a different color or a big enough size difference that I can tell whose is whose.

 

[Colie <3]

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Favorelles aka favs are a super sweet breed of chicken that I've been told gets along well with silkies as they are both docile in nature. The come in standard and bantam size.

No blacks split to lav cannot produce a blue chick lol in my rambling I might have been confusing

So do you think this chick could be black? It was marked black and came from a black pen. (I hope it's blue, but no pressure)

It is silver, not cream.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/102351_img_6326_sm.jpg

No it's blue. If a black pen has a super dark blue in it that looks black you can accidentally end up with blues.

 

[Colie <3]

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So did I! It was a good day for Silkie pics.

She is 13 weeks old.http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k304/racuda00/Silkies/White Silkies/13-2.jpg

Here is her momma:
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k304/racuda00/Silkies/White Silkies/1-1.jpg

x2!!