Silkie thread!

[PixieChixie]

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She's lovely- I wouldn't mind getting my hands on one of them...

 

[Animalian]

Q. Are all silkies bantams?

I read that they are a 'true bantam' breed. But I also see adds for 'bantam silkies' and others just for 'silkies' as if they are the big ones..

 

[peepblessed]

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I believe europe has LF silkies.

 

[PamB]

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D: I'm dying for a buff

I have buff boys if you are interested.

 

[chickendales]

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I believe europe has LF silkies.

here usa there all bantams it just way they deside avertise them if u avertiseing to people that dont know chickens then bantam help tell them there small if your selling to chicken people of course there small

 

[Shayna]

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Yeah, it is very interesting, especially since there were no birds in the flock that had any red. I asked the person I got the eggs from about it, and she'd never seen anything like it.

How can you tell anything about the comb already? They're so tiny!


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Thank you! You have some beautiful birds! Especially those splash ones you posted

I agree, looking at your picture, mine looks like a light blue just like that. The red spot is so odd though, I like it. I primarily have paint silkies - always found those spots to be adorable!

I don't understand a whole lot about the genetics of it though, it's just a hobby for me. Paints seem to be a bit of a genetic mystery too from what I read. I can't help but wonder what this kind of orange leakage crossed with a paint could create? Hmmmm.....

 

[chickendales]

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look closely at the pic u can see the single comb on the black one closest to the frount

 

[chickendales]

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Yeah, it is very interesting, especially since there were no birds in the flock that had any red. I asked the person I got the eggs from about it, and she'd never seen anything like it.

How can you tell anything about the comb already? They're so tiny!


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Thank you! You have some beautiful birds! Especially those splash ones you posted

I agree, looking at your picture, mine looks like a light blue just like that. The red spot is so odd though, I like it. I primarily have paint silkies - always found those spots to be adorable!

I don't understand a whole lot about the genetics of it though, it's just a hobby for me. Paints seem to be a bit of a genetic mystery too from what I read. I can't help but wonder what this kind of orange leakage crossed with a paint could create? Hmmmm.....

blue dont breed true there a lot thing that come up when ur breeding blues hect we got blue partrdge out plash to blue breeding

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

Put a light in the silkie coop a couple days ago, and got an egg from the BBS pen. First one since July. With the heat in the summer and the molting, I was getting nothing. Hopefully the rest (bbs, white, buff) start soon so I can offer up some eggs again.

There finishing up molting and looking alot better.

 

[chickendales]

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i have same think right now been luck to get 3 eggs day out my 30 birds