Silkie thread!

[sager:)silkies]

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Nice to see someone wants to see them also I'm gina try to get better pics today also

 

[dwegg]

yes i have 3 buff chicks (1 month old) and I think they are such a pretty color and so different from all the others...where did you get them from?

 

[sager:)silkies]

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I got them from a freind also a very good breeder there comb is light in colour that's all so right know i have the roo to my darkest combed hen and i got the hen to my darkest combed roo to try and improve the comb color if any one else sees more faults plzz let me know and i think the crest is a little light but its not as bad as the comb

 

[ChickensXOXO]

sagersilkies :

got some new buffs yesterday the roo is light i the comb but other then that nice its legs are very featherd
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n550/chickenloverzack/IMAG0630.jpg
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n550/chickenloverzack/IMAG0631.jpg
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n550/chickenloverzack/IMAG0632.jpg
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n550/chickenloverzack/IMAG0634.jpg
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n550/chickenloverzack/IMAG0635.jpg
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n550/chickenloverzack/IMAG0636.jpg
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n550/chickenloverzack/IMAG0637.jpg
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n550/chickenloverzack/IMAG0638.jpg
here is the chick i got
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n550/chickenloverzack/IMAG0643.jpg
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n550/chickenloverzack/IMAG0644.jpg
ill get the hen a bit later

From what I can tell, the rooster is a handsome guy!
And that's a cute chick too!​

 

[ChickensXOXO]

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LOL @ the one in the food tray.

 

[sager:)silkies]

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From what I can tell, the rooster is a handsome guy!
And that's a cute chick too!

Ty and ill take some better pics and ill upload the hen

 

[ChickensXOXO]

sagersilkies :

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From what I can tell, the rooster is a handsome guy!
And that's a cute chick too!

Ty and ill take some better pics and ill upload the hen​

Better pictures would be great. It's hard to get them to hold still sometimes.
One of my girls won't stop pecking the ground when I go to take her picture!

 

[peepblessed]

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Ty and ill take some better pics and ill upload the hen

Better pictures would be great. It's hard to get them to hold still sometimes.
One of my girls won't stop pecking the ground when I go to take her picture!

Usually when you place them in a totally foreign spot where they can't see their normal surroundings, they will hold still for a couple of minutes. I learned that from chickendales and it worked!

 

[Beth G.]

I agree it could be alot of things but, when your talking vitamin defiency there is no way that one leg would be doing that. Vitamin defiency usually give them a lame leg or a bit of toe distortion but, not a total overnight, turn of the leg at the hock/haunches area like that. Look at the one side shot where the leg is twisting back and upwards. That is way beyond vitamin issues. I also have seen first hand Mareks and I have to say this birds does have most of the signs my friends JG had. I've also had them start like this and before it got too far I put them down humanly.

I guess only time will tell and if the other leg starts to distort it's most likely Mareks and unfortunatly their are soo many different wild strains out there, there will be no way to pin point where it came from and how it happened. Most people don't realize we carry these germs on our clothing on a normal basis in and out of the house and then go pick up a cute fluffy chick without even realizing we didn't change our clothes or wash our hands etc..

I do not think it is a head injury b/c the chick appears to have its head held up high and normal. It could have a hip injury or leg injury from a rowdy roo but, the OP didn't say anything about that I

I really hope I'm wrong about this b/c I'd hate to see another birds go through what my friends bird goes through but, that's up to the individual owner and I think at this point only time will tell

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It could be Vitamin B defiency.

 

[Hawkeye95]

Question for PamB (or anyone else that knew what she was talking about!). My question is about the "off coloring" she kept mentioning in her Splash roo that she posted pictures of a few pages back. I'm not experienced enough to know exactly what she is talking about. Does she mean the bird has gold leakage into the feathers?? Or what was the deal? The only thing I really noticed was the really red comb, and the crest was smaller, but not bad. So... this off coloring??? Please educate me!

jbourget-- LOVE your new birds!!