Silkie thread!

[Cynthia12]

I am loving the pictures! I am so excited to see what my silkie will grow up to look like, plus, I have quite a few eggs in the bator now, going into lock down next week. I am crossing fingers for a couple of showgirls too. I will have deciding which ones I will keep out with my older girl..I say girl..yep.

 

[TheChicknGarden]

Lol thanks for the clairification... Now just got to figure out to explain that to my 3yr old who's like but mama cupcakes not blue

 I know! I'm still trying to explain blue to my husband. He says it makes his head spin!

too funny

 

[peepblessed]

Thanks everyone, I am so bummed that means I got two roosters that were garunteed hens. The blue roo was suppose too be a hen also. Now I ended up with three Roos and only two hens. I really don't want to part with the white or the splash silkies. I already have the lady picking up the blue on Saturday and she warned me he will probably end up in the freezer.

This is so hard he does the cutest dance with his wing down around the girls. It's heart braking.
I get attached to fast. I just can't keep that many Roos. Do you think I should keep the two or is there not enough hens?

You can keep the roos together and just put one in with the hens a couple of hours a day if you want fertility.

 

[peepblessed]

I am loving the pictures! I am so excited to see what my silkie will grow up to look like, plus, I have quite a few eggs in the bator now, going into lock down next week. I am crossing fingers for a couple of showgirls too. I will have deciding which ones I will keep out with my older girl..I say girl..yep.

I find that positive confession works about half the time!

 

[TheChicknGarden]

Lol thanks for the clairification... Now just got to figure out to explain that to my 3yr old who's like but mama cupcakes not blue

 I know! I'm still trying to explain blue to my husband. He says it makes his head spin!

Get a BIG box of crayons and ask him to pull out all the various blues.  Then tell him it is like that (or ask him which one [of all the blues in your hand] is blue).  Or if he is a techie, have him go into word and select the colour for a font; click on "More Colors"; select a medium blue then click on "Custom."  And tell him it is like that.  If (and I doubt it or he wouldn't have a spinning head, lol) he has a scientific bent, sent him to The Coop to read some of the genetic discussions on blue.

Lol wish I could do this with her.. But shes to literal right now and since our cupcake looks really close to our muffin which is black that's all she sees lol but maybe when she's a little older....

 

[TheChicknGarden]

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Thanks everyone, I am so bummed that means I got two roosters that were garunteed hens. The blue roo was suppose too be a hen also. Now I ended up with three Roos and only two hens. I really don't want to part with the white or the splash silkies. I already have the lady picking up the blue on Saturday and she warned me he will probably end up in the freezer.
This is so hard he does the cutest dance with his wing down around the girls. It's heart braking.
I get attached to fast. I just can't keep that many Roos. Do you think I should keep the two or is there not enough hens?

I say if you can have Roos then keep him. Ave him from being eaten... And why not get a couple of more hens why your at it lol that's what I would do if I was allowed to keep a roo.:/

 

[TheChicknGarden]

*save him from being eatten ....

 

[Suzierd]

I only have one coop and run it's 8x12 don't want to over crowd them. I worry about the hens with so many Roos and the fighting. she said they would donate him to the buck show and see if anybody wants him so there's a chance but who knows what they would do with him. I think I'll try craigslist.

 

[Sanna]

One of our chicks wants to be a TURKEY!!

Our Silkie & Turkey coop basically is one building, split in half with a wall. Somehow, one of the new chicks has managed to squeeze through the tiny little gap between the wall board and the floor. Of course, first we thought the little one went missing when we were doing a head count! No "Stripey" anywhere. So we're getting really worried and wondering what happened and how it could have gotten out. The coop and pen are pretty well "baby proofed". We were sure "Stripey" had dissapeared because we couldn't find a dead body anywhere. Or something or someone somehow got in and took the poor baby.
Well. I went to check on the turkeys later, they've been sitting on their eggs forever now. Looks like Sir Joe hasn't been doing his job. lol And there was "Stripey"!!!

The turkey girls were so upset when I took "their" baby away. After a thorough inspection of the coop I found the small gap and made sure it was blocked well. No more escaping. For anyone!!

I'm glad those turkies took good care of the Silkie chick and didn't kill her/him.
Has this happened to anyone else? Another animal taking over their chicks? lol

 

[BarnGoddess01]

I am learning these Silkies are ODD birds! I have 11 3 and a half week old Silkie chicks growing out in a 4' by 4' grow out area. (LOADS of space at this point.) Heard SCREAMING coming from the box so I raced down to see what was up. Two of the biggest chicks (porcelain and splash, that I've assumed are males because of their size and kick-boxing) were going at it like a pair of full grown cock birds. With a third nutty chick busily trying to break it up. It was NUTS! The porcelain actually emerged with a beak full of chick down.

I finally hollered at them but sheesh, I've raised MANY batches of large fowl Marans, Ameraucanas, Easter Eggers, and mutts with early crowing boys etc. NEVER had an all out brawl this young. Jeepers. I'm seriously considering putting my 6 month old Silkie cockerel in with them to keep the peace. Sheesh!!!