Silkie thread!

So I posted e few days ago about my little blue Silkie that looked like it was developing cross beak.
Off to the right slightly.
I checked him/her out today and everything looks perfect!
Is that weird or what?
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I love seeing all the pictures of all the more grown up Silkies!
I can see what mine will hopefully look like.
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Good news about your cross beak KMH! I wonder why it would look that way one day and then not a few days later? Hope it stays in it's correct place now!

And I'm with you - I love seeing all the photos of the Silkies, babies, teens, and grown ups! Mine are almost 4 weeks now and so far I've loved every stage. I am SO looking forward to discovering the boys from the girls though. I may try to sneak one boy to keep even though I'm in the city...
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Just don't tell the chicken police!!!
 
I have BBS Catdance eggs going to lockdown tomorrow!
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I love BBS Silkies. I have 7 Splash & a Blue, eight week old chicks from Northwood Silkies. Couldn't be happier with them.


My son holding Foofa.




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Really cute! BBS is my favorite color group too... well, besides the Columbian I'm drooling over. Those chicks are filling in nicely, love the shape on this one already!

I also have 2 Paints, a creamsicle, 2 blacks and 3 whites from paint, also around 8 weeks old.
To the best of my knowledge, though, both paints, the cream, both blacks and at least one of the whites are all males!
Course at this age I could be wrong. I'm basing it on comb development & attitude! Love these guys..


Great paints!! WHOA-- that is some combs going on there at such a young age! I'd say boy for sure! Now you'll need some girls to go with them!




Haven't posted for a while - beautiful babies everyone as usual!
Thought I'd share this funny pic of my Idgie checking out the critter in the tub! She stared at the snake forever!
That is hilarious!!! She's thinking..... "LUNCH!!" Is that a diaper you have on her? I have made a few of those, they work out pretty good!




This has nothing to do with silkies, but just had to share a fun thing we did today. We signed up to have a lunch with an Amish family in Yoder about an hour away from us (a large community of Amish) and we got the best lunch ever-- all fresh off the farm food. Then the family hooked up their horse and gave the kids and a few adults buggy rides! We had 15 of our family and extended family go. (grandparents, etc) Here you can see our kids all piled up in there!
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On Sunday 6/10, I am leaving Williamsburg, VA and heading home to Dutchess County, NY via route I95. I am looking for quality buff, white, lavendar or porcelain chicks from good lines. If anyone has chicks available, and is not far from route I95, please let me know. Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Tina
 
Really cute! BBS is my favorite color group too... well, besides the Columbian I'm drooling over. Those chicks are filling in nicely, love the shape on this one already!

Great paints!! WHOA-- that is some combs going on there at such a young age! I'd say boy for sure! Now you'll need some girls to go with them!

Yup, I'll be on the lookout for some good Paint girls!
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This has nothing to do with silkies, but just had to share a fun thing we did today. We signed up to have a lunch with an Amish family in Yoder about an hour away from us (a large community of Amish) and we got the best lunch ever-- all fresh off the farm food. Then the family hooked up their horse and gave the kids and a few adults buggy rides! We had 15 of our family and extended family go. (grandparents, etc) Here you can see our kids all piled up in there!
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Sounds like a fun day!
I have a Percheron mare, broke to drive, one of these days we'll get around to getting a harness and a cart or wagon for her. My oldest son really enjoys horse-drawn wagon rides.. it's on our "must-do" list.
 
Hawkeye, I know just where you are talking about! I went to high school in Halstead. My sister lives in Andover. We went Yoder for a class field trip. It was very enlightening!

To everyone that posted pictures today. They are great photos! Makes me have silkie envy!
 
Here is Blackie My only Silkie Roo! tell me honestly what you think color, comb and type?
I know it's not easy to tell i couldn't get him to sit still as he got two new girls and was excited!



And here are his two new girls sorry they are very skittish and not used to being handled.
Both girls came from Bobby Porto lines parents, Dad black and Mom partridge.
Black Silkie hen has some silver bleed through in her hackle with same pattern as second hen only hard to see unless you holding her.
and the other Silkie Hen what color is she? What would i get from breeding the Roo to these girls?



 
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Ok so I posted this in sickness/illness section but I have not had a responce and these are my blue silkie babies!!!! so I thought I would come here for help...
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I have my silkies and sebrights together in the brooder... 5 of the silkies are a week older, the other 4 blue silkies and 8 sebrights just came on Thursday...they were weaker and one of the sebrights had died and most chicks had pasty butt, which I have kept clean...they ate and drank sugar water with vitamins and all seemed great that night, the next day Friday I found my 2 year old son with one of the sebrights and I thought he had crushed it (and he may have) as it was having trouble breathing and with every gasp there was a popping sound in it's chest and it was very lethargic, eyes closed...I thought dying, well by that night it was no worse and by the next morning (Saturday) it was up and eating, I still heard some popping in its chest but it was more active so I thought it was fine...and it might be....that was yesterday, last night all was fine I checked for pasty butt, which has almost cleared up, loved on them and said good night...This morning I had one of my new blue silkies down... very lethargic, floppy feeling, with a popping coming from its chest, eyes closed, gasping and with every breath its head would bob up and down,....I freaked set up a sick box separated it and checked the rest over, and another blue baby was down...this one has a bum foot and we call it hop along :) It is very lethargic, and wont get up but is still able to eat and drink...I separated it as well...within 30 mins the bad one flipped over on its back, when I turned it over its legs stayed back, it died 5 mins later...The other is sleeping and is so far just very lethargic...The first baby that I thought was crushed still seems a little off and rests more than the rest but the popping sound has completely stopped and it eats and drinks fine...HELP!
Should I re-separate the first chick that seems fine now,
could it be the same thing and the 1st chick recovered, would it still be contagious
WHAT COULD THIS BE!
I am so scared I dont want to lose them all!
I fully cleaned the brooder and have the one baby separated so far and am awaiting further advice
 
I got three new sweeties this week. They are still settling in and as such, I don't have a lot of good pictures of them yet, but here is my new splash girl from Dylan Silkies



Here are the three of them:

Splash hen, dark blue hen, light blue roo:



And something I am really excited about is we are 5 days from lockdown on my Cat Dance blue/splash eggs!!
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It looks like you have gotten some gems there! How old are they? The splash reminds me of my girl, Pepper. 4 months in this photo. Your girl is sooo pretty!
 
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