Silkie thread!

[Hawkeye95]

She is the only black one I have right now. I have a splash roo and a blue partridge female. I want more. But it's so hard to find any here. I just got her Monday through an ad. I went in to get a splash female and they all looked so bad. She was hiding under them in the cage and I couldn't resist! I've been asking around for more Silkies but no one in the area has responded. I'd love to get a black roo.

You need to order you some eggs!

And order double the number you really want.. because a lot of them won't make it. And if they do... then eh, they're silkies-- what, like 5 of them equal one large fowl bird??

Okay, maybe not, but that's what I tell myself.

 

[Adoravachick]

You need to order you some eggs!

And order double the number you really want.. because a lot of them won't make it. And if they do... then eh, they're silkies-- what, like 5 of them equal one large fowl bird??

Okay, maybe not, but that's what I tell myself.

I tell myself the same thing! So true about the hatch rate....about 50%.

 

[Adoravachick]

Okay, I have some pretty birds and I am a little torn. I would like to get some opinions here. When evaluating a bird, what is more important, a great crest with ok feet or great feet with a nice crest?

 

[littlecritters]

I am just loving, that this black, is black!  I love the real dark blacks!  I want one! 

I love this black also. I recently bought 3 black silkies chicks that come from a pure black breeding program. The rooster in the line has gorgeous beetle green sheen. I can't wait to see how the chicks turn out!

 

[peepblessed]

This is the best I could get of Monroe. She wasn't trying to come back in and let me pick her up lol.

She's a very lovely girl!!!

 

[BBAcres]

You need to order you some eggs!

And order double the number you really want.. because a lot of them won't make it. And if they do... then eh, they're silkies-- what, like 5 of them equal one large fowl bird??

Okay, maybe not, but that's what I tell myself.

I had over 30 blue and black silkie eggs that I tried to hatch out in April. Only 2 hatched and they were pretty bad off that they needed to be culled. I was so heart broken. My Bonnie has been laying eggs but they have also been getting eaten! I need to build them their own coop because eggs don't stand a chance in there with all those pullets! When my girls go broody I do plan on ordering some for them but hatching myself I'm not ready to do again.

 

[peepblessed]

Thank you! She got pretty right? She's the one that I have been posting pictures of as she has grown. She's looking good. And sooo sweet, not only toward me, but to all the chicks I put in with her..this has been my grow out pen, but I am going to make it my Silkie and showgirl pen. So they can go broody and hatch some eggs I put under them. No roosters here, so have to get some for them when they go broody. Will be fun. She already has the ones that I put in with her that are a lot smaller, snuggle under her at night. Too cute.

That is so great that she is sweet with the babies. Mine aren't that way. Just the roo!

 

[peepblessed]

I have a quick question...What color are my silkies?? I'm trying to figure out what the difference is between a paint and a splash. Oh, and these little fluff balls are 5 weeks old.

The very pale blue ones will likely be splash or light blue. The white ones will be paint or splash. I have had quite a few splash that didn't spot for a few weeks and then feathered in very black so you may not know for sure for a while. Also some of your paint chicks may stay white and not spot. When you get a spot, a paint will be very black feather all the way to the root. Splash usually have varied colored spots from black to blue.

 

[peepblessed]

Okay, I have some pretty birds and I am a little torn. I would like to get some opinions here. When evaluating a bird, what is more important, a great crest with ok feet or great feet with a nice crest?

If you are sellecting for breeding, first make sure you don't have any DQ's. Then I would say type would be the desiding factor (S shape, chest out head back.) also depends on the male female cross. A small crest to a small crest will probably give you small crests.

 

[Cynthia12]

That is so great that she is sweet with the babies. Mine aren't that way. Just the roo!

That's funny...the roo? Actually, I believe it. I am thinking these are usually pretty sweet birds, but I have heard that some little silkies can be stinkers. I hope mine are nice. I have a showgirl, that I posted on the other thread, someone thinks it looks like a boy.