Silkie thread!

[Abstrax]

Why do you want to get rid of him? I wish I was closer cause he's handsome.

I don't have anyone to pair him with. He is a really sweet little guy and very pretty.

 

[Abstrax]

Why do you want to get rid of him? I wish I was closer cause he's handsome.

I would be willing to meet in W. Springfield if you want him.

 

[Nikkipar]

I have one that only has 6 toes total.  I call him Gimp.  LOL

Lmao

 

[TAMMACLEAN]

I would be willing to meet in W. Springfield if you want him.

How much are you asking for him??

 

[Scifisarah]

I had no idea that silkies were so difficult to sex when I decided to hatch a bunch of them. I have 10 and they are about 6 weeks old now but was only planning on having room for about 5 of them. Is it possible to sex them accurately by behavior? Quite a few of them are charging each other and doing their little "hop stare-down". There are a couple that I have never seen engage in that type of behavior. Do some hens do this? Or if they are having little play fights with each other, is it positively going to be a rooster? I really don't want to get rid of any of there is a possibility of it being a hen....

 

[3ChickensinNC]

I had no idea that silkies were so difficult to sex when I decided to hatch a bunch of them. I have 10 and they are about 6 weeks old now but was only planning on having room for about 5 of them. Is it possible to sex them accurately by behavior? Quite a few of them are charging each other and doing their little "hop stare-down". There are a couple that I have never seen engage in that type of behavior. Do some hens do this? Or if they are having little play fights with each other, is it positively going to be a rooster? I really don't want to get rid of any of there is a possibility of it being a hen....

Yep. Girls will do the stare down.

 

[aoxa]

Can I get some tips on my boy here.

Pretty sure it's a boy. Streamers are starting.

He is 10 weeks old

 

[Hawkeye95]

I actually was not going to get into Silkies. I posted a picture of them on facebook saying that I had asked Cackle not to include them in my bantam assortment because I was really just after eggs to eat ( though I did think they were cute). And I admit that I called them "Poodle Chickens"! Well my 21 year old son saw that picture of a Silkie and told me I had to get one. So I emailed Cackle and asked them if they could now include them with our shipment and we got 3. So they are supposed to belong to my 3 sons. And they will be pets. But I really liked them too so now I want to get more so Momma can have some, lol. The Silkie thread has been my favorite. I have been bitten by the Silkie Bug!

How funny! Silkies are addictive, so now that you have some.... watch out!! LOL!

I took some pics today of some of the adults. It was hard to get some of them not panting.

This one is three years old and I hatched her from one of Bobbi Porto's eggs

LOVE this one! Beautiful! Are you showing or breeding at all? Love the green also, with us being on the plains, it's pretty dry and crunchy here. We are also in drought. Sigh.

I have candled other breeds and know what I am looking for, this is just my first experience with silkies and wanted to make sure nothing was different... it sounds kinds stupid now

I guess I am just grasping at straws...

I'm sooooo sorry!! Just hang in there and give them all a few more days. If they don't start developing, I'd chalk it up to being left out in the mailbox and heat for those 12+ hours. They really can't handle that. Check them around Day 10-11 and see what you have then.

I have kept it in the back of my mind that this tiny one could develop other problems, sort of from being the runt. As far as food, they always have their feeder full plus I give them treats all day long. They all love seeing me coming. Corn, watermelon, bread, pasta, dried mealy worms etc. I made them scrambled eggs everyday for the first week.

Being a runt could cause some problems-- but his beak issue is not likely caused from him being a runt. It can be because he was in the egg weird or even be genetic. If he winds up with a cross beak, that is likely genetic. If he winds up being twisted, that is likely not genetic and is from having a bad position in the shell. I have a chick that has a twisted beak and it's pretty severe. He is getting along fine.

I had no idea that silkies were so difficult to sex when I decided to hatch a bunch of them. I have 10 and they are about 6 weeks old now but was only planning on having room for about 5 of them. Is it possible to sex them accurately by behavior? Quite a few of them are charging each other and doing their little "hop stare-down". There are a couple that I have never seen engage in that type of behavior. Do some hens do this? Or if they are having little play fights with each other, is it positively going to be a rooster? I really don't want to get rid of any of there is a possibility of it being a hen....

At 6 weeks, just enjoy them, they are going to do a lot of play fighting--regardless of gender. You might be able to start to guess what gender they will be around 3-4 months... but even then could still really be up in the air. But it's fun to guess anyway. I wouldn't even attempt to bother to figure out gender at 6 wks, though.

Can I get some tips on my boy here.

Pretty sure it's a boy. Streamers are starting.

He is 10 weeks old

Well he is gorgeous. What does his comb look like? I'm not entirely sold on boy, but he does have an odd looking crest-- it's flat and then gets longer in the back. So you could very well be right. There isn't much to critique on him since he is looking typey even though he hasn't grown in his cushion. His wings seem to be held well. One thing the judge told me about this week is that you don't want their tails dropping off (or sloping down). I think the ONLY reason yours sort of has that look is because he is young. Once he gets all his cushion in and starts to fill in, I bet he will look amazing. Looks like he has really good toe feathering, too. I think you have wound up with a fantastic chick there! Hopefully his crest will start to round out as he ages, that would be something he could be deducted on as far as points go, but not too terribly. And my guess is that he will start to fill in there, too.

 

[HenThymes]

I have a Cuckoo Roo that has red wattle and comb and is a DQ, I dont use him any more because a few of his chicks had them also with light skin. But All his chicks turned out beautiful in crest, feet, wing type. I was told this red gene and light skin is common because of the Cuckoo gene and once its in the flock its harder to get out . So my Roo is up for sale because I prefer the mulberry-black wattles and combs to pass on.

I have cuckoos as too and have the red comb and lighter skin as well. I haven't seen that many of the cuckoo with out the red?? I have two young cuckoo's coming up now (F1 from my original cuckoo rooster) I will take them to some excellent quality hens with nice dark combs when of age and see what the next offspring come out with. Not ready to part with mine as of yet, one of them happens to be a gorgeous blue cuckoo.

 

[aoxa]

Well he is gorgeous. What does his comb look like? I'm not entirely sold on boy, but he does have an odd looking crest-- it's flat and then gets longer in the back. So you could very well be right. There isn't much to critique on him since he is looking typey even though he hasn't grown in his cushion. His wings seem to be held well. One thing the judge told me about this week is that you don't want their tails dropping off (or sloping down). I think the ONLY reason yours sort of has that look is because he is young. Once he gets all his cushion in and starts to fill in, I bet he will look amazing. Looks like he has really good toe feathering, too. I think you have wound up with a fantastic chick there! Hopefully his crest will start to round out as he ages, that would be something he could be deducted on as far as points go, but not too terribly. And my guess is that he will start to fill in there, too.

Thank you very much

This is his sister (with my fiance) The comb is much more detailed on the boy if you peel back his fluff. The fluff really covers it for the most part.

Gretta - windy day

She is also 10 weeks old.

This is one of my younger ones. Very cute This is my favourite - her wing is dropped because everyone was panting. It almost hit 40 that day or 104F.. I kept spraying down the run every couple of hours.

here is a better picture showing her wings in regular position

Check out the nasty look this silkie gave me!

Not out of his ugly phase yet

Best footed chick I have.