Silkie thread!

[peepblessed]

OOOOkay...here are some pics of my babies

Diamond


Magnolia--this is the best I could get out of her...


Georgio


They all need baths sooo bad. How long should I give them to adjust before bathing?

2 1/2 week old babies--shaky hands and moving chicks--not a good combo!!


5 day old chicks--hard to see the blue and black ones


Willow/by--my little cripple baby....what do you think? Splayed or something else? She usually does not sit up like this....maybe she is getting better...see her right toes?

Your new whites are just gorgeous!! I bet you are so excited!! I would wait on bathing until they seem relaxed and happy. The babies are really cute!! I can't help you on the leg issue. No experience.

 

[peepblessed]

I was outside today taking some new pics and my partridge "hen" is getting a little comb? Do I see streamers? Any thoughts would be appreciated....

Can't see streamers from the front. Need a side view.

 

[peepblessed]

I got 4 white silkie chicks last week, and 6 eggs from the same stock (a breeder in my area) to put under a broody hen of mine. Dirty faces are from eating an apple

when they are bunched up like this they greatly resemble a cloud lol




Our Anatolian Shepherd is not impressed with his new subjects, it seems

I have no clue on their gender, but hopefully I'll get a few pullets and not all roosters

Just love all that white fluff and your dog too! You've got a couple of months before you'll likely know the gender and maybe not then.

 

[SunnySkies]

I would like to band all these Silkies. I have two groups, one bred locally from show lines and one from show lines that I hatched.I would like to be able to keep them separate to control breeding (once we get there) and for ID. Thoughts?

 

[SouthernChicka8]

They will be 8 weeks tmrw

 

[tilosi]

Your new whites are just gorgeous!! I bet you are so excited!! I would wait on bathing until they seem relaxed and happy. The babies are really cute!! I can't help you on the leg issue. No experience.

Thank you! I am. They are a bit in shock and I think they are needing some nutrients. I will wait a bit longer...thanks Peep.

 

[peepblessed]

They will be 8 weeks tmrw

Love this age. They get fluffier by the day!

 

[blessedchick]

Time to choose which roo to keep for my partridge pen....I hate choosing!
The first or the second??? Both have great feet, good wings...and both are a
bit "droopy" due to high temps/humidity. Oh, and both are challenged with crests
since they had some of their beautiful plumage removed complements of other roos

Thoughts, anyone????? Thank you!!!

 

[Lady Chickadee]

I forgot to latch my blue and splash pen's door and so when I was cleaning it out they escaped. I let them free range while I was cleaning there coop out since I was there to watch them. I only took pictures of my two new splash girls because my blues do not look good at all. One of them just got out of being broody and has a bad brown tint to her feathers? Someone mentioned what it was called on here but I forgot, something to do with the sun? My other blue girl doesn't look as good as I would like, but shes still filling in.My blue rooster got attacked by another rooster(who I don't have anymore) and is still getting his crest feathers in. My paint pen is still a work in progress, I'm keeping all my good paint pullets(4-5) and then getting a cockerel for them in the fall. My white pen is a work in progress, I'm only keeping my white cockerel from that pen and selling the two white pullets that are in with him in the fall because they have too many hard feathers in their tails. I'm getting three good white pullets in the fall for him. Right now my blue/splash pen is the best out of the three.
Of course my splash pullet who always poses wouldn't pose when I tried to take her picture :/. They both have nice type though.

Please excuse the droopy wings, its hot out. Also she has poo/shavings stuck on the left side of her crest, that's why one side is good and one side is not.

 

[Adoravachick]

Can you tell us how old she(?) is?

about 6 months and (she?) has "hen" partridge coloring. No eggs, no crowing, and very quiet. but, I see this comb popping out...its throwing me.