Silkie thread!

[ChickensAreSweet]

I took some pictures yesterday of my little silkie flock

I merged the 2 month olds with the 5 month olds, and they got along wonderfully, and all snuggle up together at night. Silkies have got to be the most gentle birds to young chicks.

The youngest ones love to hang out in our raised shade plant bed.

I just love this fluffy girl

This one too.

My whole sweet flock together. As you can probably tell, it was windy yesterday lol

This little guy is 1/3 polish, and the rest silkie. His foot feathers are make him look like he has snowshoes

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They look like beautiful cotton balls in that last pic! I agree silkies seem to be the gentlest to younger chicks from my experience! Very nice photos and gorgeous birds!

 

[Hennyhandler]

I bought these birds two weeks ago. What do ya'll think about type and color?

 

[chickendales]

I bought these birds two weeks ago. What do ya'll think about type and color?

i like the 2 hens but the not the rooster

 

[Lrkel]

I just hatched my second set of silkies from a reputable breeder this weekend. The ones from my last hatch are 10 weeks and are the fluffiest most beautiful silkies ever. I got one with a lobster claw and some with poorly separated toes, but otherwise gorgeous. This time I am dissapointed that I got a lot of toe issues. One fused and 3 with only 9 toes. Are these issues random or hereditary? These are all the forth and fifth toes by the way.
I've been trying repeatedly to hatch pure blacks to breed to my lav and cuckoos with no luck. This time I had three eggs marked black. One pure black got stuck and died =(. The one that hatched I am not sure about. It looks dark with white wing tips and underside but it has white feet. I know blues have white toes but this guys whole feet are white. I am thinking it might be blue? I will post pics when I get home. Has anyone ever seen this? Will the feet darken or will they stay white?

 

[chickendales]

I just hatched my second set of silkies from a reputable breeder this weekend. The ones from my last hatch are 10 weeks and are the fluffiest most beautiful silkies ever. I got one with a lobster claw and some with poorly separated toes, but otherwise gorgeous. This time I am dissapointed that I got a lot of toe issues. One fused and 3 with only 9 toes. Are these issues random or hereditary? These are all the forth and fifth toes by the way.
I've been trying repeatedly to hatch pure blacks to breed to my lav and cuckoos with no luck. This time I had three eggs marked black. One pure black got stuck and died =(. The one that hatched I am not sure about. It looks dark with white wing tips and underside but it has white feet. I know blues have white toes but this guys whole feet are white. I am thinking it might be blue? I will post pics when I get home. Has anyone ever seen this? Will the feet darken or will they stay white?

yes 9 toes is hereditary

 

[boykin2010]

I thought this would be a question for those of you who are experts on silkies:

What would happen if I crossed a white silkie hen with an olandsk dwarf rooster?
Is the silkie feathering gene dominant? What kind of colors could I expect in the offspring? I assume the offspring would keep the 5-toes gene?

Thanks in advance

 

[chickendales]

I thought this would be a question for those of you who are experts on silkies:

What would happen if I crossed a white silkie hen with an olandsk dwarf rooster?
Is the silkie feathering gene dominant? What kind of colors could I expect in the offspring? I assume the offspring would keep the 5-toes gene?

Thanks in advance

I thought this would be a question for those of you who are experts on silkies:

What would happen if I crossed a white silkie hen with an olandsk dwarf rooster?
Is the silkie feathering gene dominant? What kind of colors could I expect in the offspring? I assume the offspring would keep the 5-toes gene?

Thanks in advance

you well get mess of colors some with extra toes some that dont

 

[boykin2010]

That's disappointing.

I was really wanting to do this project if the birds kept the silkie feathering but kept the coloring of the olandsk dwarf. That way, it would make some cool mille fleur pattern on a silkie body...
Would that eventually happen over several generations?

 

[peepblessed]

LOL !!! Its only 20X20 but thats huge for me and I would have to take out a loan for more fencing if it was any bigger. Wow that stuff is expensive nowadays

20x20 - Awesome!!

 

[peepblessed]

I took some pictures yesterday of my little silkie flock

I merged the 2 month olds with the 5 month olds, and they got along wonderfully, and all snuggle up together at night. Silkies have got to be the most gentle birds to young chicks.

The youngest ones love to hang out in our raised shade plant bed.

I just love this fluffy girl

This one too.

My whole sweet flock together. As you can probably tell, it was windy yesterday lol

This little guy is 1/3 polish, and the rest silkie. His foot feathers are make him look like he has snowshoes

The end

Gorgeous flock and photos! Lovely, lovely...