Silkie thread!

[moomoodiddy]

Just wanted to say HI! And that I just adopted a tiny baby silkie chick this morning. Will be raising him/her all by myself. I raised chicks before but this is my first silkie. So excited! Srry but I will properly introduce myself and the un named chick more later cause I start work in a bit. Just was too excited on getting a silkie that I had to post here really quick hahaha. Love all the cute pics!!!
Rob =)

welcome to the addicting world of silkies trust me soon u will have more!!!!!

 

[Sanna]

Just wanted to say HI! And that I just adopted a tiny baby silkie chick this morning. Will be raising him/her all by myself. I raised chicks before but this is my first silkie. So excited! Srry but I will properly introduce myself and the un named chick more later cause I start work in a bit. Just was too excited on getting a silkie that I had to post here really quick hahaha. Love all the cute pics!!!
Rob =)

Congratulations on the chicky and yes, you'll have lots more soon! You can't just have ONE silkie.

 

[aoxa]

Congratulations on the chicky and yes, you'll have lots more soon!  You can't just have ONE silkie.

There can't be one silkie in a silkie pile, you need at least three more

 

[1chicken fan]

Have you weighed her?

Lol, never even thought about that. I will try tomorrow.

 

[Mama Hen Chris]

Just got these three gals yesterday. They are just adorable. No names yet...trying to figure out their personalities. Was told they were around 6-8 weeks old.








The one on the right reminds me of Beaker on the Muppets.

 

[jrottie]

Had 4 Australorp eggs, 6 silkie eggs, and 4 leghorns start hatching tonight. These are our first ever silkies and watching the first 5 hatch was a trip! they looked like sewing machines zipping around their shells, and then...boom..they literally kicked off their shells. I have watched a lot of eggs hatch, but have never seen a shell bottom fly across the incubator! I am still waiting on the rest to zip out, and the leghorns are taking the longest to pip around. One question though...how many toes are silkies supposed to have?

 

[aoxa]

Just got these three gals yesterday. They are just adorable. No names yet...trying to figure out their personalities. Was told they were around 6-8 weeks old.









The one on the right reminds me of Beaker on the Muppets.

I wouldn't be so quick to judge genders yet

They all could go either way in my opinion. They are very cute though!!

 

[Sanna]

There can't be one silkie in a silkie pile, you need at least three more

Yes, AT LEAST three more.

Just got these three gals yesterday. They are just adorable. No names yet...trying to figure out their personalities. Was told they were around 6-8 weeks old.




The one on the right reminds me of Beaker on the Muppets.

Very cute

 

[aoxa]

Yes, AT LEAST three more.


Very cute

I think you need at least 10 silkies for a decent silkie pile

 

[Basel]

Silkie piles are so warm!!


So, I asked in another forum about egg laying but no one responded and I'm hoping to gain some wisdom from all you silkie lovers.
I have one sweet sweet black silkie that just started laying a few weeks ago. Along with a barred rock and an australorp. Yesterday I got 5 eggs from these 3 hens!! Isn't that odd? Or normal??? I had 4 the other day too...