Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[Mutchi]

im gonna get silkies next year, my mother promised me!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

im gonna get silkies next year, my mother promised me!

Awesome!

 

[Mutchi]

Awesome!

i know right?! comeing from my mother, i didnt see that comeing!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

im gonna get silkies next year, my mother promised me!

You'll want to get everything settled before adding more birds though.

 

[Mutchi]

You'll want to get everything settled before adding more birds though.

Ya my 2021 goal is to get my birds situated!

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

I haven't been breeding silkies for very long, but I've never had health issues (minus a wry neck bird from a hatchery who we didn't keep), including genetic stuff. I never breed an unhealthy bird or knowingly breed one with a vaulted skull. Here at Cluck N Crow Farm our motto is:
Health before Quality
Quality before Quantity

What I mean to say is health issues can be breed out, and not all silkies have them!

Very true! I started with some bad quality ones (unknowingly) I think interbred way too much. I added a rooster and then only breed with healthy offspring and all bad quality ones died within the year but at least had a good life with me.

 

[PippinTheChicken]

I went outside to put the chicks in the coop (they were no longer separated from hens inside/outside)

But guess what?

They went in all by themselves and were roosting with near the hens!

So proud of them

 

[PippinTheChicken]

im gonna get silkies next year, my mother promised me!

Check out my article about keeping silkies in a safe run
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/what-to-think-about-when-making-a-run-for-silkies.76631/

 

[PippinTheChicken]

im gonna get silkies next year, my mother promised me!

i know right?! comeing from my mother, i didnt see that comeing!

Congrats!
Silkies are quite delicate compared to other birds. Be prepared!

 

[AngBantamLuv]

I went outside to put the chicks in the coop (they were no longer separated from hens inside/outside)

But guess what?

They went in all by themselves and were roosting with near the hens!

So proud of them

What a smooth integration!! Now you can relax a bit! Too bad you don't have a chicken cam in there