Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

I've done some coop renos inside for my expanding flock of 22.. more roosts and nests. I may have to change the nests to be side by side instead of stacked, I'm still working on placement of things anyway.
One of my 3 month olds (shipped eggs) is a boy for sure. The others look to have a more fluffy crest then this one but most likely 2 more of the 5 are boys too. I have listed him to rehome since the others have more good looking paint spots.

Has anyone used wood shavings before? - do they eat it? Mine seem to peck and eat it so I have only put down a small amount cautiously.

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

Hatched probably around 2pm today. Poor thing has spraddle leg.
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This is a fairly easy fix. Make a homemade chick hobble or buy a pack of them. I've done both before. Need to put it on as early as possible. This chick may only need a day wearing it because it's only a few hours old.

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Chick has legs together as they should be. They can't slide out so it can actually stand.

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Ohww such a cutie amazing how in just a short time they can become completely normal

 

[AngBantamLuv]

Your flock sounds awesome! I thought I had a lot hehe.

I have:
Marans
Orpingtons (English and American)
Ameraucanas
Bantam Ameraucanas
Easter Eggers
Bantam Easter Eggers
Olive Eggers
Wyandottes
d’Uccles
d’Anvers
Olandsk Dwarfs
Bantam buff brahma (until Tuesday)
Bantam light brahma
Swedish Hedemora
Bantam BBS cochins
Russian Orloff
Salmon Faverolle
Polish
and Silkies

Ooooh.. you have a bunch i want!!!!

 

[AngBantamLuv]

Has anyone used wood shavings before? - do they eat it? Mine seem to peck and eat it so I have only put down a small amount cautiously.

Hmm.. ive only used it with chicks. They seem to move it around, but not eat it. I tried it in the coop with my adults, but it got too stinky too fast.

 

[CSolis]

Oh thank you! I grabbed some pictures of some of my youngsters today and am happy to share. Little Stumpy eventually went outside with a pullet group. I feel conflicted when it comes to him and kind of go back and forth on if putting him down or not is kinder. His growth is clearly stunted but he tries so hard. He can get around well enough to get to the food and water without issues but keeping him clean is a challenge since he pretty much just scoots around. I couldn't tell for ages what sex he was but he finally got streamers so I'm pretty sure he is a he.

Here he is resting by the feeder (excuse the egg, the younger girls tend to lay in odd places).

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Here are my two grow outs with the best spots. The older one is already laying and the younger one is quite a bit younger and just starting to fill in. They have the same dad who seems to throw some nice spots.

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Here are a couple of my favorite older cockerels. Funny enough they both are not anywhere near good quality when it comes to pigment, comb type, and color but I can't help loving their type and floof the little fluffballs.

This picture makes this paint boy look like he is more white than in reality....the second picture with the flash shows how he has tons of khaki off color. (Excuse his very dirty beard).

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This guy is a sort of gray/silver partridge but with tons of red leakage......no wonder I'm having so much trouble with my paint boys off color when a boy with that much red is popping out of the paint pen.

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Here are some of my generation 1 splash calico project babies.

The first and oldest I posted recently but the picture was not up to date.

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Not at all calico like at this point but the hackles are getting some gold/orange color in. Being so young still I'm hopeful more will continue to come in.

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And the two younger siblings

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Here are the little project mille split satins. They are starting to fill in but have a ways to go yet.

The boys
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The girls
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My little surprise mauve girl (surprised my breeder friend who hatched her too, mom was a gray and dad recessive white.....definitely was not expecting dad to carry chocolate genes). And to her left my mottled boy who is sadly losing a lot of his white in his crest. More bits of white have started showing elsewhere so it'll be fun to see where his color ends up (I'm not expecting a lot of white but I hope enough so he actually looks somewhat mottled and not just completely black).

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And lastly my two most recent additions hatched yesterday evening and today. These two are out of my red frizzle satin girl. I've got more on the way from her and I can't wait to see who inherits moms frizzle gene.

The lighter little munchkin tried coming out of the thin end of the egg and got stuck in a zip. His/her little comb area got a bit scuffed and one leg was awkwardly positioned and is still held a little further forward than the other but the baby is strong and gets around well so I think he/she will be just fine.

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Aww I just love seeing the different generations! They are all so beautiful!

You''ve got some beautimous babies! If I could get some partridge satins like yours I'd be in 7th heaven. Wow, what projects!

 

[CSolis]

Hatched probably around 2pm today. Poor thing has spraddle leg.
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This is a fairly easy fix. Make a homemade chick hobble or buy a pack of them. I've done both before. Need to put it on as early as possible. This chick may only need a day wearing it because it's only a few hours old.

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Chick has legs together as they should be. They can't slide out so it can actually stand.

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I found it so hard to get the loops around the legs, I used the vet wrap technique and found it works great too.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Oh thank you! I grabbed some pictures of some of my youngsters today and am happy to share. Little Stumpy eventually went outside with a pullet group. I feel conflicted when it comes to him and kind of go back and forth on if putting him down or not is kinder. His growth is clearly stunted but he tries so hard. He can get around well enough to get to the food and water without issues but keeping him clean is a challenge since he pretty much just scoots around. I couldn't tell for ages what sex he was but he finally got streamers so I'm pretty sure he is a he.

Here he is resting by the feeder (excuse the egg, the younger girls tend to lay in odd places).

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Here are my two grow outs with the best spots. The older one is already laying and the younger one is quite a bit younger and just starting to fill in. They have the same dad who seems to throw some nice spots.

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Here are a couple of my favorite older cockerels. Funny enough they both are not anywhere near good quality when it comes to pigment, comb type, and color but I can't help loving their type and floof the little fluffballs.

This picture makes this paint boy look like he is more white than in reality....the second picture with the flash shows how he has tons of khaki off color. (Excuse his very dirty beard).

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This guy is a sort of gray/silver partridge but with tons of red leakage......no wonder I'm having so much trouble with my paint boys off color when a boy with that much red is popping out of the paint pen.

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Here are some of my generation 1 splash calico project babies.

The first and oldest I posted recently but the picture was not up to date.

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Not at all calico like at this point but the hackles are getting some gold/orange color in. Being so young still I'm hopeful more will continue to come in.

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And the two younger siblings

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Here are the little project mille split satins. They are starting to fill in but have a ways to go yet.

The boys
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The girls
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My little surprise mauve girl (surprised my breeder friend who hatched her too, mom was a gray and dad recessive white.....definitely was not expecting dad to carry chocolate genes). And to her left my mottled boy who is sadly losing a lot of his white in his crest. More bits of white have started showing elsewhere so it'll be fun to see where his color ends up (I'm not expecting a lot of white but I hope enough so he actually looks somewhat mottled and not just completely black).

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And lastly my two most recent additions hatched yesterday evening and today. These two are out of my red frizzle satin girl. I've got more on the way from her and I can't wait to see who inherits moms frizzle gene.

The lighter little munchkin tried coming out of the thin end of the egg and got stuck in a zip. His/her little comb area got a bit scuffed and one leg was awkwardly positioned and is still held a little further forward than the other but the baby is strong and gets around well so I think he/she will be just fine.

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Aww I just love seeing the different generations! They are all so beautiful!

OMGeeze they are all so beautiful!
Lil Stumpy!!!
That mauve girl is gorgeous!
And u got a NN mille Satin!!! I'm so jealous!
Ya babies are precious!
Thank you for the pics...u got your hands full

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Oh thank you! I grabbed some pictures of some of my youngsters today and am happy to share. Little Stumpy eventually went outside with a pullet group. I feel conflicted when it comes to him and kind of go back and forth on if putting him down or not is kinder. His growth is clearly stunted but he tries so hard. He can get around well enough to get to the food and water without issues but keeping him clean is a challenge since he pretty much just scoots around. I couldn't tell for ages what sex he was but he finally got streamers so I'm pretty sure he is a he.

Here he is resting by the feeder (excuse the egg, the younger girls tend to lay in odd places).

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Here are my two grow outs with the best spots. The older one is already laying and the younger one is quite a bit younger and just starting to fill in. They have the same dad who seems to throw some nice spots.

View attachment 3190481

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Here are a couple of my favorite older cockerels. Funny enough they both are not anywhere near good quality when it comes to pigment, comb type, and color but I can't help loving their type and floof the little fluffballs.

This picture makes this paint boy look like he is more white than in reality....the second picture with the flash shows how he has tons of khaki off color. (Excuse his very dirty beard).

View attachment 3190492
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This guy is a sort of gray/silver partridge but with tons of red leakage......no wonder I'm having so much trouble with my paint boys off color when a boy with that much red is popping out of the paint pen.

View attachment 3190494

Here are some of my generation 1 splash calico project babies.

The first and oldest I posted recently but the picture was not up to date.

View attachment 3190496

Not at all calico like at this point but the hackles are getting some gold/orange color in. Being so young still I'm hopeful more will continue to come in.

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And the two younger siblings

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Here are the little project mille split satins. They are starting to fill in but have a ways to go yet.

The boys
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The girls
View attachment 3190504
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My little surprise mauve girl (surprised my breeder friend who hatched her too, mom was a gray and dad recessive white.....definitely was not expecting dad to carry chocolate genes). And to her left my mottled boy who is sadly losing a lot of his white in his crest. More bits of white have started showing elsewhere so it'll be fun to see where his color ends up (I'm not expecting a lot of white but I hope enough so he actually looks somewhat mottled and not just completely black).

View attachment 3190510

And lastly my two most recent additions hatched yesterday evening and today. These two are out of my red frizzle satin girl. I've got more on the way from her and I can't wait to see who inherits moms frizzle gene.

The lighter little munchkin tried coming out of the thin end of the egg and got stuck in a zip. His/her little comb area got a bit scuffed and one leg was awkwardly positioned and is still held a little further forward than the other but the baby is strong and gets around well so I think he/she will be just fine.

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Aww I just love seeing the different generations! They are all so beautiful!

Your birds are just gorgeous!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I found it so hard to get the loops around the legs, I used the vet wrap technique and found it works great too.

I have a little five day old chick that needed shoes due to curled feet but was getting around just fine. Shoes are off now and her feet look great but her stance is a bit wide. She is not splayed at all. I tried vet wrapping her a bit to bring her legs closer together but she just kept face planting so I took them off. Hoping she’ll be OK.

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

next step was to buy land in the country so I can have more animals as well as a big garden. please pray that I sell my house soon so that I can move to my new place.

We are looking for land to and the market is crazy 500,000 for 5 acres.