Teeniest tiny little baby silkie

[MrFluffyandGirls]

SOOOO cute!!!!
I'm glad you made a separate brooder. I had a little one hatch out and I left it in the nesting box with mom and the next day I went out and it literally disappeared like a alien abduction. The hen was the only one with access to the chick so I don't know if a snake got in or what but I kicked myself for not taking it and putting it with some other day old chicks I had under a light in a more secure location. I just wrongly assumed Momma hen would keep it safe.

 

[Owenp_2]

How

Introducing Baby Blue! I had the impulsive decision once my 1 year old silkie went broody for the 3rd time, to stick her own egg under her (our rooster is also a silkie). Yesterday was day 21 and last night I peeked under her, and found half a shell! I poked around a bit more and found the tiniest little munchkin! I think it had literally just happened. Today we built a little brooder in the coop for them and the baby even came out to say hi before mom gave it heck and ushered her back underneath. Its a feisty brave little thing already (probably a roo) but its literally the size of my thumb (both mom and dad are small even for bantams)

How big are the parents?

 

[Araucana Nest]

I love it when the hens raise their own babies. Love to observe them teaching ♥ Congratulations. He's (or she's) adorable.

 

[Sally PB]

Reading this thread is just the thing I needed right now. Stressful day fixed by utter cuteness!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Its too much. Yesterday she had her out a bit more. I gave mama some butternut squash that I was giving to the others and she was nipping off tiny pieces and passing them to baby.

She sounds like a good mama!

 

[Katejc]

SOOOO cute!!!!
I'm glad you made a separate brooder. I had a little one hatch out and I left it in the nesting box with mom and the next day I went out and it literally disappeared like a alien abduction. The hen was the only one with access to the chick so I don't know if a snake got in or what but I kicked myself for not taking it and putting it with some other day old chicks I had under a light in a more secure location. I just wrongly assumed Momma hen would keep it safe.

I hadn’t planned to, I was going to keep it with the flock and then when I saw how ridiculously small it was there was no way. The brooder inside the coop works out really well and we just threw it together and I closed out the rest of the flock in the meantime. Yesterday I peeked in and 4 of my hens were all lined up just watching the baby and mama.

 

[Katejc]

How

How big are the parents?

They are the only 2 silkies I have, but to me they seem small. I have a bantam wyandotte and she is much bigger. My other 2 are sebrights so they are obviously bigger then them so somewhere in between? A bit bigger then a softball?

 

[Katejc]

SO cute you should enter them into my poultry show I am hosting they are adorable!!

Ooh tell me more!

 

[HappyClucker7]

That chick is adorable!

 

[Jeanw]

Oh my, cuteness overload!!!! i can’t take it!