the silkie slickers

[PioneerChicks]

So cute!!!! I really need silkie chicks! Like right now!

If only you weren't in England

 

[drumstick diva]

Wow she looks good enough to eat

 

[Silkie2005]

If only you weren't in England

I feel like that at times! Everyone seems to be from America . The only other UK people I know here are @Brahmachicken240 and @Fur-N-Fowl

 

[PioneerChicks]

I feel like that at times! Everyone seems to be from America . The only other UK people I know here are @Brahmachicken240 and @Fur-N-Fowl

Yeah, sometimes I feel like America is overpopulated. Some cities here are so big they're scary, but that's coming from a country girl

 

[Love my chickens 25]

What beauties!

Thank you

 

[LynnaePB]

Just pulled my chicks out of the incubator. There's a few barnyard mixes but it's mostly silkies. The parents of the silkies are a blue rooster, one blue hen, and two buff hens. What colors do you see?

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Aww what little cuties! I'm seeing some lighter blues, blacks or darker blues or both, and maybe one little splash? I'm not going to try to guess the little buff/brown looking babies. I'd guess that you'll probably see who is BBS (blue/black/splash) and who is likely mixed with the buff as they grow and color leakage shows up or not.

 

[PioneerChicks]

I have a question.

I have noticed that my silkie chicks get pasty bum more than other breeds of chickens. I don't really mind except that sometimes I hurt the chicks by pulling a bit of the fluff around their vents off on accident. Do you think that clipping the fluff around their vents shorter with scissors would help prevent pasty bum?

 

[18awesomechickens]

Here's my current silkie. Used to have 3, 1 white showgirl, a blue, and a splash. The blue died unexpectedly and the other 2 (which went to someone else while I moved)drowned in a duck pond. Hopefully I can get a couple more silkies in the future. Love them.

 

[PioneerChicks]

Here's my current silkie. Used to have 3, 1 white showgirl, a blue, and a splash. The blue died unexpectedly and the other 2 (which went to someone else while I moved)drowned in a duck pond. Hopefully I can get a couple more silkies in the future. Love them.

Oh, I'm so sorry about your losses ones. Hugs!

 

[sunshine ducky]

I have a question.

I have noticed that my silkie chicks get pasty bum more than other breeds of chickens. I don't really mind except that sometimes I hurt the chicks by pulling a bit of the fluff around their vents off on accident. Do you think that clipping the fluff around their vents shorter with scissors would help prevent pasty bum?

Hi, whenever I have a chick with pasty butt I use a q-tip and run it under warmer water and try to clear the vent. If its really stuck, I use small scissors to remove the poopy feathers which I feel is safer since you are not pulling at the feathers rather you are trimming them. After the vent is clear, I put a thin coat of Vaseline on the chicks vent area so the feces can smoothly come out. An additional measure I do is also give the chicks SAV-A-CHICK Vitamin solution in their water. In general if you have a chick with pasty butt offer it some sort of electrolyte. Hoped this helps and good luck!