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I use shallow pans with ice water freeze water bottles for their water bucket ( I use poultry cups on 5 gallon food grade buckets) frozen vegetables and fruits in ice . 90 % breathable shade cloth on sides of run .

Thank you so much for the information ☺️ what beautiful birds you have

I have pure pullets and 2 pure cockerels and live in TXs . I have to change the water 2 a day and provide lots of shade . I also have shallow pans they can step in . Mine do pretty good . my hen house has window with hardware cloth on both sides because of predators . I lost 1 this year but...

I love NN chickens we have a couple that are Polish NN mixes . I want Show Girls to add a verity to my Silkie coop . Also they are so adorable

What pretty Showgirl you have .I live in Texas so it's the heat I have to worry about . I apparently have 2 Silkie cockerels and want to try next spring to breed Show Girls if my NN chicks are pullets . I'm basically trying to stay with same temperment breed birds . I fell in love with the...

It's disappointing but maybe he will work out in breeding Show girl Silkie s

What does everyone think about Showgirl Silkies ? Temperament : are they like silkies in temperments Care : do they have special care needs I want to raise some or purchase some in the spring Any advice or thoughts are welcome .

I have just pets though and thought I was being smart buying sexed pullets . I am not planning on showing so I wasn't looking for show quality. He is a pretty white cockerel , and I will probably keep him as he is a sweetheart . It just Yeah I understand buying a great looking bird especially...

It's a mistake I won't make again . I won't buy anything unless Dna sexed . Unless I buy chicks and just buy straight run and rehome the cockerels when I can tell sex . $30 is too expensive to not get pullets

Yeah I suspected . That's $30 gone . He was supposed to be a pullet . That's why I bought older chicks instead is straight run

Well darn that's $30 gone . That means including my Polish/ Silkie Cockerel Copper . I have 3 cockerel

Meet Big Bird can anyone tell me if he/she is a pullet or a cockerel . I bought as a 4 month old pullet but as we know Silkies are hard to sex .

I was hoping so . He was bought as a young cockerel but Silkies are hard to sex . I thought maybe the seller had got it wrong. He is going with my Bantam Naked Necks if they are pullets . I am going to try for Showgirl Silkies

I am new to Silkies .This is my first year with a Silkie cockerel I have had Silkie pullets about a year and half .

I was hoping he was he was bought as a cockerel but he hasn't started trying to crow . I know silkies are difficult to sex and I was thinking maybe the seller made a mistake

I wonder if I got better pictures . He/ she is getting spurs . My older hen doesn't have wattles that large or spurs He/she is starting to get long spiky feathers coming out of his/her crest . The large wattles is what has me thinking boy , none of my others have large wattles .

This is a little cockerel ,right ? he/she is almost 4 months old . hasn't crowed yet . Just trying to figure out if I have more hens then cockerels

Can any tell me if they will have Silkie feathering satin or.....Stella's chicks turn 1 month old the 25 of June . They are 3/4 Silkie and 1/4 Polish . She is a first time broody hen.

I would never order from Ideal again . I ordered Silkies ,Sultans Frizzled Cochins And Turkens none represented the breeds and they either had agressive tendices or died from genetic problems. I bought my others from TSC and a locale breeder and have been so much happier with my Silkies

My Silkie hen Stella hatched out her first clutch of eggs . They are 3/4 silkies and 1/4 polish