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Oh wow, it's so neat to see you here, Suzierd! My avatar is a Splash, and I have another Splash rooster very similar to him, but Floyd (my avatar) is the prettiest and my favorite boy. He's already done well for me this show season. I even commissioned Sigrid VanDort (author of Chicken Colours...

Mine really can't see all that well to make the best protectors from raptors flying over head. In my opinion, no silkie is safe without over head protection outside. However, I do have silkie roos that make GREAT protectors against ME! ha! When I walk in a pen, they are flat out determined I...

OH, that is fantastic!!!! Good luck!!

OMGosh, that's horrible! I'm glad the chick is still alive, but that is scary! I've no idea what attracted them, either. I've noticed a lot of ants around here-- more so than in past years. I need to get more bait traps set out. I'm a little sick of them! They have been crawling up my...

No idea, this is the type of beak that is usually noted at fatal. You can take a file and knock off the end of it. But be really careful. Just keep an eye on how it's fitting together. The one on the right, I might lean towards blue-- looks like I can see a light undercoat. Blacks will be...

ETA: Keep in mind that cross beak or twists *usually* do NOT show up in chicks. It usually starts to appear around 6-8 weeks of age. So you can have a perfectly normal looking chick that will suddenly develop this condition. Good idea to check your breeding stock at that point and look for...

cross beak is NOT common in silkies, unless you are breeding with bad genetics and just continue to pass on bad genetics. Absolutely! That is their problem! They should be culling and not breeding problem birds, but hatcheries are breeding for numbers, not for good birds. You don't have to...

If you think they do, then they do! Be sure to dust every one of them with Sevin. Mites and lice can kill a bird pretty quickly. They look blue. Sonoran has been working on mottled silkies. I've seen other attempts, too... these don't look like mottled to me. But either way, you won't...

X2!!!! If you've tried DE and Sevin-- the Sevin will kill the mites in about 2 minutes flat. With the DE, the way it works, the bugs first have to come across it, and then be in it enough that it cuts their exoskeleton to the point that it dehydrates them. As you can imagine... that takes a...

Definitely a boy! That comb is huge! :)

I was going to suggest it was a rooster pulling on her crest while mating. But I read ahead and saw you have no roos.. Also, from the really blurry photo, I could see the problem is in the front of the crest and not in the back where that mainly happens. You can't show her in that condition...

The chicks will be fine being raised by a mama silkie. No issues there at all. :) The bird on the right has a large comb that could indicate a rooster.... but maybe not. Beardless silkies sometimes do have large wattles and combs. The tail is just hard feathers, not really an indicator of...

X2!!!

You don't have to bathe all of them. But DO dust all of them with Sevin dust. On their necks, backs, under wings and around the vent. Do each bird and you should be good to go! Check again in 2-3 weeks and dust again at that time. :) HYSTERICAL!!!

OMGosh, Peep, he is gorgeous!!!!!! Holy crest! He is amazing! He is 4 MONTHS old!??!?! WOW. He's going to be so filled in...

Sonoran has mentioned this too. But I've heard it from more places than just her! I think there is some very real merit in large combs, because I have read this over and over again (not just on BYC). I don't know if there has actually been a study done by a University or not... but I would...

I was told not too long ago that Calico is an "oopsie" color and they invented the word Calico so they could sell really bad Splash with horrible leakage as a "color". So just a heads up on that. What breeding did you buy? That would be the way to know what they will look like. Your "paint"...

Yep, post away! :) There are other pages, but they are more specific to genetics or coloring or showing. I don't know. The requirements did not state an NPIP flock number, but simply said that you must have a 90 day test certificate (which I have for the show season) and a numbered closed...

Sanna, that is a loaded question about what goes into a paint breeding. I know that the white they are using is a dominant white-- which pretty much the white silkies everyone has is not. The paint (black spots) are supposedly caused by holes in the pigment... but I know that theory is still...

Adorable, Sanna! Congrats!!