Can I introduce an adult silkie into a flock with past mareks contamination?
I have a flock of 6 contaminated with mareks. We had one Silkie Roo who passed away from it About a year ago and that was all but it was definitely Mareks. The new adult silkie needs a home and I have been offered the...
I have a low quality splash silkie frizzle born August 18th. Her name is star. a couple months ago her and her clutch sister (black low quality silkie frizzle) have started preening each other and I keep getting mixed signals if star is a hen or a rooster. I’m 90% she’s a masculine hen, I’ve...
Hello so I bought eggs from a breeder, bearded silkies to be exact.
Why is this chicken light skinned and has 3 dots on his head, is it even a silkie and if so what color?
He has 5 toes and fluffy legs tho.
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My Silkie rooster is 6 months old and seems to be ahead of the curve in terms of physical maturity (he started crowing at 6 weeks and started trying to mount the hens pretty early, too). His sister started laying eggs, so I assume he’s also reached sexual maturity. We were...
These silkies are all around 6 or 7 weeks and a few of them are giving cockerel vibes and not just because of some of the combs, can anyone confirm my suspicions?
My silkie hen has this weird stuff on her head and face. It seems to come off a little when I wipe it with a damp cloth, but it's almost like something got stuck on her head and dried there.
I have absolutely no idea what it is, or how it got there. It doesn't seem to be causing her any pain...
Hello, I am inquiring about buying a silkie hen in San Antonio texas (preferably) I also would prefer either a white or a painted hen as I have way too many black silkie chickens. My dear Metal had tragically passed away and while no hen will ever be the same, I still want to have another one...
Hey all,
Just thought I would post some pics of the chicks from our black silkie rooster and black leghorn.
We ended up with 4 boys, and 2 girls (i think). Almost all of them were black, but we did get a few with some white.
Here are two of the females at 4 weeks old
3 of the boys at 4...
They’re all around 8-10 weeks. I got them from a local feed store and they looked to be about a week or 2. I’ve had them a little under 8 weeks. I know silkies are hard to sex.
got 2 silkie chicks, both 8 weeks old. im sure one is a rooster because of the massive wattles he started growing last week, but not so sure about the other. shes the bottom of the pecking order, really calm and friendly and has pretty much no wattle growth. though i know it can be hard to sex...
Hi all! I have this beautiful what I believe is dun chocolate frizzle satin girl and not sure which boy to put her with. I have MANY colors of boys, but not dun. The showgirl with her is a mauve cockerel, but my memory is sucktastic and I can't remember what would happen if I bred mauve with...
My silkie is about 7 weeks old and I have noticed it’s starting to have slight cross beak. My other silkie from the same hatch is totally fine. I know silkies are more prone to vitamin deficiencies. What can I do to help?
I just noticed one of my chicks has an extra toe, the lady I got hatching eggs from said there is some silkie crossed hens in her flock. All the eggs I got were unknown barnyardmixes and this chick can out of a bluer egg. Can I assume this chick came from one of the silkie cross hens or is this...
This baby very much gives off roo vibes just based off of the insane straight stand up posture they always seem to have. I have another silkie who’s much smaller, but from the same hatch. She doesn’t stand up near as straight as this guy. What are we thinking based off of the comb?
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Hi everyone, I just have a few questions about my rooster for people who have some rooster experience.
Currently, I have 1 silkie rooster(10 months) and 2 hens, one barred rock hen(5 1/2) and a 3/4 bantam polish 1/4 cream legbar hen(9 months)...
Hey all. I need some advice ASAP please. I have a 2yr old silkie that started this strange head thing last week. Instantly thought "Vitamin deficiency " brought her inside and started her on vitamins. Also treated for mites. Here we are a week later and no improvement, shes actually worse...