silkies

Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum and my family just got our first flock of chickens! I'm really excited but it's an odd situation. Basically a family friend had to give away four Silkie hens due to city regulations and we were able to take them in. She also went to a poultry swapand surprised...

A thread for me to post pictures, other random thoughts and updates on my breeding projects. I currently keep Buff Sussex, Barnevelders (Gold and Silver), silkies and showgirls in various colours. I'll start with the Sussex and add the others in seperate posts. All recent pictures show...

Bought a pair of chocolate silkies and they’re laying consistently, so I am incubating a round of eggs and am expecting hatch soon, but what reasonable price can the chicks sell for?

Butter and Scotch are approximately six weeks old. I know it's probably too soon to tell but just curious your thoughts on pullet or roo for the heck of it. I did go ahead and order gender testing for them. The one that has me thrown off is the single comb. Pretty sure the other is a boy. I also...

hi! I’m on day 21 with 6 silkies, 3 pipped earlier today and are chirping and moving, the other 3 are still rocking but no pips. 2 of the 3 pips are facing downwards, is this okay? They're within the air sac, just facing the floor of the incubator, I can’t get any good pics.

I’m attaching pictures of my 3 day old silkie chicks. Would love if someone can tell me or give their best guess on what color they’ll be when they’re older! Also can you tell if they’re bearded or not? I’ve labeled the chicks with numbers in red. Thought that may be the best way to organize it...

This is mostly just for fun. 😉 They are only 5 1/2 weeks and 3 1/2 weeks The first two pics are of the 5 week olds. One is a crossbeak and is probly why she is smaller. The 3rd pic is the 3 week old which I'm sure will be super hard to guess what it will be. I'm gonna be doing gender testing so...

I have the chance to buy two young hens - Belvedere/silky cross and a Monique /silky cross. They are being hand raised. My research tells me that both the Belvedere and the Monique tend to be broody and silkies are really broody! Anyone had these types of crosses or can give me advice on what...

I'm looking for paint silkie chicks/eggs! Any gender, but pullets are preferred. I live out of America, so it'd be preferred if it's someone who also does, or ships well. It doesn't have to be someone here, but if you know breeders who can, please tell me. Thank you! :p

Hi, I’m wondering the best company to do DNA sexing for silkies? Cost, accuracy, and the least traumatic way to get a sample please. Thank you!

Because I’m always here every Hatch Time, and after Oatmeal was the only hatch from my last clutch months ago, I’ve wholly reassessed and made changes. Still Not getting hatches even with ample circulation, temperature, humidity, AND separating the Silkies from Olive Eggers and BCMs into their...

I've got quite a bunch of incubating going on as I've been buying eggs plus hatching my own. I'm having issues keeping track of it all. I would do another hatch along but that does take a lot of work and sometimes I don't give it as much time as I feel I should. Thus, a couple folks...

I recently bought 6 silkies from a friend. They were supposed to be two breeding trios. With two roosters and four hens. But I’m thinking it’s three roosters and three hens. I posted on a silkie group on Facebook to see what other peoples opinions were and several people pointed out that my...

Hello everyone! I recently came across this link to a Facebook page with AMAZING silkies 😍: https://m.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1097723890267962.1073741847.908716215835398&type=3 Does anyone know how this color could possibly be made? The lady who bred them is retired now, but said that...

Hello everyone! I purchased some hatching eggs and hatched a little too many :) I have about 5 white silkie chicks and 3 black (or maybe grey?). They are about 2 weeks old. $10 each (It's about how much I've spent on the eggs). I've added some pictures but feel free to message me for more. If...

I have 28 eggs set. :jumpy Come join my first-ever hatch-a-long! 18 silkie eggs were shipped and arrived this morning. 10 more are my silkie eggs and are part of an experiment. 18 SHIPPED EGGS KEY: B = Buff, C = Cuckoo, P = Paint Below them: O = 5 were soaked in Odoban disinfectant for 60...

Aloha from the big island of Hawaii, I bought six eggs last year and now I've got a flock of 12 awesome little silkies! Really looking forward to learning more about the breed, with that said they're laying more eggs than my big chickens right now LOL. Mahalo to all of those folks who are so...