Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[PioneerChicks]

Oooohhhh.. maybe i will write up a house chicken how-to!

Go for it!

Yes adorable fluffy crest however impractical at times.... My Chickaletta, 5.5 yr old, is super smart - pulled very long grass straight out my pullets mouth saving her! And shes never had any health problems at all! She's very switched on and knows what's going on. She's the Queen mumma in the flock and I hope all her offspring will be like her! They learn from the best and she doesn't give them up till at least 4 months old.

Aw, what a sweet story!

 

[PioneerChicks]

So...anybody gonna write that crest article?

 

[LadiesAndJane]

So...anybody gonna write that crest article?

I think we all assumed that you were!

 

[AngBantamLuv]

Pic of Cookie my cockerel who I thought was a pullet till I trimmed his crest and saw she was a he!!
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So what color is cookie considered to be?? I really like it!!

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

So what color is cookie considered to be?? I really like it!!

He is a buff/blue/grey type colour hahaha... I asked that in a different thread and someone said his colour could be a 'Red Pyle'

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I just wanted to drop in and share my top 3 roos of the year I can't wait to see what they produce next spring! The show girl has proclaimed leadership of the flock so I'm assuming I'll end up with lots of show girl babies lol

 

[AngBantamLuv]

I just wanted to drop in and share my to 3 roos of the year I can't wait to see what they produce next spring! The show girl has proclaimed leadership of the flock so I'm assuming I'll end up with lots of show girl babies lol

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I love their coloring!!!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I just wanted to drop in and share my to 3 roos of the year I can't wait to see what they produce next spring! The show girl has proclaimed leadership of the flock so I'm assuming I'll end up with lots of show girl babies lol

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They ARE simply spectacular! Just gorgeous. The first splash especially

 

[LadiesAndJane]

He is a buff/blue/grey type colour hahaha... I asked that in a different thread and someone said his colour could be a 'Red Pyle'

That was me and I was just guessing.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Good Saturday lovely silkie fans! Not sure if this is the right thread to post this. There are so many silkie threads on BYC, this one has the most traffic lately.
My questions are for the breeders out there. I keep my silkies with large fowl in a mixed flock. My only cockerel is with them and they all get along well. He is becoming more amorous and is trying to mate everything!
My pullets are not quite ready for this attention, but he is not tormenting them yet anyway. I have been keeping a close eye.
1) should I separate him until the girls get bigger? I think he is OK for now. Hear an occasional squak when he tries to grab the back of their necks.
2) should I separate the silkies when I want to start breeding them? I have the one boy and three pullets. Asking as will his mating all 11 girls I have including the large fowl affect his fertility? He will of course try to mate any of them that let him!
Thanks for any advice!