Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

these are project birds (red white face). any idea what he crossed to get these?
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Awe! These are darlin!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

these are project birds (red white face). any idea what he crossed to get these?
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So cool!
No idea how they are made.
Not sure which genes need to be in play for the white to be on the face only.

 

[AngBantamLuv]

@AngBantamLuv I need to see your polkie please

Im going to take a new pic of her, she has really turned out so pretty. Her body shape is so much like the silkies, but her feathers.. omg i love petting her.

 

[Obsessed With Silkies]

At least your silkies roost! Mine all pile up in the nest box and Raven (poor little raven) sleeps under the roost ladder and gets pooped on by Thor and Noodles!

But Thor, my frizzle, doesn't get off the roost until she sees a human (eg. Me)

Actually...Penny doesn't roost, she sleeps on the ground under the mini ladder in her coop. Thankfully she doesn't get pooped on! And Nutmeg, she sleeps with her head in the wall. Literally!

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Actually...Penny doesn't roost, she sleeps on the ground under the mini ladder in her coop. Thankfully she doesn't get pooped on! And Nutmeg, she sleeps with her head in the wall. Literally!

That's what Zoe does if I don't put her on roost! Then they literally all pile on top of her with her head glued into the corner!
Carazy!

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Im going to take a new pic of her, she has really turned out so pretty. Her body shape is so much like the silkies, but her feathers.. omg i love petting her.

I wish I could pet Dally more. She's so smooth

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Got the first baby!!!

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

Got the first baby!!!

So exciting!!

 

[Obsessed With Silkies]

Afternoon everyone! I have a silkie gender question. I am pretty good with knowing silkie genders and I majority of the time get it right. Well, I have a 6 month old silkie that this entire time I've been thinking is a cockerel. At 6 months I should probably be hearing him crow. I keep trying to compare him/her to my other for sure cock that I got in the same group. The one I'm confused about is Snow. Earlier Shadow did the mating dance with Snow and tried to mate with him/her. He does have hackle feathers in the back but I do have a hen that has prominent tail feathers. Snow does have a pretty red comb and wattle for it to be a girl. His voice is also lower than my other girls.I guess I'm confused bc the other cock does the mating dance on him/her, Snow hasn't crowed yet, and he did chase one of my older silkie hens that I'm trying to introduce but not to mate with her. Let me know what ya'll think! Included are pics of Snow and the black one is Shadow to compare.

 

[AngBantamLuv]

Afternoon everyone! I have a silkie gender question. I am pretty good with knowing silkie genders and I majority of the time get it right. Well, I have a 6 month old silkie that this entire time I've been thinking is a cockerel. At 6 months I should probably be hearing him crow. I keep trying to compare him/her to my other for sure cock that I got in the same group. The one I'm confused about is Snow. Earlier Shadow did the mating dance with Snow and tried to mate with him/her. He does have hackle feathers in the back but I do have a hen that has prominent tail feathers. Snow does have a pretty red comb and wattle for it to be a girl. His voice is also lower than my other girls.I guess I'm confused bc the other cock does the mating dance on him/her, Snow hasn't crowed yet, and he did chase one of my older silkie hens that I'm trying to introduce but not to mate with her. Let me know what ya'll think! Included are pics of Snow and the black one is Shadow to compare.

Snow looks girly to me..