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  1. Elliemae1984

    Teeny tiny silkie egg

    I’m wondering if there’s a reason why one of my silkies laid a teeny tiny egg today (about the size of a thumb nail), or if it’s just a fluke that occasionally happens. Hens are 7 months to 2 years old. Not going through a molt. Not showing any signs of illness. No change to feed etc. Pic of...
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    Moving mom & chicks

    Would love some experienced opinions on when I can/should reintroduce my hen and her chicks to the other adults. I hatched out 12 silkie chicks and gave them to my broody hen. At first I left mom and chicks in the coop with the other adults (1 hen, 2 roos) and the other adults were great with...
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    Question about paint/white/black silkie genetics

    I’d love some opinions on how I ended up with so many white silkie chicks! (Not complaining, just confused!) I have a black hen, white hen, paint roo and black (with silver leakage) roo in one coop. This was my first hatch with this coop - I set 13 eggs, 6 from one hen and 7 from the other...
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    Two Dead Chicks with Mom

    I hatched 12 silkie chicks and gave them to my broody on the 29th. They are in a coop with 3 other adults (2 roos, 1 hen). Within 3 days one chick was dead in the morning, it appears it was squished under mom when the other adults aggressively cuddle puddled on top of her. So I added a wire...
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    Splay Leg with Broody Hen

    Hi all, just hatched out 12 silkies in my incubator. Noticed 2 have splay leg when I attempted to relocate them under my broody hen. Can I band their legs together and put them under mom, or should I brood these 2 myself?
  6. Elliemae1984

    Please explain paint genetics!

    Help! I need a crash course in paint breeding for dummies! I have some ~22 week old silkies I hatched this summer and I’m trying to determine which ones to keep to set me up with the best first-round for paint breeding. But I’ve read a lot of conflicting info regarding black vs “black split”...
  7. Elliemae1984

    Run Enrichment Ideas

    Alright everyone, show me your ideas for run enrichment! I have a split coop with a split run (each side is 4 feet by 20 feet) for a flock of silkies only, so they don’t really roost. We just built it this year so it’s our first winter with it. Right now they get supervised free range time...
  8. Elliemae1984

    Adults Picking On Chicks

    I have 3 adult silkies (2 hens, 1 rooster) in a coop with 4 9-week old silkies. One of the hens raised the chicks since day 2, when I gave them to her because she was broody. This is my first time raising chicks with adults. For the last 2-3 weeks all the adults (but mostly both hens) have been...
  9. Elliemae1984

    Help Identifying Silkie Chick Colours

    This is my first time raising non-partridge silkies from chicks and I’m hoping someone can help confirm what colours I think they’ll feather out as. 5 of the 9 below came from eggs hatched from a BBS (plus paint) pen. The other 4 I got from a breeder with separate pens, but she hatched all...
  10. Elliemae1984

    Poopy butts

    I’m raising 10 silkie chicks (7-12 days old) in a brooder and my broody hen is raising 4 chicks (12 days old) out in the coop. I noticed today that a couple of the coop babies have poopy butt. I wouldn’t really call it pasty butt (yet), it’s more that it’s stuck to their feathers. I tried to...
  11. Elliemae1984

    Broody new mom panting

    I gave my broody silkie hen some babies today and she took to them right away - yay! We are at the beginning of some serious heat (Ontario, Canada) and I’m noticing my hen is panting quite a bit. But since she has new babies she probably won’t be willing to leave the nesting box to cool down...
  12. Elliemae1984

    Rooster not fertilizing

    I have 3 silkies (1 male, 2 female) who are about 9-10 months old now. Both girls have been laying consistently since about 6 months and I’ve seen the cockerel mount both on multiple occasions (we also trim butt feathers to help the cause). Eggs we were getting about 2 months ago were...
  13. Elliemae1984

    Split Coop Question

    I’m building a new 12x8 coop for my silkies and will be splitting the coop in 2 so I can keep proper colour pens. The wall between the two sides will be solid for the first 3 feet. For the rest of the way up I’m debating between chicken wire and just leaving it open (since there’s no way my...
  14. Elliemae1984

    Silkie Brooder Size?

    What size brooder would everyone recommend for 8 silkie chicks? I’ll get them around 1 week old and ideally I’d like to keep them in the brooder until 7-8 weeks. I’ve used my current brooder for 4 silkie chicks up to 9 weeks comfortably, but I’m wondering if I’ll need to upsize before getting...
  15. Elliemae1984

    Open Mouth Breathing and Sneezing

    I have 4 12-week old silkies. They have ALWAYS sneezed (literally every day since getting them at 9 days old) - eating and drinking great, no discharge, poops normal, good energy. So I haven’t been too concerned about it. For the last couple days one of the boys has a different sounding sneeze...
  16. Elliemae1984

    Integrated RIR with Silkies

    We currently have 4 silkie chicks that are 10 weeks old set up in our mobile coop. We also have one lone RIR (she’s about 4-5 years old now) that has a separate portion of our rabbit pet. She’s the only chicken we have left from our old/former mixed flock. I think it would be a terrible idea...
  17. Elliemae1984

    Silkie chick crowing behaviour

    Well, one of my silkie chicks is really living up to his name! Little “Loud Mouth” started crowing this morning at only 6.5 weeks old. He’s such an overachiever :lol: I’m 90% certain that 2 of my remaining 3 are also roos. My question now is will Loud Mouth’s crowing encourage the others to...
  18. Elliemae1984

    Reducing brooder dust to avoid sneezing?

    I have four silkie chicks (about 2 weeks old now) and 2 out of the 4 of them have started sneezing - one more than the other. No other symptoms - eyes are clear, no discharge from nostrils, eating and drinking, active, pooping well, etc. I’ve searched the forum and have seen most responses to...
  19. Elliemae1984

    Silkie Chick Colours - Help!

    Hello! I’m brand new to the world of silkie chicks (just picked up four yesterday) and I’m hoping the forum can help me with determining their colours. I’ve done research online so I have my guesses but as a total newbie I’d love your opinions! The breeder said the chicks are between 9-11 days...
  20. Elliemae1984

    Hello from Ontario!

    New member here saying hello! My name is Ellie and I live in a rural area in southern Ontario, Canada on about 3/4 acres, backing on to the old family farm. My husband and I previously had 6 laying hens which we got around 6-7 months old but unfortunately we only have one left with us. She’s a...
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