silkes

Just a heads up to hide yo’ kids and yo’ wife, and definitely hide the online photos of your chickens. Have to be so vigilant and selective when approving friends/follow requests because people like this are just ripping LEGITIMATE breeder’s pictures and creating spoof scam accounts. I was under...

I bought a coop at the local bargain outlet for $150. I put some locust posts up to make a 5x10 rectangle. Going to trade in the 3 foot fence for 5 foot fence tomorrow. They are just peeps so they are I just took they out to the coop for a couple hours, today. Otherwise, they are still inside...

Just wanted to show off my 3 new babies... obviously Frankie is black, Juniper is partridge I think, but Sylvie I'm unsure about...I have a white older silkie and she looked much lighter as a chick so I'm not sure about this one. Any guesses would be so appreciated!

I’ve been lurking this site for a few months but only just signed up, please forgive me if I’ve skipped anything. About 4 months ago I bought this Silkie “pullet” advertised as about 16 weeks old. At the time it looked like a “she”, V comb, no wattles, rounded feather shape on head etc. Since...

I have 2 silkie roosters they both are missing ALL their tail feathers. What could cause this? What should I do for it? Pests? Plucking? I’m confused! I inspected all the birds today. Some had poop on their butts. No signs of lice eggs. Some girls have torn feathers but I believe it’s from the...

Hi everyone! I'm looking for advice, mostly to calm my nerves, lol! I'm getting ready to have Silkie eggs shipped to me for hatching. They were laid in CA and are being shipped to Southwest CO, our elevation is approx 6,600 ft. We will be using 2 Incuview with Humidistat incubators. The...

Hi, I’m looking for silkie breeders near to Saratoga, New York. Any information as much appreciated! Thank you, Tracey

I know this may be a dumb question, but in a green free run area, would dying a silkie chicken green help with her camouflage or make it worse? Mainly thinking in the terms of aerial predator.

Hello everyone I have a smooth paint silkie hen who hurt her foot/leg. Born in August. Not sure how she hurt herself. She was limping so I took her and put her in a separate cage. Her toes are curled, and she keeps sticking her leg out when trying to walk. No signs of a broken bone or swelling...

Hello everyone happy new year! I have a silkie that I'm not quite sure what her breed is. Also if she is a she. Pluto is about 10 weeks old and has quite a personality here is what she looked like as a baby. Both her parents are paint silkies. Comb is a U shape but so is her mom's.

Hi so this morning when I let my chickens out I noticed my one hen fluffy was still inside, it's not too unusual so I went in to het her out and about when I noticed she was limping. She went outside on her own still so I went out to watch her and she was limping and going easy on her right leg...

Help! So my Silkie chicken has wry neck and she can barely stand! It’s been around 1 week since I’ve noticed that she has wry neck, I think she lost control over her entire body and has little control. When I try to make her stand she’ll fall. Is this supposed to happen?! I’ve also noticed that...

Hi. I was wondering if anyone could give me some guidance... I had three 7-month old silkies. One was euthanized last week following progressing paralysis, assumed from Marek's (however the test has not come back yet to confirm). A second is showing similar symptoms, (progressing paralysis)...

I'm building a coop for my first flock, which includes a Polish, a cochin, an Easter egger, and a silkie. It's been obvious from the start that Joni Mitshell, our little 4.5 week old silkie, doesn't pick up on things quite at fast as the others, but she does mostly keep up eventually. She jumps...

Hi, I bought some silkie chicks and most of them have hard feathering. I'm planning to breed the hard feathered ones with the chicks with the correct feathers. How many generations I'd need to breed before all the chicks I hatch have the fluffy Silkie feathering?

Let’s play a chicken keeper’s favorite game: pullet or cockerel? Here we have Pipsqueak. It’s a 10 week old bearded Silkie, too young to sex but always entertaining to try and guess. Personality: stays close to mom, docile, still squeaking like a chick. Crest is still forming.

Me and my family are moving from Hawaii to Nevada and we are very attached to are two chickens we love them very dearly and we are having trouble finding a airlines that will help transport are chickens with us any information on airlines that will ship are chickens is very appreciated...

Hi so I'm having issues with introducing my 2 new chicks to the flock. For reference my original flock is made of all silkies and has my roo and hen and then they have 5, 14 week old chicks. So since their chicks are 14 weeks already and I can already see some of them are roos I decided that it...

I ended up having two roosters my flock way to small for them that they are fighting each other constantly. He is 4 1/2 Months old. Located in the Brandon Fl. He is a satin silkie