Super adorbs Debbie,Just an update:
The four we kept from a batch of twelve we grew out are now 20 weeks old (five months). For those who know silkies, sometimes at three to four months, we know what sex they are. This batch, which is from my chickens, has continued to stump me. You'd think by five months old, there would be more definitive signs, but their combs all looked similar to each others. I thought they all were pullets, though wanted most to be roosters. Maybe the reason their combs were all the same is because...they are all the same sex? Doh! I may have all roosters here. That's a good thing!
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I still am not positive on CC (Chelsey Chicken) yet though as initially I thought pullet, but then he/she was the first to get bright pink wattles and a comb, so that made me think cockerel. Now I'm thinking pullet again. CC doesn't matter what sex he/she is though as he/she is my little buddy.
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Pierre, the black one I wanted to be a cockerel, and I am pretty sure now that he is.
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Peachy I was sure was a pullet this whole time, I now believe is a cockerel. That's great as then Carol, the frizzle buff cuckoo hen, now has a male we can try with her. It's still up in the air what color Peachy really is. Some think buff, and some think Red Pyle. Their offspring should tell us what he is.
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Mocha crowed! I have wanted a chocolate rooster since I started raising these fancier silkies almost two years ago. I thought Mocha was a pullet too until he crowed.
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Here are the three 10-week-old chicks I kept from the 35 or so I had hatched for the Brinsea Connect project. Two are paints, Picasso and Karen, and the dark one is Mystery. They have been free-ranging for a few days now and go in the aviary at night with the five buffs, two white and one black bunch, who are around 3.5 months old. They don't get picked on by them or any of the rest of the chickens, which is a blessing as they're still so little. They go in the aviary at night, but won't go in the hutch. It's been so cold at night so we've been having to put them in the hutch at night with the others. They'll get it in another day or two. It's been so nice these past few days not having to haul them from the house brooder to their pen every day and night!
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I still need to get a photo of the buff group and the new chicks in the breeding pen, of which two are in the house brooder. Miracle has issues with being extremely bloated, so I've been treating her with molasses water (3X/day), probiotics, and vitamins. The buddy with her is developing a leg issue with sticking its left leg out involuntarily, so I started that one on Vit E and scrambled eggs today, the latter of which they both loved. We're picking up some B-Complex today, as I had none, so I will try a little bit of that, too, with the E. Miracle has an excuse as she was the egg that dropped 2.5 feet before she hatched, but the buddy with her, no idea what's going on there.
Their four siblings in the breeding pen (4 seasons room) are doing great, and have Marsha and Bernice both as moms.
gorgeous feathering and colors!
they are all so fluffy and loveable. CC is so striking 
I had an elderly blind hen. I found that she did well with her flock, but she was the head hen for years so thats different.
Thank you, Janie!
. I thought of Mareks or other diseases so for sure I’d keep her from the rest for awhile.
You might always keep her in a smaller enclosure so not only doesn't she wander off but she will feel more secure, stay consistent with her surroundings. She will feel more safe when she knows all he boundaries and where she is at all times. Less stress on her.
