#silkie

Hi guys, here are some pictures of the chick. It's around 2-3 weeks old. Please leave opinions thanks! :)

So in my flock, I bred my former silkie rooster with my polish, I got a Polish Silkie mix, Oreo. I now have a Cochin bantam frizzle, Frizzle Rizzle, I bred the two and hatched a beautiful chick out, I can now see it definitely has the frizzle genetics, but I really want it to have a poof like...

Hi all! My favorite hen passed away three weeks ago so I decided to incubate her eggs left behind. Only one baby made it but to my surprise, instead of being black, white, or blue, the baby is brown? I’m curious to see if anyone else has had a brown chick after crossing a barred hen with a...

I am wondering— are these chicks just considered a barnyard mix being a free range (free breeding) chicken? They wouldn’t be considered a satin Silkie? Any info or thoughts appreciated. First time hatching something other than Silkies

Healthy, white silkie rooster in need of re-home in Escondido, CA. Was originally purchased from Hawthorne Feed. Thanks for looking, please reach out if you have questions!

So my Silkies peafowl eggs are hatching, this is her first time hatching eggs. I was wondering if being different species makes so the silkie can't understand the peachicks needs, if that makes sense. Only asking because she doesn't seem at all interested in the baby that has hatched so far...

Hello, I have a three month old gray silky hen. And she recently started growing orange feathers, so I’m a little confused, does that usually happen?? Please let me know!!! Pics below!

Hello, I have 2 silkies around 8 weeks old and wondering what everyone thinks their genders are.

Hi my name is Dana Rasmussen and I am looking for a few silkies to add to my group of babies. Thanks in advance

I just got this 7 wk old Frizzle Paint Silkie. Can anyone tell if it’s a Pullet or Roo? Or is it still too young to tell?? Thank you, Vicki

I have a lovely silkie cockerel and he has got red mite, i noticed them in the coop last summer we have diatomaceous earth and mite powder in the coop, we took apart the coop and torched it, after that we decided to put him and the others in a mainly metal shed, but we haven’t been able to get...

Hi all. We moved our chicks (6 weeks) into their coop yesterday. We have 5 Bantam Silkies and 10 Rhode Island Reds. We woke up to 3 of the Silkies having broken, bleeding feathers on their feet and the RIRs wouldn't stop pecking at them. We took care of the broken feathers, sprayed them with...

We just got 10 new baby chicks this Friday. Sadly three have died, but I took pictures of the rest. We have 3 Buff Orpingtons, 1 “Americana”, and 3 Silkies. I just wanted to show you guys and ask about possible colors for the last 4. Also probably getting 3 Welsh Harlequin ducklings around March 20.

HI All, I posted earlier trying to see if anyone had some guesses on gender of these chicks they are silkie mixes so I know that can be hard one of them is 14,5 weeks the other two are 12.5 weeks. I am hoping that if it is thought these are males that I can rehome them while they are still...

HI ! I had two broody hens this fall and one of my Barred rocks managed to hoard 3 eggs (long story) she hatched one and then left the other two so my very good always broody silkie took over the nest and hatched the other two. I know who the dad is but not sure who the actual momma is, two of...

My 1 yo rooster has been acting sick lately so I decided to pick him up and noticed a bump on his back close to the wing area. It’s a black bump and somehow has a feather or two growing on it? He sleeps on the roosts if that helps. I’m leaning towards it being a tumor because I’ve had some...

I hope this is the right area to post this, I have 16 hens of various breeds and one Silkie mix Roo, I didnt have much luck with my hatches and chick purchases this Spring and ended up with 7 out of 10 being roo's. I rehomed all but one a very handsome silkie mix Roo who has a great demeaner...

Hello friends, I purchased 5 fertile silkie eggs for my broody silkie momma to hatch on April 8th all 5 hatched yay! so they are now 14 weeks old I thought I had 1 Roo who I am told is a Satin or just a silkie mix and likely male now I thought the rest were girls but to my surprise one of the...

Help! This is kind of urgent. So I have a Rhode Island Red hen who is fully grown, and just raised up 2 Silkies. One Silkie is a rooster and the other is a hen. NOTE: my RIR is very friendly and kind and I’ve never noticed any aggressive behavior from her. I decided to finally merge the two...