Hello! My silkie rooster has an eye shut for a day now. He is healthy the other day and has no sign of any sickness. He grew up inside the house so he doesn't interact with other chickens.
Hello, just wanted to introduce my 5 month old Silkie. Hoping shes a pullet and wanted your opinion on this matter. Also want to be sure if the color is partridge. Thank you
so i’ve recently added these two to my flock of 8. i got them locally from an auction and they were listed as a silkie hen and showgirl rooster. These two i know are older than the original 8 (they’re about 15 weeks old), i have a silkie hen so i’m almost sure that yes the white silkie is a hen...
Hey! So im possibly looking for silkies, which im intrested in getting some. at the moment not looking for eggs (got rid of our old incubator) so just young chicks. Im in love with the splash/white but every single color is beautiful and would love to look if anyone has some for sale
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Hi guys I need some help this is my first time hatching fertile eggs and we put 3 eggs under 2 Brudy silkie hens their due dat was yesterday and 2 of one of the hens chicks have hatched and another started to pip, but the other hen we have has not had any eggs started to hatch or pip why?
Hi everyone! New member here, can’t wait to hear everyone’s feedback. I noticed today that my Buff Silkie roo has bumps/warts on his comb, around his eyes and on his beautiful blue lobes. My little one says his brother is pecking at him but it looks a little worse than pecking to me. His brother...
Free to good home and not to eat. Two roosters, a frizzle and a silkie. Three months old. Will deliver to CA or AZ. Text 60two 32one 79one4 if interested in adopting them.
I just got some silkie chicks yesterday. This little one's foot seems to be folded and is causing her to stumble some when she walks. She seems to be perfectly fine aside from this, eating, drinking, and following her siblings around. The leg seems to be ok as well. It supports her weight. But...
Hello! This is my first time incubating Silkie eggs. I had gotten 8 shipped eggs and kept my temp at 37.7-38 and my humidity at 50-55%. On day 18 I went into lockdown. I had candled my eggs and found 6 perfectly viable eggs with good air sacs and some movement. I then raised my humidity to...
Hey! So one of our birds is very lonely. She's a Silkie. We have 5 other girls but the 3 that she grew up with well, one sadly died of heat stroke and the other was a rooster and was too aggressive so we had to give him away. Now she's always getting kicked out the coop, they won't let her eat...
Hi, I am speaking on behalf of a friend who needs help. She has a 6 month old silkie with a vent prolapse. We were able to get the egg out of the membrane but we can’t seem to put the intestines back inside of her. We have put her in a warm epsom salt bath and put lubricator on it to help but...
Hello everyone! So my hen Mushu who is almost 8 months and laying eggs still has wing pin feathers. My other chickens who are the same age and younger are fine there wings developed perfectly. Her wings still seem to be stuck in the wax, she is very uncoordinated and has bad balance probably due...
I have a 4 month old silkie who can’t seem to walk. It sits on it’s but as pictured. I don’t believe it is mareks as the legs are not paralyzed. It has a good appetite that i have supplemented with poultry booster. It sits upright and alert, and when scared it used its wings to help it hobble...