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Hillbilly
Joined: 04 Apr 2008
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Location: North Yorkshire
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If anyone sees this - I have some beautiful gold silkies that I hatched and reared, I've chosen some to keep, but have some to sell. I put them for sale for £20 (which was recommended from the lady I got the eggs from) but I am having no joy. What price should silkie pullets be?
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oliversnana
Joined: 20 May 2008
Posts: 56
Location: leicestershire
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:48 pm Post subject: sexing silkies |
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can someone please tell me how to sex a silkie.  |
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Bradders
Joined: 13 Aug 2007
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Location: Cambridgeshire
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| Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:51 pm Post subject: Re: sexing silkies |
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| oliversnana wrote: | | can someone please tell me how to sex a silkie. |
You can't sex a Silkie until it's about 15-20 weeks. 
It took me ages to find out what sex my silkies were and most of them have been hens 
But i've had a few nice cockerels and i sold them. |
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bantam
Joined: 10 Sep 2008
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:22 pm Post subject: Minature silkie |
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| Can anyone tell me the size of a minature silkie please is there a breed standard. |
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newby
Joined: 11 Feb 2008
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Location: Dordogne
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I have always understood Silkies were bantams!! Now I learn that they aren't all. How big are the 'other' ones. I have 3, all about 12/14 inches high, are they full size? or bantams.
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bantam
Joined: 10 Sep 2008
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| Yes i have 3 large ones but they say you can get tiny ones about 6-7 inches high. |
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Gilly C
Joined: 22 Jun 2006
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Location: South Cumbria
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I have some minatures but they are in UK and I am in France when I get home in a week I will take pics of them with the LF and measure them for you !
pm me if I forget please |
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newby
Joined: 11 Feb 2008
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Location: Dordogne
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| That would be great, thank you. |
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Woodburner
Joined: 26 Jul 2007
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Location: Deepest Essex, well, a village...
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:06 pm Post subject: Re: sexing silkies |
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| oliversnana wrote: | | can someone please tell me how to sex a silkie. |
If it crows it's a cockerel, if it lays eggs it's a hen.  Sorry couldn't resist. 
I was convinced one of my two was a cockerel right until there were undeniably two eggs a day! |
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Phill
Joined: 16 Mar 2008
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Location: Essex
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:53 pm Post subject: Re: sexing silkies |
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| Woodburner wrote: |
If it crows it's a cockerel, if it lays eggs it's a hen. Sorry couldn't resist.
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now you see thats where your wrong my friend has a hen (definately a hen it lays eggs) however its slightly gender confused seems to crow as well ^^'
My own hen displays behaviours of a cockeral though luckily she does not crow. |
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chickenrun
Joined: 11 Jun 2008
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Location: Cotswolds
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Hi
I have found my blue silkie hen turned out to be a cockrel!! now Im looking for a hen to go with him. I already have a mini sussex & Black Pekin who im sure Ill get some chicks from next year but id like to get some pure breed silkies - so if anyone has a young hen silkie for sale Id love to know as Ive found it really hard to get one.
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newby
Joined: 11 Feb 2008
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Location: Dordogne
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| Sorry about this, but I have a splash silkie that neither crows, nor lays eggs. Just strutts around looking beautiful |
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Bradders
Joined: 13 Aug 2007
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Location: Cambridgeshire
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I had one like that
I think that's a sign of marics  |
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Tommy Andersen
Joined: 05 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:07 pm Post subject: Silkies from Denmark |
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Hello
I'm new at this forum.
From Denmark.
I breed large silk fowl, in white, black, blue, yellow, with and without a beard.
Have rear silky fowls in 27 years and exhibited as long.
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Tommy Andersen
Joined: 05 Nov 2008
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Sorry.
I have a web site if the user google to put so would be to read also the other an English language
http://www.123hjemmeside.dk/Silkehons.
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