made of bran, grated apple and carrot mixed with meat meal
Sexing Silkies
and a little vegetable oil once or twice a week. Toss out table
Silkie chickens take longer to mature than many other
scraps such as vegetables and bread for your chickens.
chicken breeds, often as much as eight to nine months.
Provide fresh water for your silkie chickens, and scrub out the water pan every week. Keeping their water supply fresh and readily available is one of the most important aspects of chicken care,
Unlike sex-link chicken breeds and chickens bred to be feather-sexed, silkie chickens show little difference before they reach maturity. According to the American Silkie
because chickens can easily become dehydrated.
Bantam Club, experienced silkie owners develop ways to
Silkies and Mites
but can be wrong as much as 50 percent of the time.
Mites are just a fact of silkie-keeping and you need to
identify the sex of their chicks by about eight to 12 weeks,
be diligent in checking your birds for these nasty critters.
Amber Waves Offers Buyers a Warranty
A really bad mite infestation can kill a bird, or at least
We you purchase a Silkie from Amber Waves you have the
weaken it so that it is susceptible to any illness or infection.
option to purchase a Hen Warranty. This ensure that you
Silkies should be checked at least twice a month for mites,
have the one-time right to exchange your bird within six
and it is automatic to check for mites every time you handle
months should it turn out to be a rooster. The buyer’s only
your birds. Mites look like tiny specks of dirt or pepper, and their droppings are dark as well. They are easy to see on a white bird but much harder on dark birds. Their mouth parts pierce the skin and they live on blood. After the crest, the vent is the most popular place for mites to congregate. They will attack chicks as well as adult silkies. If you find one bird with mites, check and treat every bird in your flock. The best prevention for mites is to keep your birds in a clean environment and check them frequently.
cost is for applicable shipping expenses.