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miniature silkies
| Tue, Nov 8 2011 04:53pm GMT 1 |
jd
11 Posts
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bought a 3 week old silkie chick sometime ago (end of july/august)
it seems healthy and is happily living outside with 5 others, 2
silike crosses and 4 larger fowl but it is tiny its about 6 inches
tall and isnt getting any bigger it eats well and is normal in
behaviour but i thought it would be about 10in tall like others is
it normal for some to be so tiny?
any ideas if not why it is so small?
also the silkies crosses dont lay eggs i think they are crossed
with welsummers but that is from memory from what the lady told
me when i got them i know the eggs arent really worth having but
had heard they tasted nice so was looking forward to having some
thanks for any information you can give me
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| Fri, Nov 11 2011 07:10pm GMT 2 |
Tom
6 Posts
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I keep bantam silkies amongst other birds and they have produced
some small birds no more than six " tall they are purfectley formed
and live quite happily with my other bantams i wouldnt however mix
them with large fowl as they may well get picked on , silkies are
not the strongest of breed!Regards eggs silkies lay when they feal
like it in my experience and i never seem to get many before they
go broody! which is what they are realy good at and is why game
keepers crossed them with other bantams to make realy good rearing
birds . I shouldnt worry about your birds as long as they appear
healthy. Regards Tom
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