Need advice/suggestions on what to do with Silkies...

WindRunner

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That's more of a treat thing, not a complete feed. High in fats/carbs.

I feed 20% protein feed to all my birds.
Oh. I got that from a homesteader site before I found this site. I also have pellets -18% if I remember, but I started feeding them the mixture two days ago as I thought it would be better for them. Jeeze there is sooo much to learn.
 

MysteryChicken

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Out of the birds i have had, silkies definitely get the dodo award for me. Maybe i just always end up with the wonky birds, but thats my experience with them.
Mine are more wild, & smarter.

It could just be your luck. I've been raising/breeding them for years. The only less smart ones I have are from Show Breeder stock I got from Ohio.
 

MysteryChicken

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Oh. I got that from a homesteader site before I found this site. I also have pellets -18% if I remember, but I started feeding them the mixture two days ago as I thought it would be better for them. Jeeze there is sooo much to learn.
Are the pellets layer, or an all flock?

We are all here to learn.
 

Obsessed With Silkies

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Right now I have two silkie laying hens and they both just went broody. One of them is her second time in six months. Personally, I think silkies are actually really good layers because mine lay everyday and rarely take a day off. I think if you did want to keep your silkies they would be fine with the others. I used to have two of my silkies with a flock of good egg layers. You can never really know if a hen will go broody or not because recently one of my sex links went broody and they're not really supposed to but she hatched out three chicks with a little bit of my help. Ultimately the decision is yours and best of luck with your flock. 😊
 

WindRunner

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Not a expert at feed, (at all) wouldn’t you need starter feed aswell? Sounds like a lot of treats.
They are pretty big, I thought starter feed was for chicks. I need to research feeds on this site. I'm not concerned, too much, about the Silkies I have, but I have to be squared away before the Barred Rock chicks start eating regular food.
 

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