Cotton's Silkies

12/15/2025

Next milestone, 5000 followers. I wonder what i can giveaway for that one? 🤔 Maybe a spring chick box. 🐥🐣🐤

Thoughts everyone? Let me know!

12/15/2025

Busy morning adding extra fine bedding to all the runs.

Then I realize after taking these pics that 4 of my bearded beauties are missing their beards. I have a beard thief! Who shaved my reds? 🫣😮‍💨🥴🫩

Time to add some oyster shell to the runs. 💀

12/15/2025

Another great informative post by another wonderful breeder. I love learning and have been reading and studying up genetics for a while now and I know a good bit from it, however, I am not confident to make these posts yet, so I will share others instead. 🤭😁😃.

Thank you to all of these fantastic ladies for sharing such valuable information for not only your customers but for us breeders too, especially ones like myself that are not as confident as you are❤️

“Why didn’t my white chick hatch white???”

I get this question a lot. People messaging saying, “hey. My white chicks hatched gray or reddish brown”. Stating they didn’t get what the paid for. One time someone sadly told me they culled all the “mutts” I sent them (they are banned from this page now). 😢 I always try to educate on chick down in these cases. Most people understand after I explain, but there are always a few!

In whites, you’ll hatch chicks that look yellow, smoky gray, grayish red, etc. It all depends on if they are silver or gold based.

What determines whether they are silver or gold based? The presence if the dominant “S” gene. Silver = S/S (double silver) or S/s⁺, while gold carries two copies of the “gold gene” s⁺/s⁺.

Silver based white will present as smoky gray or darker hued chick. As adults they will be a more brilliant white, this is because the “S” gene helps to dilute out the gold or brass tones. Double silvers will keep that silver hue in their backs and cushions typically. They are almost always male, however I have gotten females (genetic mutation). Discussion for another day.

Gold based white will typically present with yellow down. These birds will be more prone to yellowing as adults. To help cancel this out for the following generation, breed back to a silver based bird.

I hope this helps someone. Pic for tax of silver v. gold based white in 2 week old chicks.

12/15/2025

Hazel and Octavia got it going on. I definitely like em chunky and plumpy 😱😛😋🤭

Big girls need aaallll the love when it comes to silkies. The fluffier, bigger b***y, chonky butts always get all the attention.

Shake that juicy b***y girl, shake it.

12/14/2025

I love updates 🥰😍 From my hatching eggs. ❤️

12/14/2025

Stitch said It was time to bust out her sweet dance moves.

Get it girl! Mama needs that silkie in cuckoo, lavender and whatever other colors I don't have. 👀

12/14/2025

Talk about a winter wonderland. 🥴

According to the Weather Channel its poor conditions for going for a run. Who would have thought? Although it maybe pretty funny watching people run on slush/ice covered roads. 🫣 Someone out there just said "Hold my beer".

All of our fur and feathered babies are handling this weather really well, thats also because Daddy and I made sure they had dry, draft free coops.

Also, don't you dare forget to buy your Pe**er Goggles. If you don't know what they are, head on over to Cheeky Chicken Ranch. Her and Elvis did a demonstration yesterday on these super trendy, sexy goggles. No more poking your eyeballs. See my photo below for Bear and My demonstration. Go get you a pair and save those peepers from being pecked.

12/13/2025

I adore freebies as much as the next person. ❤️

12/12/2025

Lets see if I can get 12,500 views on this reel. 🤣 Does it count if I watch it on replay for 24 hours from my own account? Asking for a friend. 👀🥴

12/12/2025

🤣🤣🤣 Facebook has jokes today. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

12/12/2025

What would your response to this be? Only funny answers...

I said cocoa butter and a bra 😂

Let's have a little fun with this. Life is too short to be a prude. ❤️

12/12/2025

Made a few more stickers tonight! 😃 I am having WAY too much fun with these.

If anyone is interested in some let me know 😊.

Did I mention I can print actual photos too? No more going to walmart or ordering prints online and waiting. I can do it all from the comfort of my home in minutes. ❤️

Its the little things that make me happy.