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I'm not sure I can do this on here yet, but I'm putting my feelers out, and thinking of selling my mixed flock fertilized eggs: LF white Silkie rooster: Hens; LF Blue Cochin, Buff Orpington, Columbian Wyandotte, Welsumer, bantam RIR. Would anyone be interested in something like this?

Hello, and welcome. A lot of people put the watered up on a brick. I set mine in a shallow pan. Unless you have a small chick shallow waterer, then you'll want to place marbles, or those flat glass decorate rocks in their water receptacle -so the chicks don't drown.

This thread is just cracking me up! I too was wondering why "Codieshell" hated their chicks... Lol. Yes, Silkies do have black skin, meat & bones. I have never eaten one that I know of. These chickies are all so gorgeous... How can like just one? Silkies take longer to get the hang of...

Here is a picture of my non bearded silky rooster. I also have two bearded, and love them all, but "Lulu" here is just so handsome!

You can see in the picture here the size of the Silkies in comparison to the other breeds. They are the same size as the Colombian Wyandotte, and nearly the same size as the Orpington. There is a little dark bantam hen in the picture for size reference.

I also have 'rare for the US' LF Silkies -Not bantams, nor are they cross bred. Same size as my Buff Orpington & Columbian Wyandotte. Obviously larger than my bantam, yet smaller than my huge LF Cochin. It's not that they don't exist. They just aren't common, and are a specialty breed.

The purple (which I don't see on my little phone screen) is most likely the blue coming through as most black Cochins come from a blue line. What I see is a green sheen, and yes, it is a desirable feather trait. They both look very nice, but I agree that #2 may have better composition: rounded...

What you have there is a Frizzled (because of the feathering) "Sizzle". It's a Cochin & Silkie Cross.

For anyone interested... I found this "On-line" Cochin show. It looks like they already had the Winter Show, but I see that there is a Summer show coming up. I like the idea of this, because you don't have to travel, take your bird out of it's environment, or expose it to whatever's out there...

Whatever he is, he is beautiful! He looks like the poultry equivalent of a fancy Koi fish.

That's horrible! Your poor chickies. It's just like watching a horror movie hearing about these vicious chicken killer rats.

I didn't think about that either. I guess this 'Fermented Feed' idea has been around a long time. We called it "slop".

* Tip: I read that some people pack their eggs inside a can/canister (like soup/coffee can), and then pack that in a box to keep the eggs from being crushed in shipping if that's any help.

I was just reading about this... On this link... http://naturalchickenkeeping.blogspot.com/p/fermented-feed.html?m=1

I I saw people posting it (up above)... So I didn't know if it was some sort of bidding process, or what was meant by it.

(What do these mean "X2 & X3"?)

Oh my gosh! Lol! This picture is soooo adorable! Completely made my day. Lol... I still can't get over it, and it's a great picture. Gotta show the hubby (He lives on BYC vicariously through me :P).

Lol! That's a possibility, because our little 10lb dog -had stolen a chicken egg, and hid it in between the cushions in our bedroom sofa.

I highly recommend "Harvey Uuserys" book -which was recommended to me to answer a lot of your questions. It really helped me make a lot of descisions with my flock, and ways to utilize everything full circle -from hen house to garden. When I was younger we lived in Kalispell, Montana, and lived...

I can't read Crazy Ladies yellow sign... What does it say?