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I have stumbled across this photo of this silkie a while back and have been trying to figure out what colours would make up this colour. Obviously not complete yet. In NZ we have only a limited colour/genetics to work with such as blacks, blues, partridge, buff, white and splash. There are...

I'm curious to the the development of paint silkies and what was crossed with what to create such a beautiful bird? Was it a white with splash?

Sorry for the delay in replying. Yes she is still a young girl and will hopefully get more lacjng. I think she is only 2nd of 3rd generation, so still have a lot to work on to get her lacing. But would I cross her to a black Polish or back to another gold laced sebright to get more lacing?

I have just purchased this beautiful gold laced Polish hen who has been part of a breeding project to introduce the gold lacing to Polish in NZ since we do not have the array of colours people do over seas. Our basic colours are wc black, wc blue, white and just starting to get cuckoo and...

Hi everyone and Merry X'mas. Now been thinking for a while and since I'm new to this group thought what a brilliant place to ask this question. Now how are bearded silkies developed? There's a small number of bearded silkies in NZ and have always wondered how they got established over here. Are...

Hmmm I wonder what bird to cross with a houdan then?

Ok so in that case since not having gold lace polish (only a selected few have it) would you use a lace seabright crossed with mottled pekin? Would love both bantam and tolbunt polish, maybe even try for the both at some time :)

What awesome advice everyone (even the smuggling of eggs ) Yes we get spangled Perkins here, as well as Mills Fleurs if they would also be useful?

In my profile picture is a hen I brought who I have no idea who they we're. But she is probably the closest there is on NZ. But all my flock had to be culled as I had a hen come in that carried Coryza and it was a nightmare to control and keep killing my beautiful chicks and infecting newer...

Ok here's a tricky one for you awesome people. Now since living in New Zealand I have admired the Tolbunt breed but sadly over here we don't have them nor can we import eggs from overseas. Now I am on a determined long process to come up with something very similar in the Polish. However the...

Sadly she passed away. As I was getting a cup to hold her in place she must of had a big kicked and kicked the shell off and ruptured a vein or blood vessel as blood splurged everywhere and I grave the paper towels to try and stop the bleeding while I got the wound powder but she died within the...

Hi everyone, just needing a little help. Previous post was j had a peachick that came into my care and it was unknown incubation since nest was destroyed and peahen stopped sitting. Well I put the egg under my hen who had a clutch of her own with plans to take egg out during popping and put the...

Thankyou so much for your help. Since I dont have an automatic incubator and it doesnt read the humidity I'm unsure what it is. But it has a water level that i keep it at while hatching chickens and have a good hatch rate. But since peachicks are different I just put the egg under my silver...

Thank you so much for putting your time aside to help :) It looks as though the chick is between 15 to 20 days. So will have to narrow it down. If I wait until I start to hear chirping in the incubator and then stop turning will that effect the chick? Would hate to stop turning too early or too late

Also I have had the egg in my incubator for 14 days, so not sure how long the peahen was sitting prior to that

Heres a photo of the aircell after candling.

Let me start by introducing myself :) This is my first post and Im so thrilled to finally be a part of this group :) I own and opperate a wildlife refuge and we get in an array of wildlife where we rescue, rehabilitate and release. I also have rescue chickens that live the remaining of their...