Silkie thread! - Page 1567

dwegg, beautiful birds there!!

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Originally Posted by Hawkeye95 

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Originally Posted by BarnGoddess01 

The hassle with getting birds into Canada is finding a certified avian vet on the US side that can inspect the originating flock and submit the paperwork (VS form 17-6). It REALLY isn't a big deal for anyone in the NPIP program - all that is required on the form is an NPIP number, I believe - which anyone with decent breeding/showing stock in the US is apart of. (Kind of like the coggins test on a horse.) The issue is, finding the "certified avian vet"! Hatching eggs work the same as live birds. So it's basically a major hassle for US breeders and they have to be confident that the Canadian buyer is going to pay them for their troubles.

 

And they aren't supposed to be commercially shipped across the border (although it can and does happen). McMurray Hatchery and John Blehm (Ameraucanas) used to be willing to provide paperwork and ship to a border town post office. The Canadian purchaser can pick the eggs/birds up there and clear them into Canada themselves with paperwork in hand. Best case, have a friend near the border that can receive shipments!!

 

So any of you Silkie breeders that have access to an avian vet - advertise to Canadians!! You WILL get responses. Not sure if it will be worth your while or not but you will/should have appreciative customers!

 

I know there are a couple of APA judges that regularly work in Canada that will transport birds across the border (legally!) They advertise in publications up here. But the timing has to work - and it is often their own birds they are offering for sale. However, I've also heard them complain about "misunderstandings" when they arrive in Canada and attempt to present the birds to a customer that isn't getting what they expected. Then they are stuck with birds they probably don't want!! My comment - make sure all the money is dealt with before hand!

 

So you just need a breeder to provide a NPIP for the bird and that's all?  That is pretty easy to come by.  We have several people around here that do testing and of course all of our birds must be tested before a show.  We do have an avian vet here in our town, (I bet most large towns here have avian vets) when you mentioned that, I was wondering if it had to be signed off by the vet.  Otherwise, we have certified people that have to take classes to become NPIP testers here.  Anyway, yeah, it's not as easy as calling up a breeder, emailing a few pictures back and forth and sending money and getting your bird right away.  But the hassle of the forms don't sound too bad.  Where did you get your bird?  Yours looks really nice!  (in your avatar)

 

Elliot, my avatar, came home in my lunch cooler in egg form from Crossroads in Indiana last October. Was chatting in the isles with Silkie folks. Ran into a woman that was asking about importing birds/eggs into Canada. She didn't actually think anything would be fertile at the show. We were walking and chatting. She handed off eggs from the cages as she inspected her birds prior to judging which I pocketed. I wandered around the show all day with 3 Silkie eggs in my pockets. Threw them in the incubator when I got home a couple of days later and Elliot hatched exactly 21 days after that. I actually had to join the American Bantam Silkie Club to find out who gave me the eggs since I didn't bother to ask at the show!!! (And, happily, I DID find out about Elliot's origins ...  ).

If you have an avian vet that you work with and are NPIP, selling to Canada will be a breeze! There is paperwork - mention "VS form 17-6" to your vet and find out how much they will charge you for it. (Same form is needed if you want to show in Canada which will happen a bit this fall because one of the big APA shows IS in Canada this fall! Same form is needed by Americans to show their birds in Canada.) The completed form has to be sent off by your vet to a state office that will stamp the form and return it to you. You should then forward that original stamped form to your buyer. They need to have that original form in hand with the birds/eggs to get them across the border. Ship the birds/eggs to a border town address and it's done.

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Originally Posted by Hawkeye95 

oh and Peep-- tell me the brand name on your therm and hygro!  Enquiring minds want to know!  ha!

Here's the hygrometer. I would definitely test it and send it back if it's not close to right. I would think they would pay for shipping. I love mine!
http://www.eggcartons.com/FHP-HYGRO.html?search=New+Design+Incubator+Hygrometer+productinfo

This is similar to our thermometer with probe and is our thermostat but this one isn't Fahrenheit.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Digital-temperature-thermometer-electronic-thermostat-WH7016C-waterproof-probe-/260973643080?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cc33dc548

This is the thermometer we got. I love the thermometer part! It is also a hygrometer and probably very accurate but uses cloth and water, etc. Very complicated to me. :)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Incubator-Thermometer-Hygrometer-3018-/380080786025?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item587e948a69

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Originally Posted by Hawkeye95 

WOW!!  What a gorgeous flock you have!!!  LOVE them!!  :)
 

 

Me too!

 

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Originally Posted by dwegg 

Thanks...I have 11 silkies (3-4 month old) and 13 chicks at the moment...I would love to end up with one to show sometime...

 

Here is my blue girl that i think is developing with some potential

 

but they are all still quite young...so we'll see....

Wonderful blue girl! Definitely tons of potential!! The splash is gorgeous also! I think your partridge are both blue partridge and extremely lovely!
 

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Originally Posted by dwegg 

Thanks...I have 11 silkies (3-4 month old) and 13 chicks at the moment...I would love to end up with one to show sometime...

 

Here is my blue girl that i think is developing with some potential

 

but they are all still quite young...so we'll see....

Your Silkies are GORGEOUS!

Awww...Nugget is a doll!
 

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Originally Posted by 3LilBirds 

The little Partridge Rock, Tweety is Nugget's little buddy. She follows Nugget everywhere! LOL Nugget won't sleep unless he/she lays her head across Tweety. Silly little bird!

 

WOW gorgeous blue...and a very dark blue.
 

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Originally Posted by dwegg 

Thanks...I have 11 silkies (3-4 month old) and 13 chicks at the moment...I would love to end up with one to show sometime...

 

Here is my blue girl that i think is developing with some potential

 

 

but they are all still quite young...so we'll see....

Can someone tell me what to expect for wing feathering at 1 week old? Any pics out there?  I'll try to post some tomorrow when I get time, but thought I would ask...... 

:)

♥♥♥ all those pics!!

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Originally Posted by Sharksandguitars 

You don't have any partridge silkie roos for sale do you??

sorry Sharks...I don't have a partridge boy at the moment...and thanks everyone for the nice comments...defineatly gives me some hope for a show in the future...next step I will try and get some good pics of wings feathers feet ect....and have you guys critique them more closely....thanks again, this site is wonderful for learning...