Silkiesarefluffydinos
Songster
I have both a question, and a exciting news!
So, in early June I got one week old black Silkie chicks as show birds I entered them in our state fair, and they both won first place!!! I have a pulley named Willow, and a Cockrel named Juniper! They are almost four months old, on Halloween they will be officially 4 months old!!!!!!
I was also wondering if I bred them in the early spring or almost spring(maybe February or March) would it be to early if the hen is laying? I read in one of Gail Damrow's books that the earliest age you can breed is 7 months old, but the hen has to be laying for 3 weeks beforeally getting eggs to hatch. Do your think that if Willow is 7 months old and has been laying, and I know her eggs are fertilized, since she will be 7 months old in the end of January, so you think that is too early to collect her eggs for hatching in February or March? Should I wait until April of May? They were both Born on May 31stView attachment 1164626
So, in early June I got one week old black Silkie chicks as show birds I entered them in our state fair, and they both won first place!!! I have a pulley named Willow, and a Cockrel named Juniper! They are almost four months old, on Halloween they will be officially 4 months old!!!!!!
I was also wondering if I bred them in the early spring or almost spring(maybe February or March) would it be to early if the hen is laying? I read in one of Gail Damrow's books that the earliest age you can breed is 7 months old, but the hen has to be laying for 3 weeks beforeally getting eggs to hatch. Do your think that if Willow is 7 months old and has been laying, and I know her eggs are fertilized, since she will be 7 months old in the end of January, so you think that is too early to collect her eggs for hatching in February or March? Should I wait until April of May? They were both Born on May 31stView attachment 1164626
