Recent content by ftyong

Thank you! Thank you for sharing.

Noted. Thanks for sharing.

I am a first timer. I bought half a dozen of freshly laid of another species. This half a dozen is Silkie eggs, when I saw the dates written on the shells I have this question.

I picked them up from seller. Incubator has turning function, have put them in for first day today. Silkie eggs. I would assume they are all fertilized as the advertisement said.

I bought some fertile eggs and realized the date marked on more than half of the eggs are 11-13 days ago. They were not washed and I presume they have not been kept in refrigerator. If so, what is the success rate you would predict?

Thanks for your opinion. I have another photo of yolk from a pair of Silkies. This only looks definitely fertile to me. Your thought?

Thanks for your thoughts. I had the same doubt that’s why I posted to collect opinions :)

Thanks for your reply. We are curious about the cross, still a bit hesitate to incubate the eggs.

Thank you. I’ve ordered an incubator and it is on the way :)

Thanks! I will let the chickens together for a little longer and need to buy an incubator.

Thanks, I think I posted this twice. Now trying to remove this one. I think I got 70% said yes :)

Hi, I have an active Silkie rooster as a king to all the hens. He has been mating with the Isa Browns too. I couldn’t tell if he is successful. Do you think these two yolks are fertile? I tried my best for the shots. Also, do you think Silkie crossed Isa Brown would be good layers? Thanks.

I bought them from a farmer who hatched them whe they were less than a week old. He let me chose among a number of them, I just picked randomly. I only read about we can differentiate male and female chicks from wing feathers after being them home, when I tried to check their wing feathers, look...

Yes..but I still couldn’t relate their combs and wattles to adult roosters so I wasn’t sure. Anyway, their tend-to-fight behaviours Sometimes have shown off the hackle feathers and longer/stronger legs are getting more obvious now. I guess I have gotten the final answers..

Thank you 😭 I will take note on no.2 and observe longer. I also noticed the legs difference boys and girls. We have to mentally prepare to let the boys go.