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    Silkie brooding/hatching

    so i have a couple silkies and the past two months my four laying hens have not gone broody. They have been laying almost daily. Ive tried leaving the eggs and letting them collect and still nothing. Am i able to help them go broody? Is there a technique that may help them along?? I have been...
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    Breeding paint silkies to SOP

    Oh my lands that makes no logical sense! I would have thought if I breed my 2 paints I would get more paints than if I bread a split white and split black lol
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    Breeding paint silkies to SOP

    So my first question as I separate my flock between pens is what is an ideal hen to roo ratio for my silkies! I don’t want to give one roo too many that he can’t get the job done. Also when breeding silkies would it be ideal to only breed to straight black to my paints or if I have a good...
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    Silkie incubation

    I ran about 45 through incubation and 60 to 65 through this lockdown
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    Silkie incubation

    They were 99.5 in my forced air and they are at about 100 to 101 in the still air for lockdown
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    Silkie incubation

    So I have silkie eggs in my incubator that were due to hatch yesterday. 5 out of 7 are still alive but no pip or anything showing remotely they are ready to hatch. What are the chances of them hatching? Should I leave them in a few more days and see what happens?
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    Paint silkies

    So this is the hen and rooster I’m starting out with. My rooster has the mottled feet and I think they both have a bit of leakage! I’m just learning the genetics of paints and want to know what I need to do to correct this!
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    Paint silkies

    I’m iso show quality paint silkies and or hatching eggs!
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    Paint silkie!

    That’s what I was thinking when I was looking at them, there is a size difference and one doesn’t have streamers like the other.
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    Paint silkie!

    I will get a side by side tomorrow I work until 11 tonight :-)
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    Paint silkie!

    They are 4 months
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    Paint silkie!

    I have two paint silkies who I think are both roo’s but one has me questioning so I’d like help please with these two!
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    Paint silkie!

    I have two paint silkies who I think are both roo’s but one has me questioning so I’d like help please with these two!
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    Ugh temp

    I’ve candeled a couple times and they’re definitely developing
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    Ended Official BYC Contest - NEW BYC MEMBERS - Win a BYC calendar! ENDS 4 APRIL

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/hello.1294698/
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