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  1. aarissilkiesmooth

    It's show time

    Preparing to show my silkies for the first time and need to bathe them. Any pointers on what to do or not do? Any special shampoo I should use?
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    Wry neck vitamin mix

    I have a silkie that is about 7 months old that developed wry neck at about 2 weeks old. Now another is developing wry neck from a batch of 20 I hatched about 2 weeks ago. I have a vitamin mix I got from a posting on here that included B vit. but it didn't specify which B vit. Does it matter...
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    I cracked an egg after first day in lock down (Pic included)

    Super bummed as I had one Paint doing great. Today after one day in lockdown, I opened lid for about 15 seconds to let some humididty out as it was 84%. The cord was caught between wall and bator causing lid to tip dumping a metal nut I forgot was on there denting my paint. Is there any chance...
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    Cyst?

    I noticed tonight on my 1 month old chick a lump under the skin on it's chest. It is fairly good size, about 1" diameter and squishy; right at the surface yet under the skin. Hoping it is harmless and does not get any worse. If I do find myself needing to remove it, is there something I can use...
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    Tween the high and low?

    Running a dry incubation in a Hovabator w/fan. Have a bulb thermo below turner and another on top of eggs. Both read consistantly 100.0 degrees +/- what the naked eye can't see. My digi thermo at about mid egg range consistantly reads tween 98.2-98.8. Just been leaving thermostat alone calling...
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    Hatch on 2/18

    Dropped eggs this past Saturday, 52 silkies, bator is loaded. Having to turn ten of them by hand. Would love it if I had to turn the ten through the entire hatch but logic and experience tell me at first candle I'll be throwing enough away they'll all fit in the turner. A dozen from Huckle...
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    Egg to egg contact

    Is egg to egg contact while incubating OK? I have more than my turning racks can handle, am considering standing them up inbetween eggs set in their depressions which means they'll lean against other eggs but in theory they should be forced by the eggs they lean against to move back and forth...
  8. aarissilkiesmooth

    Is a 48 hour set dangerous?

    I have 3 sets of eggs arriving this week. I have eggs that came today, the next set tomorrow. I am picking up the 3rd set on Sat that shouldn't need to set. I plan to let the eggs arriving USPS Friday afternoon to set 24 hours which puts them in the bator the same time Sat. eve as the eggs I'm...
  9. aarissilkiesmooth

    48 hours before setting eggs

    I have 3 sets of eggs arriving the end of this week. I have eggs arriving in the mail this Thursday and Friday. I am picking up the 3rd set on Sat that shouldn't need to set. I plan to let the eggs arriving USPS Friday afternoon to set 24 hours which puts them in the bator the same time Sat. eve...
  10. aarissilkiesmooth

    Silkie Breeders in Washington St.

    Hey out there, BYCers, looking to get to know silkie breeders in Wa. I'm a newby at raising poultry, my first birds are turning a year in Feb. Have some real nice layers giving lots of eggs. My heart is in bearded silkies though. Have been looking around for the right birds to start a breeding...
  11. aarissilkiesmooth

    Dead on day 20

    Hi, new to hatching, first attempt being last month. Had eggs shipped, 5 of the 15 grew chicks. On day 21, one hatched. On day 23, candling showed the other 4 dead. Cracked them open and based off picks from several web sites of embryo development, it would appear that all 4 died about day 19 or...
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    Too much humidity?

    Hello out there, my first post, hope some one of more knowledge can help me with some answers to only my second attempt at hatcing. Put a clutch of eggs in the bator Friday Dec. 30. Had to leave town for 3 days, would of been days 3-6. Came home to humidity at about 70%. Temp never went below...
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