it looks like it's deformed but I never had a silkie chick before. Culling isn't an option for me, it's my favorite and they are my babies, not for breeding
here are my 5 week old chicks that my cochin hatched outside on Nov. 26 while it was snowing.
I am pretty sure the front one is a cockerel and hoping the other one isn't, lol. Dad is a black silkie and the mother of the boy is a black ee the other is blue cochin and silkie.
okay, this is my 3rd time making and trying to hatch eggs. I looked up a lot of homemade incubators and I had this bread box in my kitchen that we just put bills into so I re-purposed it! It's perfect for a few eggs. I cut a hole in the side for the light bulb, bought my trusty...
My girls have been laying a few weeks now and I am very pleased with the assortment of girls I chose, and the eggs are one of the reasons why:
from top left; Cochin, RIR, BR and EE
I'm trying to hatch 2 eggs that are from my RIR in this pic as she's been hanging with our neighbor's rooster. I don't know if they are fertile, I'm going to just wait until I can candle them to find out, but what breed is the rooster and what will the baby be???
he's all Gray and slate legs...
Okay, here's the story. My RIR just started laying last week and our neighbor's roo has been breaking into our yard to "party" with our girls except the RIR is the only one getting over the fence to actually meet him. Today I came home and she had laid her egg in the leaves under the old tree...
Here are my 24 week girls! They are looking so good. I am past the impatient part and am now just enjoying watching them every day! The eggs will come when they come.
This is my BR Jenise (aka, BIG MOMMA)
RIR, Faith just started squatting last week
Faith and Dominique my golden...
I got them as a lot at auction 6 weeks ago. They are about 14-16 weeks old roughly. One just started crowing yesterday. I just don't have any interrest in owning a roo, we had one before and it was aggressive. They are black bearded silkies with feathered feet and their pics should be in my...
okay, in my avatar, my BR, she's 17 wks 2 days old and her comb and wattles have been growing and getting redder every passing day so I've been having twice daily talks to her about maaaybe laying an egg or something. So, I was like okay maybe she'll squat because she's awefully talkative...
She is pretty light in color but I see a bit of tanning on her chest
I bought her as grey but wasn't sure about it since blue and lavender are colors similar.