i dont understand my silkies are no lonnger bantams they are huge. i know silkies are bantams but they are standing 16 in tall and i have some other silkies in a pet quality flock that dont get over 8 to 12 inches tall they are small. im kind of confused i know that we only have the bantam size...
i have some sq silkies and i want to separate them by color. anyone out there havs some suggestions i have had them on a wire cage floor but am expanding and would like a walk in coop. i need them to keep dry and clean all they're lives. any ideas?
i saw chemical incubators that have elecronic temp and humidity control for cheap.i was wondering that if i bought one would it work for hatching eggs?
I have 8 blue silkies and I eventually want to have splash and black colors. so if i breed my blues together to get splash and black and separate the colors into black pens and splash pens, will they stay black and splash, or will they have the blue gene and hatch blue chicks as well as black...
i just got 8 blue silkie and 2 white silkie chicks from Bobbi Porto at indigo egg silkies. if i have 2 white hens or 2 white roosters, and i need a mate for the white ones, and i hatch a white from the blues would it be ok to mate the whites from the blues to the whites i got from bobbi or will...
i will trade my turken trio for a bantam pair. i want some decent quality bantams to show this year in 4h. i cant ask much because the turkens are from cackle. they are 6 months old and the hens are very nice while the roo is lazy and will let you walk right up to him. i want birds that are good...
i am looking for chicks this year to raise so i can show in the adult bird class next year. the 4h show is the only one i will show in but i do want some decent quality chicks that i can be proud of. i will be keeping them as pets for the res of the year. thanks
i want some clean legged bantam eggs of good quality. i am keeping them as pets only and will not show them. i just want a couple of breeds of bantams that i can breed and make little ones. i want to stick to bantams. i want a flcok of bantams that i can be proud of. i am in 4h and will use the...
hello, i am looking for bantam cochin eggs in buff, blue, white, splash, or black. i want some eggs from nice looking parents not hatchery birds. i like to raise cochins as pets and do not show. i just want to have some good looking birds that i can be proud to own like my silkies. thanks
i want to use a fan in my incubator but i cant seem to get ahold of an incubator fan. i have a little giant with an egg turner and i wanted to know if i could just buy a small fan from the store and us it instead.
i am having a problem of losing temperature and humidity when i have 2 or 3 different hatch dates and i have to take the eggs out of the turner and put them on the tray. my buddy clucking crazy leaves his eggs in the turner until they hatch and he is doing well
i want to start breeding my silkies and they are SQ birds but i really want to keep track of the chicks and the birds they hatched from. i wanted to know if i could use zip ties as leg bands or any other ideas i do not want to purchase 200 leg bands at a time and i am having too much trouble...
i just got 2 white silkies and 8 blue silkies from bobbi porto at indigo egg:woot
they are still little but they are the nicest birds i own so far. theyre just a few weeks old and have better everything than my 4 month olds. i am one happy customer
i was hatching quail eggs and im on the 17th day and my incubator spiked a temperature of 103.5
do you think the chicks will hatch? i have a little giant still air incubator and it is doing this a lot. anyone know of a cheap incubator that does what it is supposed to do "hatch eggs"
i came across an old sliding glass door drink cooler like the ones they keep milk in at walmart. i want to make an incubator that will do all the work for me. i want something to keep humidity at the perfect percentage and i need a heat source and something to keep it at a perfect 99.5 any ideas?
i ordered 10 show quality silkies from indigo egg. they are on the way and i cant wait. the silkies on her website looked soo cool. i finally convinced my parents to let me spend alot of money on birds and they are on the way. so what should i prepare for and when i start breeding my new flock...
i really want show quality silkies but they are really expensive. i keep asking breeders how much they cost and they are like $60 for one and whenever i talk to anyone on here it seems like they own some nice quality silkies. i just wish i had some cause my parents arent budging on the budget im...