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I’ve had an issue with my flock for awhile now. They constantly shake their heads. It’s like a quick shake, say, like you would to shake your hair out of your eyes. They also constantly scratch their heads. They have lost feathers ALL summer, like they are molting. They have a good...
Hi everyone. I’m located in Canada. I’m searching for Tolbunt Polish hatching eggs. Tolbunt Polish is a hard breed to come by here. I’m lucky enough to have gotten a few shipped hatching eggs but am wondering if anyone has hatching eggs here in Canada that I could buy and have shipped to me? Pic...
Hi everyone. Well this is day 18 with my Polish eggs. I’m worried about the air cell. These pics are the same egg. Do they look ok? And the bottom isn’t filled. All the Polish eggs look the same and are viable. I have some Silkie eggs in the same incubator but they fill the bottom of their eggs...
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So I’m on day 17, tomorrow is lockdown. Candled one to get a quick pic. Does this air cell look ok? Does it look ok overall? Humidity day 1-18 at 50% and then planning humidity to be 65% for lockdown. Thoughts are greatly appreciated. I am so stressed, worrying that the air...
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I have 24 shipped polish eggs and all 24 have detached, rolling air cells. I let them come to room temp for 24 hours, then I set them in the incubator in the egg turner but did not turn the turner on. They have been in the incubator for 2 days now. I know there...
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I posted my Red roo yesterday, looking for colour outcomes of chicks from him. I got some very helpful comments and appreciate that. So this is my second roo that I’ve paired with my hens. This hatching is just for my own fun. Would anyone have thoughts as to what chick outcomes would...
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I have chicks hatching under broodies and my Bator this coming week. Breeding this batch was just for fun... I’m sooo curious as to what the colour outcomes will be. My silkies are all bearded. So excited for chicks! Thanks for any comments. 🐣
* Red roo
* Paint hen
* Black hen
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This is my first time using an incubator. So I have a Hovabator 2370 with an egg turner. My issue is the humidity meters that I have. I’ve bought three Accu-Temp hygrometers and did the salt test with them. All three read 80% with the salt test, when everything I read says they...
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I am in search of a Polish Frizzle breeder in Canada. I am located in British Columbia and can’t seem to come up with anything. Would anyone know of breeders here in Canada. I am also looking for a Tolbunt Polish breeder and am hitting a wall with that too...
OMG! I just went through the strangest thing with my silkie pullet. She is 5 months old and laid her first egg. The problem is that the egg was surrounded by a very thin membrane, which was attached to her. The egg was right snug to her vent, being held by this membrane. Very thin and slightly...
This photo makes me laugh when I look at it. It depicts her personality to a "T". I have a flock of Silkies and my one Polish. They are all calm and she is a spaz. I just love her. I didn't know what I would think of the Polish breed but because of her, I'm sold on them. I'm getting more...
So I've now had three silkie chicks get wry neck this summer. The two in my blue, black, splash pen...I started to wonder if it was genetic. Then this past Monday my two month old rooster in my other coop wound up with it. He is Partridge, completely different line. He is in a coop with only his...
T well, here I go again...obsessing over the gender of my now four month old Silkie sweeties! :barnie I think it's a pullet, as her brother is crowing and has a large walnut comb, compared to her. Guesses would be aporecated. Than
Im hoping someone can finally solve the mystery as to what cross my Goldie-Bird is. She hatched from partridge hatching eggs I purchased three years ago. All the other chicks were pure silkie partridge. I've thought silkie crossed with golden laced polish or crossed with Cochin? I love her...
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I live in British Columbia, Canada. I am looking to buy show quality bearded Silkie Lavender, Blue-Cream (or, preferably both) hatching eggs. They seem almost impossible to come by. Thank you.
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I wanted to start a partridge pen, so a lady in town gave me this pair. I think they are around eight weeks old. The pullet looks more porcelain to me (love porcelain). And the little roo...his crest turned so red that one morning I thought his head was bleeding. It was just his...
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These are my 12 week old beauties. For the life of me, i cannot figure out if they are Roos or pullets. I think the only hen is the black (or very dark blue) one. It's the pic of her by herself. The pic of the black with the splash is a different bird, that I think is a rooster. Any...
Here are a few pics of our adorable babies. Two hens were on eggs and the one hen kept kicking the poor newborns out of the nest as they hatched! We saved all but one. One has splayed legs and is in our brooder in the house, walking now with her splint. :)
The first pic is of a baby that...
Hi there. I'm hoping someone can help with my situation. I have two white silkies hatching out partridge chicks in the same nesting box.Well, yesterday I found a new baby in front of the mama, dead. Then I found a baby halfway hatched out of its shell. Somehow, it was out of the nesting box. I...