Hi everyone,
My 5 months old Silkie had a wry neck when she was around 2 months, and here we go again, I woke up 3 days ago and noticed her neck was starting to twist a little bit and 2 days ago it was definitely a wry neck again.
When she was 2 months old, I treated her with vit E + selenium...
Hi everyone,
So my chicks are 2 months and 10 days old now, and I'm not sure but all I can see - except for one (Kira) is "cockerels"! Am I wrong?
Just so you know, Orpi is an Orpington, Fluffy is a mix between a Polish (I guess??) and a Silkie, and the other ones are Silkies.
Here are some...
Hi everyone!
So I have 9 chicks, including 1 orpington and 8 silkies who are turning 8 weeks old tomorrow.
It might be too early for the silkies but what do you think about this orpi? Is it a pullet or a cockerel?
It's my favorite, he/she's super gentle and loves to be cuddled (to be honest I...
Hi there !
This is my first time with incubating eggs, I'm so anxious and over excited.
I have 10 silkie eggs:
. 4 are on day 20 - one started to pip 5 minutes ago, and 2 are rocking every 2 minutes or so :celebrate
. 6 are on day 17
The humidity is at 67% and temp 37.5°C (99.5°F) - is it ok ?
Hi guys!
This is my first and not so easy incubating experience with eggs - my fault.
I put the first 6 ones in the incubator (Rcom 10 Pro) on the 24th of April, 3 silkies and 3 orpingtons (A - As and Ao).
Another 6 silkies on the 27th of April (B).
And another 2 silkies the 2nd of May (C)...
Hi everyone!
After spending hours and days reading bunch of interesting posts and advices on BYC, I finally decided it was time to join!
I'm new to chickens and just started incubating 6 eggs 2 days ago in a RCOM 10 Pro.
Three of them are blue orpingtons and the other three are silkies. And...