Back in April, my silkie hen went broody. She had only raised one chick in the past, and was ready for more! I put under her;
2 Black laced white Polish eggs
& a production Red egg. The father to all 3 babies is a beautiful Frizzle. I'll post pics of all of them.
I apologize for the sideways...
Hey guys, I have a small mixed flock of chickens, half silkies. I've been doing some thinking and I think I'd like to take in one or two female guineas. I will probably get them as chicks from our local feed store in the spring. I'd like to have them because of bug and tick control, and another...
My Silkie and sizzle chicks are 5 weeks on Friday. From day one they have been on normal chick starter, which I've used for all my chicks while they were little. Well, they ran out of normal chick starter so I had to go with medicated feed with the little normal starter than I had left, just...
Alright, I didn't know whether to post this on the hatching eggs or this forum, so I just decided this one.lol.
I have a broody hen sitting on two eggs, only one made it. Yesterday was lock down and I won't be home until tomorrow night. (out of town)
Will she stay and protect the chick until I...
Hey guys, I just wanted to share some pictures of my 3 new chicks, 2 white silkies and a black sizzle! They are pretty cute, couldn't resist posting.
black sizzle
white silkie #1
white silkie #2
thanks for looking!
I am thinking about incubating some eggs from my polish hen, and black frizzle roo. pictures below! tell me what you think! my opinion, they'd be pretty, and wacko! lol!
polish hen. what kind is she? i've only seen one that looks like her on here!
frizzled roo. he has beautiful coloring.
My first egg just pipped an I'm only on day 19, but the pip was on the under part of the shell' where it couldn't breathe! I'm so
Nervous. I don't think its alive..I put it right side up where the pip was... Any ideas? Im freaking out...
I have 3 eggs that are each a day apart. The "oldest" embryo goes on lockdown tomorrow. That's when the turning is stopped correct? But anyways, I have automatic turners. Do I put something under the egg (I have ideas on what to put under) in the morning or the afternoon? Embryo is big and...
I'm incubating 3 silkie eggs, and two eggs started the process before the other one. I think the third is infertile. But anyways, my (oldest I guess I would say? Lol) egg was growing very fast and looked healthy. They are both fertile, but I candled it this
Morning, and the yolk is very big, and...
So I've been trying forever to incubate my silkie pair's eggs, and the time has finally came! We have three little eggs in the R-comm incubator, and two are fertile so far, checking the third in a couple days!! My day has been made. ssssooooooooo excited! will post pics when the hatch, December...
Alright, I have a 7 month old black created polish who seems fully matured. Thing is she has yet to give me an egg! Any ideas? I was thinking late bloomer.
I've heard and experienced (my friend's chickens) pass away from eating cracked corn. Only silkies. My chickens are my absolute world and my mom accidentally fed them cracked corn today. Do
You think they have a chance? I'm scared to death. It will tear me up if they don't make it..
Ok, so I have a pair of mating white silkies who have never hatched any eggs before but always are together. Everytime I lay down in the hay, they tunnel through and find a nest and lay there. They also make weird noises almost like broody noises too each other! Do you have any idea what they...
Almost every day I'll go out in my big chicken coop and just lay in the hay and watch them. I only have 6 right now, 2 boys 4 girls, but plan to get more. (1 white silkie rooster, 2 white silkie hens, 1 black laced polish pullet, 1 black "lion" frizzle, and 1 RIR pullet chick) but back to
The...
I have a silkie hen who will be 1 year old next month, and she has some weird problems. Ever since a while back she started losing mobility. She's healthy but she does have a bad foot that limits her some. The thing is her sister has the same problem with one of her feet and gets around just as...