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Sorry it has taken so long to get back. Had guest all day, then when they left the computer was out had to wait on tech. My silkies are white, I got 25. They are 15 weeks old now. They are in bed now and it is pouring down rain, I will take photos in the morning, they are really differant...

I ordered my silkies from McMurry's all they had was bread less. Some of them have breads some have sideburns, like mutton chops. Now I find out that silkies don't have red combs and wattles So can someone tell me what I have and if you breed them will they come be all right? Thanks for any...

I have a chicken just like that! She is almost blind, one eye she can,t see at all, very little out of the other. That is why she doesn't take the treats from you. Hold them on one side, then the other. Maybe that is her problem also. She is a real sweet hen. I got her a diaper and kept her...

Thank you for the advise. This is my first time with geese. I have a 3 day old goose running around my feet now. It had a real hard time hatching. The mother goose has laid eggs before, but never sat on them. This is another strange thing, she is sharing a nest with a duck. They have their...

What do I do? What do I look for? Today is the 29th day or the 30th it is early morn. I have been checking it and I could see the air pocket. But, no pip. I picked it up and could hear it pecking. It had pecked a hole in the small end of the egg on the side of the egg on the underside. I...

Hi I would like to hang around the silkies thread for a while. I tried to hatch some silkie eggs, without any luck. So I ordered from McMurray Hatchery and received 27 live ones, they are a joy! They are 2 weeks old now, and look kind of ragged with their wing feathers, you can see through...

I keep losing my information when I reply Please don,t give up on me. I got a egg turner and am using the thermometer that came with it 'easy to read' but I keep the temp at 99.5 and moisture between 30 and 40. I have hatched eggs before, duck eggs that my dog brought me. She found their nest...

I will be more than glad to leave them for more days. Thank you for your help Dorothy

I ordered silkie eggs. I have been very carefull with them. The heat and mositure. It has been 23 days and nothing has happen. I saw one was cracked so I opened it of course it was dead. It had not taken all the egg yolk. I open another to see how long it had lived. and it was still alive...

Hi my name is Dorothy, this is my first time I have written to BYC. I have know advise for you I was going through the same thing as you. I'm new to chickens I have 6 Barred Rocks and just love them. I have 2 ducks and 4 spoiled geese. Ducks and geese have been laying eggs, but never settin...