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hello, I have a question about a silkie who is dark blue in color and was from an accidental mixing of a white rooster and a splash hen. I know the recessive white can hide any color but the white gene in general confuses me a bit. If this blue chick was used for breeding in the future would it...

I was hoping someone could critique the quality of my silkie showgirl rooster. if he is good quality I would like to find some nice white females for him. at the moment he is the only white silkie I have.

I have a silkie rooster who was an accidental hatch while I had a mixed color pen. We had a tree fall onto a few of our pens so we combined pens while we made repairs. This rooster was from an egg laid by either a blue cuckoo silkie or a splash silkie hen with a white naked neck silkie roo who...

I set my third batch off eggs since purchasing my Brinsea Ovation Ex 28 and was candling them for the first time this hatch. I noticed when I put the lid back on that the sprocket or cap on the end of the turning motor that is supposed to sit in the turning link was gone. It had fallen off and...

I was out of town for 6 days with chickens in husbands care. he knows the difference between a chicken and a cow but he isn't a chicken whisperer. He wouldn't have noticed if something appeared wrong while I was gone. Yesterday I noticed my ayam cemani pullet looking not quite right but she was...

earlier in the year I had a strange presentation on a chick that was a Ayam Cemani / Naked neck Turken cross. It literally was half of each breed split right down the middle. I have new photos and thought I would share. I would love to hear any ideas of what could be going on with this little...

hello, thank you in advance for any assistance you can offer. day before yesterday we had a thunderstorm and lightening struck our property pretty darn close to the coop. I found two nearly dead hens layin in a puddle of water against the wire fence. best guess is she took some sort of shock...

This chick is half Ayam Cemani half naked neck Turken. 50/50 right down the middle, lol. I thought it was an interesting presentation. the color on the back of the neck is very dark and well defined from the pink skin .it has a less obvious division of color on the front you can barely see it...

This is Phoebe. I posted her photo last year as her paternal heritage has me scratching my head. When I shared her last year as a teenager I was asked to update with adult photos. I will try to keep it short and to the point. Shaggy is Phoebe's mom. I know this is Phoebe's mom without...

proof aliens are among us

I have shipped handful of birds to new owners in the last few weeks . This morning I was on the USPS website calculating cost to ship two roosters and this message in red letters came up. It did not come up when I calculated shipping costs last week. If you cannot read the writing in red it...

This is the last chick to hatch and he is back in the incubator now. Ive been hatching chicks for a while but have been lucky to have very few chicks with umbilical issues. Is this the yolk sac it looks different to me. I'm willing to do what it takes if this one is savable but don't want to...

I am putting my eggs into lockdown today for my first hatch using a Brinsea Ovation 28 Ex. I love the fully automatic system. has been a chick saver to this point of the hatch. have had many issue with temp and humidity fluctuations in the past with other incubators. i have read the directions...

This is Sanjay hatched on 12-29-2020. a cross between a buff polish rooster and the hen was a naked neck Turken/ Polish mix. Pullet or Cockerel? I was told that the shape of the crest at this age can give hints before saddle and tail feathers develop in a male. would love opinions. right out...

hello, about 9 days ago I had to perform a crop impaction surgery on my naked neck silkie roo. I have been feeding him 4 small meals daily and increased the amount of food slightly at each feeding and reduced him to three feedings. he has been on antibiotic since surgery. despite pulling his...

hello, I have a NN silkie rooster that has a very large water balloon type feeling crop. It is a large handful and hangs low and hangs to the right side more than I have ever noticed. I have been away for several days and not sure how long he has been like this. my husband was kind enough to...

I am somewhat new to Silkies but have had chickens for years. I had a remodel of our coop in progress and had not planned to breed when I put several different colored hens in with my white showgirl silkie rooster. My friend had her house burglarized during this time and her pet chickens were...

Hello, I have raised naked necks for several years and have always had a few Silkies around as pets. I recently added some Silkies from a friend who could no longer keep his birds. They were his babies and part of his breeding program I have read the SOP but when you only have a few birds and...

hello0, I have recently added a mature Polish rooster to my flock. my feeders are the DIY 5 gallon bucket with PVC elbows. it works fine for most of the flock but i have noticed my large combed rooster having issues with it so I put a pan out for him and he is not a messy boy. My new polish...

My granddaughter asked me a question the other day and I am at a loss for an answer. A friend lost a hen to what she believes was egg yolk peritonitis. my granddaughter asked what that was and I explained it to her. A few minutes later she asked what happens to the eggs that the hen has inside...