My 3 month Old LF salmon favorelle is tiny. He is only a little bit larger that a female bantam Cochin of the same age. I also have 2 BC Marans that are at least twice his size. Is it normal for SF cockerel to take much longer to grow and mature then other breeds?
Hi everyone. I have one lonely shipped silkie egg in the incubator. The air cell has an oddly shape (it goes on the side of the egg). Today is day 21 and no external pip yet. Getting worried! Do you guys usually help those little guys? If so, how do you know when is the right time to do it? Any...
My shipped egg has an oddly shaped aircell (It's on the bottom of the egg -like you would expect -but it also runs on the entire side of the egg - from bottom to top). My questions are:
1. What is the best position to place this egg during lockdown? The egg has beed incubated on it's side in a...
They are about 10 weeks old.
First one
Another picture of first one
Second EES (I think she is a girl)
Both EE together
If you are brave would you take a guess on the silkies (they are about 7 weeks old)
This bird is 13 weeks old. Dad is a RIR
and mom a Black Australorp (I am guessing on the mom). Can anyone tell me is he/she a roo or pullet? Any guesses? Thank you
I have been searching the internet on different methods to remove or reduce the size of a rooster's spur. There are so many different ways that I am totally confused on what to do. Should I remove it completely with pliers, cut it down or just file it? What is the prefer way to do it?
I heard that silkies are very difficult to sex and that they take a long time time to mature. Does anyone know how to sex them and at what age? Thanks
This is my day 1 silkie. Any idea/guess?
I bought some silkie eggs on ebay. It was a very poor hatch. 3 out of 12 eggs developed. First one to hatch was a perfect little chick (except that is looks light buff instead of white). Second one to hatch was very deformed. Only has one eye and one of its legs is attached to her belly so she...
I just hatched my first white silkie chick. She/He is so cute. Those were shipped egg and I bought them as white silkies. My question is the baby looks more buff than white. Can anyone tell if this is a white silkie or a buff one?