California - Northern

[Ali707]

Oh, please, email it to yourself and then upload a picture of an EGG if you can! My flock keeps producing these things I can't quite identify...

Maybe they are digging up rocks for you...

 

[PetRock]

Well you made me go google that one. Hadn't heard of it but it must be fairly bad if he doesn't want you outside at all.

I get something similar but it doesn't happen unless I am in direct sunlight without hope of shade anywhere. But my sister gets it now too. I just figured as we age our skin changes and we become less resilient to things such as prolonged sun exposure.

I built my coop in the shade

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It's not fun. Just 10 min in the sun without protection and I break out in a very bad rash. I have been online shopping for UPF shirts, jackets, and hats. They are not very cute and way over priced. But if they help keep me rash free then they are worth the money.

 

[AmyPaperlady]

Congratulations! It seems to take forever.

Especially if all you're using is a handsaw because the circular saw scares you

Soccer practice and such didn't help a whole lot, either, but still...

Still haven't told my hubbie about needing to make a quarantine area...

 

[OR4-hmom]

  I wish that I had the time to groom my girls but alas real life is demanding!  I also recently found out that I have PMLE (polymorphous light eruption) commonly referred to as a sun allergy.  I try not to go outside at all between the hours of 9 AM and 4-5 PM.  My doctor wants me to be wearing UPF clothing even in the house.  It has been a hard life adjustment because I love being outdoors!     

That sounds very hard to try and adjust to. If the suns up I'm pretty much outside. My DD's orp bantam was covered with pin feathers when she got him. He would fall asleep while she worked on them. He still nods off occasionally.

 

[chrissyr]

I wish that I had the time to groom my girls but alas real life is demanding! I also recently found out that I have PMLE (polymorphous light eruption) commonly referred to as a sun allergy. I try not to go outside at all between the hours of 9 AM and 4-5 PM. My doctor wants me to be wearing UPF clothing even in the house. It has been a hard life adjustment because I love being outdoors!

So sorry to hear about your allergy PetRock

You will be in my prayers for sure! It's hard when you love being outside.

 

[alibra]

I really love silkies but... I feel bad for them.... I feel like they can't really see lol. I had a friend with silkies in their layer flock and the silkies were always gotten by the predators.

 

[Kikwi]

It's not fun.  Just 10 min in the sun without protection and I break out in a very bad rash.  I have been online shopping for UPF shirts, jackets, and hats.  They are not very cute and way over priced.  But if they help keep me rash free then they are worth the money.

Maybe you can find just the cloth and make some of your own styles?

 

[Kikwi]

omg OATMEAL!! (I can't help laughing at this pic)

 

[Hangtown Farms]

So sorry to hear about your allergy PetRock

You will be in my prayers for sure! It's hard when you love being outside.

x2

 

[tommysgirl]

If you want those silkied feathers, yes.

Silkied feathers are recessive and need two copies of the gene to show. All your crosses will have regular feathers until you cross them back again. Then about half of the chicks will have silkied feathers. You might loose other Silkie characteristics too - like the 5 toes and the black skin in the second generation. You should keep the crests if your CL were crested. Beards will be there for the first generation, but skimpier, unless your Silkies were beardless. Blue ears, black eyes - they may go away - I am not sure if they are dominant or recessive.

I do have a theory I have heard about you can help me test - Somebody somewhere said crossing a Silkie to a white/yellow skinned bird without pigment would result in the offspring getting the black skin on the opposite sex. So, when yours hatch - the boys will all have dark/black legs and the girls will all have yellow legs. Let me know if this is accurate in what you hatch - its only a theory until proven...

I don't think the CL autosexing will work on the cross - because the feather genetics from the mothers will mess with that. The Creel pattern may mess up the dark legs so they look spotty. They may also not show the lighter feathers - I don't know - because I don't know what causes the auto-sexing in the CL. Its an interesting cross - so let me know how they turn out, please?

Muy uncle finally got a couple of friends for his silkie roo. He picked up two D'Uccle pullets. So their eggs will hatch smooth but their daghter's will hatch silky if bred back to dad? I was kind of thinking about what their crosses would be like