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[NotAFarm]

My silkie hatched!

... and it has 11 toes.

Is this common with silkies?

 

[debs_flock]

My silkie hatched!

... and it has 11 toes.

Yay, you have a spare......toe.........

Congratulations on the chick, very cute.

I'm hoping to see some in a couple of days, I have six silkie & three showgirl eggs due to hatch the day before the turkeys.

My serama eggs go into lockdown (as soon as the hatcher comes up to temp). This is my second attempt at hatching serama (I was told their eggs don't ship well). Anyway, my first attempt was 11 eggs, six to lockdown.............nothing even pipped. This time I set 17 eggs (one broke in shipping) and I have 9 going into lockdown

At least I have a backup plan this time. I was given a group of serama after a local chicken meet, they just started to lay again and I have two eggs saved up so far.

Deb

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Is this common with silkies?

Well 10 is common. Not sure about 11. I had a chick that I bought last year that had 9 toes... it was delicious.

 

[dsqard]

Well 10 is common. Not sure about 11. I had a chick that I bought last year that had 9 toes... it was delicious.

I hear Silkie is a delicacy. Just sayin

(BTW that is a joke)

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I hear Silkie is a delicacy. Just sayin

(BTW that is a joke)

I did love the "rooster crowing" picture someone had a few years back with a silkie stew.

 

[dsqard]

Told my daughter that they have black bones. She was surprised.
Sold ten more chicks today. I don't have to sell any more!

I did sell them the two I wanted to keep because I liked their color but I could always hatch more.

 

[ChooksChick]

Well, the roof blew off of one of my coops yesterday afternoon, and in the process of replacing the 5' x9' thing, I managed to mash my left toes. They're a lovely shade of grey today, and I imagine they'll become more colorful over time. Fortunately, I have an incredibly poor perception of pain, so it doesn't hurt all that much. There are no crunching noises or sensations as I walk, so I'm guessing it's fine. It was a huge roof made of OSB, which is incredibly heavy. I ought to have been wearing more than sandals when attempting it, but I don't have extra shoes at the farm (it's not my house) and didn't expect to find that task awaiting me.

It was sooooooo windy here. I guess there were a couple of tornados in the general area, but none particularly near us. We didn't even get a decent amount of rain, and we NEED it!

I'm looking over the chicks and guess I'll list a few on CL. Have some mixed banty boys that look like miniature versions of other breeds that I'm not sure what to do with...wouldn't even make a snack!

I'll be moving some of my flocks around to different runs and coops tonight as I've changed up some of the projects. I'd also like to make a couple of breeding coops with little runs for some pairs I want to focus on.

Want, want, want!!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

 

[Arielle]

Well, the roof blew off of one of my coops yesterday afternoon, and in the process of replacing the 5' x9' thing, I managed to mash my left toes. They're a lovely shade of grey today, and I imagine they'll become more colorful over time. Fortunately, I have an incredibly poor perception of pain, so it doesn't hurt all that much. There are no crunching noises or sensations as I walk, so I'm guessing it's fine. It was a huge roof made of OSB, which is incredibly heavy. I ought to have been wearing more than sandals when attempting it, but I don't have extra shoes at the farm (it's not my house) and didn't expect to find that task awaiting me.

It was sooooooo windy here. I guess there were a couple of tornados in the general area, but none particularly near us. We didn't even get a decent amount of rain, and we NEED it!

I'm looking over the chicks and guess I'll list a few on CL. Have some mixed banty boys that look like miniature versions of other breeds that I'm not sure what to do with...wouldn't even make a snack!

I'll be moving some of my flocks around to different runs and coops tonight as I've changed up some of the projects. I'd also like to make a couple of breeding coops with little runs for some pairs I want to focus on.

Want, want, want!!

Renee, since your ability to feel pain is poor, I would very strongly suggest that you get those toes x-rayed. Pain is the primary test, but since that is not an effective test in your situation, please have them checked out. You don't need to hear crunching to have broken toes. Been there, done that. Broken toes need support to heal; and healing is a very long process since they are used for walking. I would rather break my arm again ( healed in 3 weeks) than break a toe again. So please . . .

 

[ChooksChick]

Renee, since your ability to feel pain is poor, I would very strongly suggest that you get those toes x-rayed. Pain is the primary test, but since that is not an effective test in your situation, please have them checked out. You don't need to hear crunching to have broken toes. Been there, done that. Broken toes need support to heal; and healing is a very long process since they are used for walking. I would rather break my arm again ( healed in 3 weeks) than break a toe again. So please . . .

Thanks- you make perfect sense, and it's exactly what I would insist upon to a loved one...but I'm just lazy about potentially broken bones because I don't break easily. It's really not swollen at all, either, so I'm going to make convenient assumptions for a few days

I have a Silkie with a solid 6 toes on each foot, with a real separation on the little extra toes. It's exactly that creepy, still.