Giant Silkie Project.

[MysteryChicken]

Good news, he's breeding the Silkie hens, the eggs are fertile. Will be collecting, & hatching soon. It's been 2.4 weeks since I had the group together. Checking again in 4 days to confirm.

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

Awesome

 

[MysteryChicken]

Check out the size of this Large Fowl Silkie chick?

Same size as a Large Fowl Orpington chick.

 

[MysteryChicken]

The chick was so large it pipped the wrong end of it's eggshell, just like most of my Malay chicks did.

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

Awesome!

 

[MysteryChicken]

Awesome!

This chick is going to a new home, but I'll be hatching the F2 Giant Silkie crosses soon. Just gotta clean out the incubator, & double check fertility of the eggs from the Silkie Hens, with my F1 cross rooster.

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

Your birds look great.

Cool... We ordered 3 Saipan, next I need to replace the Silkies... I may do hatching eggs like before for some breeds.

We are working on getting Project Godzilla back up and running. I think we are going to go for Fuzzy and Tall as the end goal. After keeping the Cornish X I can safely say no to including them in the project. I didn’t like the fact they died of genetic issues. So nope. I think a better choice breed wise for Height and health for us maybe Jersey Giants, Brahmans are still a must as well. If I can get my hands on one Belt Hatchery Jungle Fowl they are monsters size wise too, saw them a good 5 years ago... they are definitely the big Shamo/Saipan type Versus the RJF light birds.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

If I can get my hands on one Belt Hatchery Jungle Fowl they are monsters size wise too, saw them a good 5 years ago... they are definitely the big Shamo/Saipan type Versus the RJF light birds.

I don't think they breed them anymore. I just checked and they weren't on any lists on the website

 

[MysteryChicken]

Your birds look great.

Cool... We ordered 3 Saipan, next I need to replace the Silkies... I may do hatching eggs like before for some breeds.

We are working on getting Project Godzilla back up and running. I think we are going to go for Fuzzy and Tall as the end goal. After keeping the Cornish X I can safely say no to including them in the project. I didn’t like the fact they died of genetic issues. So nope. I think a better choice breed wise for Height and health for us maybe Jersey Giants, Brahmans are still a must as well. If I can get my hands on one Belt Hatchery Jungle Fowl they are monsters size wise too, saw them a good 5 years ago... they are definitely the big Shamo/Saipan type Versus the RJF light birds.

Thanks, I hope you have luck.

I need find someone else to take the chicks, something came up, & they can't pick them up.

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

Too bad we weren’t closer...lol