Overoberyl aren't they? I don't think I would ever have anything else except my Broke Beak, a Mille Fleur D'Uccle, that is a pampered little girl. Silkies are so sweet and kind and the Roos are even nice. My Cockerel is just a big hunk of love. They are just fluffy cotton balls floating around the yard.
HAHAHA She probably won't notice. Can't wait to see your photos. Congrats.
So sad. Sorry girl. I was looking at the silkie shells and they are so thick and strong I wondered myself how do they do it. I did notice that their beaks look squared off from chipping away. Again I'm sorry for your loss.
Stacy ~ I have a wonderful broody hen and so I took my chance at ordering some eggs from Catdance and stuck them under her. She is a natural and will be the best momma. My silkies from another person are 5 months old now and one is a cockerel. I love the look of my smooth broody hen and would like for her to mate with my black cockerel silkie. We will see. Right now I am enjoying these babies.so darn cute!
Can't until the day my hens start doing their own thing, nothing better. Oh don't get me wrong, love to watch them hatch in incubator but IMO nothign better than to see a hen with babies following behind etc.
Very Handsome Daddy!!!this would be the green egger i was waiting on..it was a project with my brother copper merran rooster and my wheaten americaunas hen,im waiting on one more of theirs and my bantams here r pics.
dad
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now the one baby
its all black with half white tiped wings.. cant wait
Thank you Featherspings!
Very cool Stacy. I guess mine ended up costing me $5 each which is $.95 cheaper than the run of the mill chicks at the feed store. Can't wait to see your pics.I beleive my last has hatched - still one with a little hope another three I put in lockdown but didn't see any movement for about a week before, but you never know!
My count now is:
9 Australrops
4 bantam cochins
So, it looks like out of 32 SHIPPED eggs I had 13 make it and another 4 that were pretty well developed but something happened. So, I am going to call it a 53% success rate for viability & 48% hatch success. Granted the breakdown is: 9 of 12 (75%) blk. Australorps & 4 of 20 (20%) bantam cochins.
Which assuming all 13 make it it averages out that I pd. @ $5.70ea. I can live with that and very pleased with: 1st ever purchase of eggs and 1st ever shipped eggs.
Hahaha - sorry I am somewhat anal about these kinds of thing and it helps me justify, if only to myself, what I pd. for the 32 eggs.
Promise pics later tonight after last two get moved to brooder.
