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[lindalouly]

Me, for one. I just don't think I could handle black chicken meat, although I think the live birds are striking...possibly due to their novelty.

Does black chicken taste a whole lot different than the rest... I know there are cultures out there that love to eat silkie meat.

 

[casportpony]

@campingshaws
 , Poly Vi Sol has only 5 IU per 1ml. The Mercks manual says this:

"Only stabilized fat should be used in feeds. Adequate levels of stabilized vitamin E should be used in conjunction with a commercial antioxidant and at least 0.3 ppm selenium. Signs of exudative diathesis and muscular dystrophy due to vitamin E deficiency can be reversed if treatment is begun early by administering vitamin E through the feed or drinking water. Oral administration of a single dose of vitamin E (300 IU per bird) usually causes remission."

My capsules are 1000 IU, and I think I gave each chick a couple of drops. They were better a little the next day, and 100% normal after a second dose.

-Kathy

Kathy, did you also give selenium? I couldn't find it at Dollar General, but I can go to a pharmacy later.

I did not give selium because too much can be toxic. If I ever decide to give it I will search for the proper dose. Heck, maybe I should add that to my to do list.

-Kathy

 

[kwhites634]

White, Dark, and Black. Never eaten the black before, but if I get extra roosters, I might be eating some.

I can understand eating extra roosters, although I'd think they'd bring good prices due to their rarity

 

[campingshaws]

 
Me, for one. I just don't think I could handle black chicken meat, although I think the live birds are striking...possibly due to their novelty.

Does black chicken taste a whole lot different than the rest... I know there are cultures out there that love to eat silkie meat.

I've been told it's full of antioxidants. I did not look this up for myself to verify.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

They look interesting and pretty. I hope you enjoy them. They would sweat to death hear

Chickens don't have sweat glands. All my chickens are black except the skin and they do great in our heat. I think ACs would do as well with the big combs and wattles.

All black, organs and EVERYTHING is black. I saw where people were callin them the Lamborghini of chicken, because they are extremely expensive and I just happened to get mine for a great deal!

There was someone on the Old Folks Home thread that was raising them.

The epitame of "blackened chichen"... but I would have a hard time eating one. I like my chicken to be white(ish)....

Black skinned birds are a favorite in the Asian community. The Asian/Latin market (seafood city) near me has one of those open top meat freezers that is full of silkies. They look a little like Cornish Game Hens - except black.

Yes I agree I don't know how anyone could even think about eating that and even spending that much money just to eat them

I would think the fact that they are much bigger than silkies would make them a hit.

It's called "different strokes for different folks".

That's for sure.
I peruse the frozen food section at another Asian market in So. St. Lou and I'm amazed at what I find there. The things that look like 8" roaches are what really turn me off.

Good morning.... Incubator update. After all this time, I have found a more suitable place for my incubator... After struggling with the temperatures of 108 and stuff.. I have it fluctuating between 97 and 100 degrees.... Have not focused on the humidity yet... Is 97 degrees to low for the quail eggs?

I hope they weren't at 108 long. I gave up once after a week on 30 eggs that the LG subjected to swings from 92-108. I quit turning and forgot to remove the eggs.
I switched to broody hens putting new eggs under them. I went into the cellar and heard some noise. Checking it out, there were 2 chicks running around the incubator. Wild temp swings and no turning the last 2 weeks and they still hatched on their own.
You just can't kill these birds no matter how hard you try.

 

[lindalouly]

Chickens don't have sweat glands. All my chickens are black except the skin and they do great in our heat. I think ACs would do as well with the big combs and wattles.

There was someone on the Old Folks Home thread that was raising them.

Black skinned birds are a favorite in the Asian community. The Asian/Latin market (seafood city) near me has one of those open top meat freezers that is full of silkies. They look a little like Cornish Game Hens - except black.

I would think the fact that they are much bigger than silkies would make them a hit.

That's for sure.
I peruse the frozen food section at another Asian market in So. St. Lou and I'm amazed at what I find there. The things that look like 8" roaches are what really turn me off.


I hope they weren't at 108 long. I gave up once after a week on 30 eggs that the LG subjected to swings from 92-108. I quit turning and forgot to remove the eggs.
I switched to broody hens putting new eggs under them. I went into the cellar and heard some noise. Checking it out, there were 2 chicks running around the incubator. Wild temp swings and no turning the last 2 weeks and they still hatched on their own.
You just can't kill these birds no matter how hard you try.

ohhh no, I haven't put the eggs in yet.. Im just stabilizing before I do. I didn't cook them up.

 

[BantyChooks]

What ever became of the lady who was doing the recaps? Anyone heard from her lately?

Bubbles abandoned us......again.

I'm sowwy!!! I just don't have time to read through 700 posts at the same time anymore!!

Wry neck chick is looking better and eating on its own, still not quite right I put my preprobiotic vits dry powder in its mouth, I know I didnt calculate how much it was getting but I did it anyways! And with Vit E capsule drips I pinned a hole in the gel capsul and just put his beak to it and he took a drip of it, and I keep helping it to drink, I started that stuff last eve, gave more in the middle of the night and again around 5am this morning, its now cleaning its self, feeding crumbles off the papertowel and I saw it attempt a drink! and is more improved even since this video was taken. We shall see what it does! I dont have selenium and its a mixed chick so I am not running all over to get more meds in this house consider it lucky to get what I already gave it. @casportpony @mlm Mike @lazy gardener

@pjnbill22 Welcome!! Thank you! Hope it helps!!! How exciting!! all sorta things happening in those bators!!! good for you!! Have an update? dust all over my house, wanna come clean for me? CONGRAT!s!! AWESOME and what a colored bunch!!! x2 Only pretty lady I saw today was kiddo and she went to school but I think she is doing good! Good Morning, whites!!!!!!! I posted !!! better thank you sweetie!!! Joey! Good Morning! I am so glad your feeling better and posting and helping out!! Last I heard BUBBLES up and split on us!! Good Morning Mr. Educator Benny Dear!!!

go chicky go!!!!!!! And I'm sowwy!!

DANG!! I just did the hatcher update over 500 posts and it didnt save it!! I need a break!! just once let something go right!! ughhhh I will be back later after I cool down or this laptop is heading out the freaking window!!!!

I know your pain!! Once I spent 3 hours on an article and updates... I locked the screen, had dinner.... I came back... It was ALL GONE!

@Sally Sunshine Should be current to 2/26 at 12 pm HATCHING/INCUBATION granny hatchet 2/10 I put 50 eggs in today and had room for 22 more. LOL I opened all of todays eggs as it was freezing out and didnt see any thing watery. no ice except for the fact I have an egg eater and found a frozen yolk. they will be due March 3rd. ChickenLady2014 aka Lisa jumping on the band wagon. Set 23 eggs in the bator tonight. 6 Icelandic, 6 SFH, 7 EE mixes, 2 Silkie & 2 Chantecler/EE x Ice mixes. Wish me luck, got get practiced up for EHAL. Also have 3 Icelandic on day 18 under my Silkiebator Fire aka Hero always hatching! shoved 8 under a broody Cochin tonite. Be like fisheye surprise as those eggs I put under her were off the free range group. God only knows what combo they'll be. Sally Sunshine Always hatching! cochin legbar marans ducks projects serama olive eggers etc. [COLOR=000000]NestingHillsSC[/COLOR] aka Tony always hatching! Casportspony aka Kathy aka Kat always hatching TJChickens aka TJ Alays hatching PHAGE always hatching! DHetzle always hatching Canadachickens aka cc 13 Auraucana went into lockdown day 17. mrleeroy My update is a successful (3-day) hatch. Locked down 7 eggs and got 7 chickies! The other 32 are due 3/3. Also I candled the eggs from set 2 yesterday (day 14) and didn't pull any of 32. J&TRanch 1/12/16 12 self blue Cochin bantams (shipped) day 3 (going to candle today to see how many are viable).... And 18 eggs arriving in the mail tomorrow @J&Tranch My shipped self blue bantam Cochins are doing good. I had to throw out a stinker and a seeper

So out of those 10 remaining, 7 are developing nicely

They're on day 7. I ended up receiving 16 shipped from GA, they looked good considering the single digit temps- only 3 saddles and none cracked. They're on day 3 today, will candle Wednesday maybe. Saris aka Lacie Day 14 update. I removed 8 eggs, I have 8 going strong from Chicken hill poultry and 17 going strong from Papa Brooder. So 25/33 shipped eggs going good. TJ Only one of the Guinea eggs was fertile and it's developing in the mind reader bator (what am I going to do with one Guinea?!) along with 2 Serama eggs from my silkied Seramas and Tobin's one porcelain d'Uccle egg.In the R-com are 13 shipped Serama eggs from two sources. LocalYokel aka Yokel 13 Dominicker 5 Leghorn, may be White or Brown, mostly Whites in that coop.(Not the cheery oldish dude Whites) Hope the Doms and Leghorns are fertile. 7 RIR 2 out of 3 eggs under broody bator are alive/developing, 1 RIR 1 Leghorn, tossed the other. 4 out of 5 Leghorn in bator showing veins! I have 5 White Leghorns in the bator right now Due the 25th Venymae possibly fried her eggs at 113 degrees!! OH MY gotro17 aka Shellee I can't sleep and just candled my eggs... What can I say? I'm at day 16.9999. About 1/4 of the eggs' AC haven't budged since Monday. Temps are a steady 100 and humidity has been finally stabilized at 38%. All babies are still kickin'! This is an important hatch- I am basically a surrogate for new best Crazy Chicken Lady friend, [@=https://www.backyardchickens.com/u/39565/Jessimom]@Jessimom[/@], and her Remaining Buff Brahma eggs. She has had such a disaster with her "DeathBator"! When I set these, I don't think either of us planned on her hatches she had going (that filled her bators) would turn out so sad. I really want these 6 to make it, along with our 12 silkies left! She needs chicks!!! Hawk12 aka Kristie none of my last batch made I. I'm trying to pretend it never happened. I had the temp set too low and humidity too high. It was rough

My current batch should hatch this Saturday. I have 9 that are still kicking. They are brahmas again. Trying to get a big enough breeding stock. Right now I don't have a rooster and there will be no breeding without one I'm halfway into day 21 and no pips. There is movement by some of the eggs when I shine a light on them though. I've done everything right this time around so I'm a little concerned why I haven't any pips?? deserteggs227 eggs in lockdown all 7 still kicking 2/17 It's the morning of day 21 here,2/21 and all 4 of my Barnaul eggs are pipping. And my huge double yolker's air sack looks kinda funky. Is that normal? Peachickie aka Nicole New bator is holding steady temps 9 of 11 for this weekends hatch. No hatching by me next weekend but my lil broody silkie is due the 28th or so. Hens have been kicking into high gear this last week. I set 100 eggs 2/20, gotta test out the capacity on the new bator Auroradream26 aka Jess 30 turkey eggs in lockdown now. ambe0487 2/1 I put the eggs in lockdown this morning because I will be busy getting ready for the snow storm that is suppose to hit over night here, day 18 actually starts at 3 p.m. 29 eggs, which comprise of 6 Isa brown/Legbar mix, 9 EE/ Bresse mix, and 14 Buff Orp. [@=https://www.backyardchickens.com/u/365605/ambe0487]@ambe0487[/@] Update? Fire Ant Farm aka Kristin slordaz barnyard mix, now RIR is matured too we are gonna play guess whose the daddy game as both roosters were on all of the hens, patiently trying to get spring here faster so can build the new coopsat 23 eggs at 2 am this morning 2/3 Lockdown is Wed Feb 10th (before bed) 6 are questionable 1 clear 19 looking good [@=https://www.backyardchickens.com/u/343950/slordaz]@slordaz[/@] How did everything turn out? got an update? [COLOR=000000]S5apiotrowski[/COLOR] aka Anastasia aka AC 13/18 BCM Hatched. 1 non-pipper, 1 early quitter, 3 died after pipping (humidity too high, eggs rolled by other chicks, I think the drowned) 2/3 Welsummers Hatched. One still alive/working on it, has plenty of air, but breathing looks difficult. Don't think it will make it. 1/2 Easter Eggers hatched. 1 was a clear. 1/5 mixed breeds hatched. 3 clear. 1 died in shell - mal-positioned and pip didn't break through internal membrane. Chicken Hawk33 aka CH aka Seth setting a goose egg 2/16 we have a goose embryo.day four and we have a.heart.2/20 [COLOR=333333]Jessimom aka Kathy [/COLOR][COLOR=333333] 9 Buff Brahma and 4 silkie eggs went in to lock down on 2/24. 5 of the BB had draw downs and movement, 4 had movement, but no draw down. The silkies are only day 16, but I am only using the 1 'bator. I got 16 silkie/frilkie/sizzle and 6 Cream Leg Bars from Papa Brooder. I got them a few days earlier than I hoped, I'm going to set them as soon as my current lock down eggs hatch or DIS.[/COLOR] HeatherMarieR 13 chicks have hatched out so far. 11 of them are Bantam Cochins, and 2 are OEGB. country lovin aka Ty 2 marans and 4 Olive eggers are going into the the bator-in-the-box for lockdown! 4 marans and 2 Olive eggers are on day 10. 2/25 campinghaws aka campin aka Sharon 20 eggs in the bator and 6 under a broody. Tao Chick 7 Brabanter, 5 Pavlovskaya, and three from my pullets due2/26. 2/21 Candled eggs today day 16. 10/11 of the shipped eggs look great. One questionable. My two BCM eggs are still too dark to figure out. Locked down. Temp stable but therms are wrong. Hygrometers are reading 60 and 70%.Can't wait for Friday. They lost 15% of weight. I didn't mark air cells. One looked too big. One looked too small. The rest were good. I have 12 eggs in lockdown. One was clear. One was early loss. One was late loss. I have 12 in lockdown day 20 today. I heard peeping when I refilled the bottom wells of the bator. I'm trying not to stare. Two chicks escaped their shells easily. One gold one white pavlovskaya. caeti21 12 conturnix quail placed 2/21 24 rir eggs 2/21 Thank you again,Jack [@=https://www.backyardchickens.com/u/362374/LocalYokel]@LocalYokel[/@] 6 pth SLW (they are the slow developing ones )still alive and growing they were placed 1/30v 3 pth bantam mixes(1/30 for 1 ) 2/10 for two 2 pth ameracauna eggs(2/5)(2/6) Last night i was able to move a few of my 1/30 eggs into lockdown when i candled them they looked fully developed and were moving , so fingers crossed and i was able to move my normal lockdown ones in as well so here they are 2 pth americaunavvv5 pth slw 3 pth jwlpoultry aka Justin Had to toss 7/39 Barred Rock eggs 4 blood rings and 3 cracks due to cold weather so am down to 32 due to hatch 2/28 6/6 Rhodebars and 1 barnyard mix developing great due to hatch 2/28. 2 goose eggs develpoing due to hatch March 6th 19 Idaho Bluback pheadants set 2/18 due to hatch March 11th.I sat 33 quail eggs at 10am due to hatch March the 8th. Out of the 7 eggs that made it to lock down all 4 Rhodebars hatched (2 female/2 male) and 3 barnyard mix that havent pipped yet will give them a few days. also set 13 more Rhodebars amd I think 7 other eggs today for a 3/12 hatch. [COLOR=000000]butterfliesdoku[/COLOR] aka Vanessa have 46 eggs in the incubator right now, they are barnyard mixes and Easter Eggers with a due date of February 24th. Ok so day 16 and I have 30 eggs showing veins out of 46 originally set due to hatch the 24th. Two of those aren't showing movement but because they still have very clear noticeable veins I'm going to say they are good to go sarah25bear aka Sarah So last night I started 41 eggs in my incubator this is my first time doing this so hopefully things go well they are just farm chicks my hens are Rhode Island Red and barred rocks and my rooster is a partridge Cochin ... So here goes!!! [@=https://www.backyardchickens.com/u/333024/sarah25bear]@sarah25bear[/@] I forgot to put a set and hatch date for you! can you update this for me please? when do you candle? Set date : February 10 am , 41 eggs Candled day 7 : 12 fertile / 41 eggs Hatch date : March 1 CyndiD I have10 WH duck eggs being shipped to me next week. Is there a site I can read that will help me prepare the eggs for incubating? I have not received my SWH eggs yet!! tomorrow or the next day??? I will be setting SWH duck eggs and Pekin duck eggs.... AND Australorp over LH, WCBP and NH chicken eggs. My SWH duck eggs should be here tomorrow and I will have to set them 1 week early for HAL, oops, ordered them 1 week too early... [COLOR=000000]TrilliumAcres [/COLOR] Thanks to your answers a few day ago and all the very valuable info that Sally Sunshine has put together I have 5 babies in the incubator with 2 eggs to go. First pip yesterday morning and first chick at around 6 pm last night. I woke up to 3 more chicks this morning and one more just hatched a few minutes ago. This is my first chick hatch ever and I am so excited! So THANK YOU ALL! Your wisdom is greatly appreciated! [@=https://www.backyardchickens.com/u/398805/TrilliumAcres]@TrilliumAcres[/@] how did hatch go? [COLOR=000000]Meaghan[/COLOR] Just put two duck eggs in the incubator this morning 2/15. First time experimental hatch! I set literally 10 or so breeds/mixed breeds. I got eggs from friends and my girls. There are 50 eggs total. Math I incubate with the LG 9200.I set backyard mixed chicken eggs on Monday, February 15th for friends of ours. I set an incubator full. I think it was 68. Our friends need to replace brown egg layers. [COLOR=000000]bauerdog[/COLOR] aka Joanne The bator is all cleaned out and waiting for the next batch. For shipped eggs, should I ask for them to be shipped on Monday the 29th for setting on Saturday the 5th? It takes 2 to 3 days for the eggs to get to my place....just worried if I ask for wednesday, they may be held up by the good ole USPS DON956 Just set 48 eggs at 12pm central time. 2/19 12 RIR 12 Delaware 12 Plymouth Barred Rock 12 Golden Sex Link Due on the 11th of March, anyone else set eggs today? Chicknlvn . so it's my first time incubating. Today is day 7 so this morning I candled all my eggs (36 total), marked air cells and pulled blood ring/cracked eggs. Now for some reason I can't get my humidty to stabilize.... it's up to 38 and I can't get it to come down and stay down. billiejw89 2/25 7 babies Hatched kissofcrimson 2/23 Sadly the black Silkie didn't make it that I tried to help but the paint is doing fine. I hatched out 2 white silkies and a splash Ameraucana. My first ever hatch is doing great so far. 30 more eggs to go lol [COLOR=000000]Akrnaf2 aka Benny[/COLOR] Sal. Count me in! Theis is my second setting! 4 Rumples Aracauna 5 BPR 3 PPR This time I am hopping for an higer percentage, of sucsseful hatches! Chaos18 Nothing currently in the bator but I have 16 Dom eggs shipping out on the 29th and will be picking up 16-24 (Silver Pencil Rock and Partridge Rock) eggs on the 4th. Roada Red I have 14 of my flocks eggs in the incubator today is day 8 and they are starting to form and they are mixed with my EE rooster and americauna hen that is also mixed with barred rock salmon faverole and silver penciled rock NaJoBeLe aka Nathan As far as status goes I plan to let my shipped eggs sit and recandle tonight. Will prbly try to set them this weekend. Need to clean out the bator and do some tweaking but should have a chance to get it ready by sat/sun. Plan at this point is to set the 12 Partridge Rock eggs I had shipped and do a staggered hatch with my Partridge Rock mixes for the HAL. First time with a staggered hatch so we will see how it goes. Should work out ok since I have the loose air cells I plan to use a egg carton and will use the auto turner for my eggs. Update on the shipped eggs with loose air cells..all but 3 seem to have reattached. Still plan to do the styro cartons with bottoms cut out for incubation. pjnbill22 We put. 9 midget white turkey eggs down this evening and hubby just went in to check the temp/humidity before going to bed. Everything looks great, but he heard a tapping sound. There are eighteen chicks in the room, but they were all sleeping. There are also 30+ assorted chicken eggs due to hatch tomorrow or Saturday in another incubator- I guess we have an EE who wants to get the worm, because one egg has a good sized pip hole in it and it keeps rocking back and forth! We're going to bed excited as if we were going to be grandparents again! I can hardly wait for morning Mirajane I won my EBay auction last night for my Ayam Cemani Eggs! I'm awaiting their arrival!

Looks like yall dont need me no more! Great job Chaos, I can retire in peace now. -Banti

 

[kwhites634]

Does black chicken taste a whole lot different than the rest... I know there are cultures out there that love to eat silkie meat.

Having no desire to eat black chicken meat, I couldn't say. There also cultures that raise totally featherless chickens; just something I wouldn't enjoy seeing roaming around in my yard.

 

[kwhites634]

The H3LL you can! Get your hind parts back here!!!

 

[Chaos18]

No you can't we always need you Bubbles.