A few months ago I went thru a nightmare trying to hatch my late roo's last fertile eggs that my hen had laid and the cheap incubator cut out halfway thru and the ending was just absolutely heartbreaking... I ended up going and getting a super cute Paint Silkie roo and I love LOVE him. I have pretty much given up trying to find him a girlfriend of similar breeding (no paint hens I guess) so I am planning on going and picking up a GQF Incubator (they have a factory just down the road which I had no idea was even there) and then I was thinking of ordering about 8 Paint and Assorted Silkie eggs off ebay. Has anyone had good luck doing this? Any particular buyer I should be on the look out for? (either because they have great chicks or sell cross bred as pure) Should Paint only be bred to Paint (I heard not to breed to splash) but what about buffs or lemon or other odd colors? Can they be crossed? Should they not be crossed? I just want a few at a time and if I produce any chicks later, I want them to be too cute to ever end up on a plate... (that part is most important) So I would only want a few chicks per year at the most if I do raise any (provided I actually get a girlfriend for George....)
