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[TarheelBirdy]

Here are my day-old Swedish chicks! One more has hatched and is still in the incubator. More to hatch, I hope.

 

[mayberrygirl]

Oh, they are so cute!! Are they sex linked? Or just different color patterns? What color eggs do they lay? Till this thread I had never heard of them.

I am looking into starting a line of showgirl silkies, any advice or tips? I found online how to breed them and in what order so that by 3 rd or 4th generation you have pretty chickens.

 

[TarheelBirdy]

Oh, they are so cute!! Are they sex linked? Or just different color patterns? What color eggs do they lay? Till this thread I had never heard of them.
I am looking into starting a line of showgirl silkies, any advice or tips? I found online how to breed them and in what order so that by 3 rd or 4th generation you have pretty chickens.

Check out the "Swedish Flower Hen" thread under Breeds. They are really interesting.

 

[M3Farms]

OOHH!! I have some of that laying around what a perfect use for it! Thank you so much for giving us an easy solution to fix a potential problem!! Now I can open the door and let momma get some "sun".

How about zip ties to secure it? I don't think I could live without them!

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

Oh, they are so cute!! Are they sex linked? Or just different color patterns? What color eggs do they lay? Till this thread I had never heard of them.
I am looking into starting a line of showgirl silkies, any advice or tips? I found online how to breed them and in what order so that by 3 rd or 4th generation you have pretty chickens.

it can take longer than that to get really nice showgirls. The best out there are generation 8+ ....Best to buy showgirl eggs or chicks you buy showgirls and you can breed them back with silkies and have both naked neck and regular silkies.

 

[mayberrygirl]

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it can take longer than that to get really nice showgirls. The best out there are generation 8+ ....Best to buy showgirl eggs or chicks you buy showgirls and you can breed them back with silkies and have both naked neck and regular silkies.

But you know half the fun is doing it yourself I am in it for the long haul.

 

[mayberrygirl]

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Check out the "Swedish Flower Hen" thread under Breeds. They are really interesting.

Wow, googled them, I had no clue they were so expensive :/ I may never get any.

 

[TheRookie]

Just thought Id post some updated pics of my babies

The last time I saw my babies

Abbi- one of my now 6 week old Silkie girls


They all pushed the door open and decided to eat out of the feed scoop lol


My crooked toe pullet Cadbury

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

My lovely four-day-weekend is over.

It's been nice, and peaceful, and productive...and chicken-filled. Tomorrow it's back to the grindstone! Actually, I really love my job, so it's not reluctance to go back to work. It's reluctance to quit working on chicken projects!

 

[ramirezframing]

well dh is happy his homemade bator out of wood has eggs developing in it

for someone not into "MY" chickens.

so what happened with lukes bird at the swap Hollow?