San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

[perchie.girl]

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Not an expert here but I believe they cant be SilkEEs till they themselves lay blue green eggs.... and after that how many generations to breed true....? I know about horses and dogs and cats.... just not chickens yet.

 

[luvanimals2]

I was just kidding. I have had Barnyard mixes before and that is what these will be. I had a Silkie roo a long time ago that was the babies father to quite a few chicks.

Some looked downright odd.

Nancy

perchie.girl :

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Not an expert here but I believe they cant be SilkEEs till they themselves lay blue green eggs.... and after that how many generations to breed true....? I know about horses and dogs and cats.... just not chickens yet.​

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

perchie.girl :

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Hahahahahahhaaa

SilkEE... I think you may have a new breed here Al.....!!!!

Oh and guess what... there are THREE identical SilkEE's now.

LOL... Im a deb not a Al...

I know Deb, I was giving you credit for the name by quoting you, but these are Al's eggs I am hatching so was referring that to him.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

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No pics yet. Soon.

I have never hatched silkies so I can only assume that's what these look like. That's what they look like to me.

I have a BUNCH of cleaning and chicken moving around to do, but after I put them in the brooder I'll get some pics.

There are only three so far Al, still waiting on the other eggs to hatch.



Nancy- Glad all your quail are laying that's AWESOME!!!! No eggs from mine yet... watch I have all the boys and you have all the girls!!!

 

[luvanimals2]

Cari, What ALL are you talking about?

Only 1 Texas A&M and this is the only one I could not tell since they cannot be sexed by looking at the chest feathers. I was not only surprised since I thought it was a he but she laid 2 days in a row. I thought they were like chickens and take a little break especially when they start.

I hope you have a female or 2. Or I will really be a roo hatcher.

Well, most of this current hatch is Texas A&M's. I pm'd you last night but your box was full and I was too lazy to re-do it. I stand to be corrected. I said Manchurian and they are NOT. The ones hatching are Texas A&M like my lone one here.

NEGATIVE! The rest are crowing.

Nancy

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No pics yet. Soon.

I have never hatched silkies so I can only assume that's what these look like. That's what they look like to me.

I have a BUNCH of cleaning and chicken moving around to do, but after I put them in the brooder I'll get some pics.

There are only three so far Al, still waiting on the other eggs to hatch.



Nancy- Glad all your quail are laying that's AWESOME!!!! No eggs from mine yet... watch I have all the boys and you have all the girls!!!

 

[perchie.girl]

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LOL... Im a deb not a Al...

I know Deb, I was giving you credit for the name by quoting you, but these are Al's eggs I am hatching so was reffering that to him.

oh.... VBG

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Ok Al, now we have FOUR black SilkEE's... and one of those cream eggs finally hatched... what are they bantam or pullet eggs? Anywho, guess what popped out of it... a black Silkie.

 

[luvanimals2]

OMG! That black silkie got a hold of some little blue pills.

Nancy
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[WhiteMountainsRanch]

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Yeah he was BUSY... or had REALLY powerful *cough* sperm... you know to out swim the other roosters'...

 

[LALASD4]

Those cream eggs are the real silkie eggs, from red hens! Please tell me I have a red silkie next or a regular EE.

I hope they are not all black, I was looking for a few of each color.

I know I would get some black ones beacause I do have 2 black silkie roosters.

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