Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

[Bush Chickens]

soooo...can you get LF silkies in US??

i like big chickens

 

[TNBarnQueen]

soooo...can you get LF silkies in US??

i like big chickens

I am pretty sure not...I have not heard of anyone and from what I understand they do have them in Europe.

 

[PaintedFeathers]

Okay so I have been keeping track of the incubator's temperature and humidity levels and writing them down twice a day. At 9am temps are between 99.2 and 99.8 and at 6pm they are around 100.1 and 100.8(occasionally has gone up to 101 but only a time or two between readings), and humidity has been between 35% and 25%, i'm trying to up it a little but it's not easy. I put water in one of the troughs at the bottom and came home to water all over the floor(and it ruined my antique end table

). I put a sponge in there instead, but I can't put a bowl because there isn't enough room with the egg turner. I will have to pick up more sponges.

so on that note, which way do you candle eggs? i'm afraid to turn them on their side like i've seen people do so I just held them upright and pointed the flashlight through the side and spun around it. Is it okay for it to be on it's side to candle? arg so impatient! I want to know if there are any little toulouselings in there!

side note: okay with the sponge the humidity has upped to 38%

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

Okay so I have been keeping track of the incubator's temperature and humidity levels and writing them down twice a day. At 9am temps are between 99.2 and 99.8 and at 6pm they are around 100.1 and 100.8(occasionally has gone up to 101 but only a time or two between readings), and humidity has been between 35% and 25%, i'm trying to up it a little but it's not easy. I put water in one of the troughs at the bottom and came home to water all over the floor(and it ruined my antique end table

). I put a sponge in there instead, but I can't put a bowl because there isn't enough room with the egg turner. I will have to pick up more sponges.

so on that note, which way do you candle eggs? i'm afraid to turn them on their side like i've seen people do so I just held them upright and pointed the flashlight through the side and spun around it. Is it okay for it to be on it's side to candle? arg so impatient! I want to know if there are any little toulouselings in there!

side note: okay with the sponge the humidity has upped to 38%

Eggs are perfectly fine on their sides, think of how they are under a broody. Just don't shake or spin too quickly. I candle with flashlight under the side of the egg so I can slowly rotate it on the light. Have had no issue with doing this on to separate hatches.

 

[PaintedFeathers]

Eggs are perfectly fine on their sides, think of how they are under a broody. Just don't shake or spin too quickly. I candle with flashlight under the side of the egg so I can slowly rotate it on the light. Have had no issue with doing this on to separate hatches.

cool. Do the levels look okay?

 

[Sanna]

hehe yeah she's a funny one.

So I candled the eggs, I know it's a bit soon

I am bad at waiting.. Saw a bit of darkness in two eggs, but nothing much. they all look good, not too pourous. So I guess i'll check again when it's more visible

Keep us posted!

How many eggs did you set?

 

[PaintedFeathers]

Keep us posted!

How many eggs did you set?

just 3, that's all she layed. I would add another but she is refusing to lay

no eggs stuck that I can feel so she's just being stubborn I guess.

 

[Sanna]

just 3, that's all she layed. I would add another but she is refusing to lay

no eggs stuck that I can feel so she's just being stubborn I guess.

Maybe she's taking a break.

 

[PaintedFeathers]

okay um... just candled the eggs. I noticed that I have two of them sitting with the aircell on the bottom

is this bad? can I flip them over still? They are ones that both sides look identical so I never even checked to see which one had the aircell. One is sitting right and may possibly have development but still too soon.

 

[yardbird432]

What are the top qualities of the silkies? Are they good meat, eggs?