Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

[FourteenChicks]

Awesome! I think I'm going to get into showing soon as Freckles won a prize at the local show and I will put her in next year!

 

[FourteenChicks]

Another question...what does it mean for a chook to have a calcified egg in her stomach?

 

[CheshieChick]

Good morning silkie folks!
I just wanted to drop a line to reintroduce myself. It's been over three years since I was last active on here, I used to go by cheshiechick13 (totally forgot my old password as well as the password to the email that account was linked to LOL). I had a beautiful flock of lavs and they were all massacred by a large dog early one morning. It was a mess of a situation. they were cooped and the dog got his big head in there and popped the door. Ironically I ended up marrying said dog owner (dog was immediately re-homed after that mess). Love my husband... not a fan of his former dog. I have been on a three year hiatus from chickens, I was so discouraged after that. I had spent so much time and money on those birds, I just gave it up after that. I guess I needed some time from that awful situation.
Well I'm back. I have 14 silkie eggs in the bator due to hatch on Monday (crossing fingers). If all goes well I'll have some Lav splits, buff lav splits, buffs, porcelains and even paints

Anywho I thought i would poke my head out of hiding and say hi!

~Steph

 

[PaintedFeathers]

Another question...what does it mean for a chook to have a calcified egg in her stomach?

She layed internally and it became a calcified tumor.

Good morning silkie folks!
I just wanted to drop a line to reintroduce myself. It's been over three years since I was last active on here, I used to go by cheshiechick13 (totally forgot my old password as well as the password to the email that account was linked to LOL). I had a beautiful flock of lavs and they were all massacred by a large dog early one morning. It was a mess of a situation. they were cooped and the dog got his big head in there and popped the door. Ironically I ended up marrying said dog owner (dog was immediately re-homed after that mess). Love my husband... not a fan of his former dog. I have been on a three year hiatus from chickens, I was so discouraged after that. I had spent so much time and money on those birds, I just gave it up after that. I guess I needed some time from that awful situation.
Well I'm back. I have 14 silkie eggs in the bator due to hatch on Monday (crossing fingers). If all goes well I'll have some Lav splits, buff lav splits, buffs, porcelains and even paints

Anywho I thought i would poke my head out of hiding and say hi!

~Steph

Welcome back =)

 

[CheshieChick]

First to hatch today!
A sweet little porcelain chick
happy dance!!!!

 

[Ramblin Rooster]

Very informative thread. I am curious if anyone knows much about cuckoo silkie breeding?

 

[Ramblin Rooster]

Happy you got back into it. Its hard to live without chicken keeping after you've done it before!

 

[Ramblin Rooster]

Best of luck to you

 

[bhj123]

What is a wheaten sport? Is it just a splash wheaten?

 

[nicalandia]

What is a wheaten sport? Is it just a splash wheaten?

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