Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

[HallFamilyFarm]

How do you that ship live birds attach the fruit or vegetables to the boxes?

Attach? Whats that? I always just toss the fruit in the corner and let them find it. On January 12 a friend handed me a 5 month old large fowl cockerel to ship. He had never shipped and was a bit leary of doing it. The box had already arrived at my house. We are in Arkansas. I shipped on Monday and it arrived in northeast California on Thursday. We had some brusied leftover Christmas fruit. I added 4 whole red delicious apples and 3 oranges, cut in half. All that was found in the box at delivery was the rooster and 3 very small pieces of an orange. He was thirsty and hungry, but alive.

I still like the idea of tomatoes. Just toss a handful in the box loose. the bird will find them. Also feed the same fruit/vegetable to the bird a few days prior to shipping so they know what it is. Be sad to have a bird die, not knowing it had food. When raised on a commercial mash, not all birds know a worm is tasty! I love adding a sliced apple to a brooder tote and watching as the chicks carefully explore this strange object.

I shipped some week old chicks last year with apples, sliced in half. They arrived in 2 days with no apples, no skins, no seeds and only the stems remaining. I added enough apples for a week. Little Orpington pigs! Then they did not want to eat at their new home for some time. they were stuffed!

I also always give vitamin water to all shipped birds. It helps restore them sooner.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Crest shape does not dictate vaulted versus non-vaulted skull. You cannot tell from looking at an adult (unless many crest feathers are missing or pushed aside) that it does or does not have a vaulted skull.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: X2

Although head trauma potential seems to diminish as birds get older. Probably because the skull grows over the vault in most cases. (Hutt has photos of this)

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Were their sensors in the same location? Best comparison would be to a mercury thermometer that has its markings inscribed on the glass. not a card to which it is stapled.

 

[Frizzle13]

ok i hav a gold sikie roo born last year and am getting 2 hens in my garden an hours drive away on my grannys farm. i use him to breed sex linked gold tops and would like to some pure silkies. so how long would it take him to make them fertile.

 

[moomoodiddy]

Were their sensors in the same location?  Best comparison would be to a mercury thermometer that has its markings inscribed on the glass. not a card to which it is stapled.

 

[moomoodiddy]

Attach? Whats that? I always just toss the fruit in the corner and let them find it. On January 12 a friend handed me a 5 month old large fowl cockerel to ship. He had never shipped and was a bit leary of doing it. The box had already arrived at my house. We are in Arkansas. I shipped on Monday and it arrived in northeast California on Thursday. We had some brusied leftover Christmas fruit. I added 4 whole red delicious apples and 3 oranges, cut in half. All that was found in the box at delivery was the rooster and 3 very small pieces of an orange. He was thirsty and hungry, but alive. 

I still like the idea of tomatoes. Just toss a handful in the box loose. the bird will find them. Also feed the same fruit/vegetable to the bird a few days prior to shipping so they know what it is. Be sad to have a bird die, not knowing it had food. When raised on a commercial mash, not all birds know a worm is tasty! I love adding a sliced apple to a brooder tote and watching as the chicks carefully explore this strange object. 

I shipped some week old chicks last year with apples, sliced in half. They arrived in 2 days with no apples, no skins, no seeds and only the stems remaining. I added enough apples for a week. Little Orpington pigs! Then they did not want to eat at their new home for some time. they were stuffed!

I also always give vitamin water to all shipped birds. It helps restore them sooner. 

I usually duct tape a cool whip container to the side and add watermelon water and electrolytes mix

 

[Fur N Feathers]

From USPS website


526.3 Live, Day–Old Poultry

526.31 General

The following live, day–old animals are acceptable for mailing when properly packaged: chickens, ducks, emus, geese, guinea fowl, partridges, pheasants (only during April through August), quail, and turkeys. All other types of live, day–old poultry are nonmailable. Day–old poultry vaccinated with Newcastle disease (live virus) also is nonmailable.
526.32 Mailability Requirements

The specific types of day–old poultry named in 526.31 and DMM 601.9.3.2 are mailable subject to the following requirements:

1. Poultry that is not more than 24 hours old and is presented for mailing in the original, unopened hatchery box from the hatchery of origin.​
2. Date and hour of hatching is noted on the box.​
3. Box is properly ventilated, of proper construction and strength to bear safe transport in the mail, and is not stacked more than 10 units high.​
4. Day–old poultry is mailed early enough in the week to avoid receipt at the office of address (in case of missed connections) on a Sunday, a national holiday, or the afternoon before a Sunday or national holiday.​
5. Day–old poultry can be delivered to the addressee within 72 hours of the time of hatching.​
6. If day–old poultry is sent at a Parcel Post rate, special handling postage must also be paid.​
7. If day–old poultry is sent via air transportation (i.e., Express Mail, Priority Mail, or First–Class Mail), all provisions of the airlines must be met. Delivery of the mailpiece is dependent on the availability of air carriers having available equipment to safely deliver the day–old poultry within the specified time limit.​
8. Day–old poultry that is first shipped via a commercial air express or air cargo service and then presented for mailing to a final destination must be in good condition and properly packaged as specified in 526.32a-e.​
9. Boxes of day–old poultry of about identical size, securely fastened together to prevent separation in transit, may be accepted for mailing as a single parcel, provided the total length and girth combined does not exceed Postal Service limits.​

526.4 Adult Fowl

526.41 General

Disease-free adult fowl may be mailed domestically when shipped under applicable law in accordance with DMM 601.1.7. Adult chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl, doves, pigeons, pheasants, partridges, quail, ducks, geese, and swans are mailable when properly packaged. Adult fowl must be packaged without food or water because liquids, moisture, and loose foodstuffs can cause damage to the shipping container, other mail, and Postal Service equipment during transport.

So, how are you guys getting around this? I wouldn't want to ship any of my chicken babies or adults without SOMETHING!!!! How do they get to the water MooMooDiddy? Do you have holes in it and wouldn't it spill? Sorry guys, I just can't figure out how to do this properly, I can see putting in fruit or veggies but it seems like they would bounce and slam around and possible conk the chicks or chickens and hurt them.

 

[ChicksNherps]

??? ONE bump atop heir head.

yeah.... well that's how I look at it

The vaulted skulled ones have the two bumps in the front and one large bump on top, and the normals look to just have one rounded top. I don't know makes sense to me

 

[ChicksNherps]

Crest shape does not dictate vaulted versus non-vaulted skull. You cannot tell from looking at an adult (unless many crest feathers are missing or pushed aside) that it does or does not have a vaulted skull.

oh I always thought the bonnet crested birds were the ones with vaulted skulls?