Silkie thread!

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Once a hen starts laying consistently (not the tiny pullet eggs that often have no yolk), the eggs can be fertile if a virile cock or cockerel has bred her. Age is not the determining factor, individual maturity is. The one year mark determines when a pullet becomes a hen, but that has no bearing on fertility.

 

[Tanichca]

Hey everyone! How is life? Im utterly exhausted today....

 

[muddyhorse]

I think this is the cutest thing I have ever hatched

 

[emvickrey]

Your not alone Tanichca. My coop was all wet and so was the nesting shelf and the birds also roost up there so it was a mess. Since it's going to be very cold, freezing tonight I had to clean it all out and put fresh clean back. I had to drive the nearly 20 miles to the nearest coop and they where closed so I couldn't get any hay or straw. I wanted hay so Billy could have some goodies to munch on too. I had to go to TSC and got 2 bags of wood shavings. It works fine but Billy was looking for goodies in it. He found a few sticks to knaw on. BTW, Billy is a goat. I know, creative with the name.

Anyway, everyone is all clean and dry and I know i'll feel it later.

 

[emvickrey]

My blue silkie laid her first egg today and it was smaller than the quail eggs.

I said to her, "It took you so long to do that?"

 

[jen5680]

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Oh she is a doll baby!!! I had to do a second look bc I have one that I took a pic of that could
be it's twin and I was like when did I post that! HA!! I saw all those eggs in the background
and was like that's not my picture! LOL!!

 

[Nekhebet]

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same. college is going to kill me one of these days..

 

[chickenboy21]

Chicks keep coming...

 

[ThePolishPrincess]

I'll post some pics. I posted a thread showing them but it died. Haven't contributed much to this thread in a while...so enjoy!

Demonica:

Crixus:

Ophelia:

Andddddd....I posted a while back (I think it was this thread) about my blue with a mystery gender. Everyone was right in guessing...it's a girl!

Old pics of bird:

Now!

Blue (no name yet...Dolly is starting to stick) and Ophie:

Sadly, Blue's wing issue never sorted out (looks like her primaries fold over her secondaries *cry*) and she has alot of red smut in her chest and neck...oh well...she'll be a nice pet...

 

[silkieluver_07]

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Just look at the difference a couple months can make in them filling out! Gorgeous birds!