Silkie thread!

[mama2my4]

dwegg, beautiful birds there!!

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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Elliot, my avatar, came home in my lunch cooler in egg form from Crossroads in Indiana last October. Was chatting in the isles with Silkie folks. Ran into a woman that was asking about importing birds/eggs into Canada. She didn't actually think anything would be fertile at the show. We were walking and chatting. She handed off eggs from the cages as she inspected her birds prior to judging which I pocketed. I wandered around the show all day with 3 Silkie eggs in my pockets. Threw them in the incubator when I got home a couple of days later and Elliot hatched exactly 21 days after that. I actually had to join the American Bantam Silkie Club to find out who gave me the eggs since I didn't bother to ask at the show!!! (And, happily, I DID find out about Elliot's origins ...

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If you have an avian vet that you work with and are NPIP, selling to Canada will be a breeze! There is paperwork - mention "VS form 17-6" to your vet and find out how much they will charge you for it. (Same form is needed if you want to show in Canada which will happen a bit this fall because one of the big APA shows IS in Canada this fall! Same form is needed by Americans to show their birds in Canada.) The completed form has to be sent off by your vet to a state office that will stamp the form and return it to you. You should then forward that original stamped form to your buyer. They need to have that original form in hand with the birds/eggs to get them across the border. Ship the birds/eggs to a border town address and it's done.

 

[peepblessed]

oh and Peep-- tell me the brand name on your therm and hygro! Enquiring minds want to know! ha!

Here's the hygrometer. I would definitely test it and send it back if it's not close to right. I would think they would pay for shipping. I love mine!
http://www.eggcartons.com/FHP-HYGRO.html?search=New+Design+Incubator+Hygrometer+productinfo

This is similar to our thermometer with probe and is our thermostat but this one isn't Fahrenheit.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Digital-tem...080?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cc33dc548

This is the thermometer we got. I love the thermometer part! It is also a hygrometer and probably very accurate but uses cloth and water, etc. Very complicated to me.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Incubat...025?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item587e948a69

 

[peepblessed]

WOW!! What a gorgeous flock you have!!! LOVE them!!

Me too!

 

[peepblessed]

Thanks...I have 11 silkies (3-4 month old) and 13 chicks at the moment...I would love to end up with one to show sometime...

Here is my blue girl that i think is developing with some potential





but they are all still quite young...so we'll see....

Wonderful blue girl! Definitely tons of potential!! The splash is gorgeous also! I think your partridge are both blue partridge and extremely lovely!

 

[ChickensXOXO]

Thanks...I have 11 silkies (3-4 month old) and 13 chicks at the moment...I would love to end up with one to show sometime...

Here is my blue girl that i think is developing with some potential


but they are all still quite young...so we'll see....

Your Silkies are GORGEOUS!

 

[chisNchickens]

Awww...Nugget is a doll!

The little Partridge Rock, Tweety is Nugget's little buddy. She follows Nugget everywhere! LOL Nugget won't sleep unless he/she lays her head across Tweety. Silly little bird!

 

[chisNchickens]

WOW gorgeous blue...and a very dark blue.

Thanks...I have 11 silkies (3-4 month old) and 13 chicks at the moment...I would love to end up with one to show sometime...

Here is my blue girl that i think is developing with some potential



but they are all still quite young...so we'll see....

 

[Tikkijane]

Can someone tell me what to expect for wing feathering at 1 week old? Any pics out there? I'll try to post some tomorrow when I get time, but thought I would ask......

all those pics!!

 

[dwegg]

You don't have any partridge silkie roos for sale do you??

sorry Sharks...I don't have a partridge boy at the moment...and thanks everyone for the nice comments...defineatly gives me some hope for a show in the future...next step I will try and get some good pics of wings feathers feet ect....and have you guys critique them more closely....thanks again, this site is wonderful for learning...