Silkie thread!

[diinman]

okay, what is spayed leg? I have silkies coming and read these posts. got me scared! lol I am wondering if i should just give them vitamin E to start with? are you talking shelfing paper that is rubber so they have more grip when walking? sry for all the questions

 

[diinman]

congratulations! pretty silkie

 

[LeonieJane]

Really?? I'm wondering if I can run some of my newer chicks with my cockerel, too. And here's a thought-- tell me what you think. I'm about to hatch out more chicks this weekend. Instead of getting my brooder set up, do you suppose I can throw those chicks in with my broody who is raising my 10 day old chick right now? Would I chance that? She seems VERY motherly and freaks out when I pull her baby out to pet it. That baby, BTW, is zooming around the pen and driving her nuts. She tries to sit and and cluck at it to come to her. hehe! Anyway, I want to give it a shot and see if she'll take newly hatched chicks, that would be a big help instead of throwing them in a brooder by themselves. I don't know, I can do the brooder thing, too.


OH! I didn't even realize you are in Australia! I was thinking someone here in the States and since I'm hunting down breeders, I have been curious who everyone likes. Hey, that is fabulous that you have made your own incubator! You should post a picture of it! There was someone on here that used a styrofoam cooler and put lights in it and she's been hatching like crazy in it! Good luck with your eggs!

Yes I have made mine very similar. A polystyrene box, 2 lights, thermometer x 2 one which displays humidity % and a thermostat.
I have just candled and I have 8 which look like are developing well

 

[beauty2thebirds]

Be very careful putting babies with a hen that is raising babies of her own. Ive had only bad experience trying this. In fact just recently I had 2 hens running with chicks and 1 of the chicks ran up to the other mom, and she killed it when it got close to her group of babies.
The only time I have ever been successful doing this was when the babies were right out of the shell and I put them in with a mommy who had just, and was still hatching her own brood.

Just some friendly advice. It's probably a 50/50 odds.

 

[LeonieJane]

okay, what is spayed leg? I have silkies coming and read these posts. got me scared! lol I am wondering if i should just give them vitamin E to start with? are you talking shelfing paper that is rubber so they have more grip when walking? sry for all the questions

Hi diinman,

I have become friends with the lady who own this blog and she provides some wonderful information. Here is some info on Splayed Leg also known as spraddle leg and with instruction on how to correct it

http://eggcartonlabels.blogspot.com.au/search/label/splayed leg

 

[BantamBabesFarm]

Blue was the color advised before. Now the baby is about a week old.

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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I do not have any experience with this so I would definitely set up the brooder and probably even start the babies in there. Maybe in a day or two try them with broody mama and see but be very quick to pull them out if she doesn't react well. Even if she tolerates them without being aggressive, you need to make sure she is willing to keep them warm.

 

[stoopid]

Maybe see if you could throw the eggs under her just before they hatch.
Also a shot, take the baby away when you do that, so she's not too overwhelmed.
It really depends on her nature, some will take anything, others.....
Silkies are very prone to brain injuries if they have the vaulted skull.
One well placed peck, and it could be dead.
Good luck!

 

[SilverSilkie]

Silkie genetics are not different than the genetics of other chickens

Indeed, but all races and surely Silkies have also there own peculiarities

 

[dvrkennels]

Thanks...I was thinking partridge myself,but wasnt sure.I love them so much!They look like little fuzzy cottonballs.