Silkie thread!

[Bat Cave Silkies]

My husband does the same thing!! he carries them around the house in the pockets of his housecoat, then takes them out to lay on his chest when he sits down~~ he just

a baby Silkie

 

[Tanichca]

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i WAAAAAAANT them all..... (especially the buffs

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they all look pretty good. no problems that i see....

 

[Gerbil]

Thanks Tanichca!

The buffs are lovely, minus the fact that there are three roos out of the 5.

We're just waiting to see who's gonna stay.

The buffs are about 6-7 months old and the assorted are about 5 months.

 

[aubreynoramarie]

Do any of you lovely silkie folks know anything about showgirls? I'm thinking I want to try my hand at hatching eggs for my upcoming birthday..

How do they do in the cold?
Do hacheries sell eggs? If so, what are some physical differences between hatchery stock and breeder stock hens?
Does anyone know of any breeders who sell eggs year round and won't make me wait a ton of months?
Thnx...

 

[rilly10]

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Here is a link to my showgirl thread! We LOVE sgs and talking about them! LOL! https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=416003&p=1

Mine do great in the cold, no problems in the snow or anything. I don't know of any hatcheries that have showgirls but like any breed hatchery stock will not be as nice quality wise as breeder stock. They will have more faults like number of toes, maybe a single comb, light skin, and typically won't be as fluffy.

As for breeders have you checked the auction here? Frenchtoast has been listing some in white and partridge recently. Fowlrus is great and lists here and on ebay a lot. I have gotten eggs from Fowlrus and have been pleased. Good luck with the showgirls! I LOVE mine!

 

[aubreynoramarie]

Wow thanks a ton! I'm really hoping to ind an assorted color egg batch so as they grow up I can decide which two colors I like best

 

[muddyhorse]

do you think that cold weather makes silkies fluffier ??? I know other animals grow a thicker coat in cold weather. or do birds have a pre set amount of feathers ?

 

[roocrazy]

amy... i was hjust wondering how your hatches were going

thanks,
ROO

 

[Gerbil]

Nevermind.

 

[destiny_56085]

Hey Roo....Been very slow this year due to the weather. This last week and the -20 weather isn't helping matters at all. Nothing is hardly laying. All the eggs are froze and cracked open despite picking twice a day. In the growout pens, I have only 12 that are keepers for now and 14 over in the PQ sale pen. I usually put well over 100 in my keeper pen before I sell any of the better chicks. I'm going to be taking any of the culls along to Hutch on the 13th if I don't sell them privately before that. Still have 4 of the month old faverolles left here too and not a single other one of them has hatched either. If you want chicks anytime soon, you might want to try that lady in Forest Lake that I referred you to.

Good news here! Got my package in the mail from the Board of Animal Health today. Got little laminated business cards with the hatchery permit on and 8x10 certificates with the NPIP & Hatchery info. Last year it was almost May before any of that was sent out. As I figured, they are really cracking down on the import/export requirements over state lines this year.