Silkie thread!

[TheIvoryKitty]

Hahaha!!

Right? I love it. Crazy little meanie. Lol.

 

[SilverSilkie]

This chick is a really neat color! It reminds me of Jessy's "Sherbert"!

Indeed, the Splash Partridges duocolors are my favorites because I like more the contrast in coloration which are too subtile with the lavender-dilution on Silkies-feathers.

 

[littlecritters]

As one currently dealing with two rescued severely shrink-wrapped lavender Ameraucana chicks, I'm going to avoid the hovabator in future and just stick with the Brinsea. I also have the humidity pump with mine. It does a spectacular job of holding humidity. My only complaint with the Brinsea is the lack of headroom for the chicks but a lack of headroom is MUCH better than the shrinked up mess I dealt with earlier this week. :/ (The R-Com 20 Pro is comparable to the Brinsea WITH all the extras, I believe. Doesn't the R-Com also control humidity? So price wise, they are about on par. I am a BIG fan of precisely controlled humidity .... )

The R-Com 20 Pro controls humidity, temp and turning automatically within one self contained unit. It also allows for manual settings. Price is around $675. I haven't found any posts with comments on the headroom. I'm trying to get up to speed quickly and learn as much as possible about hatching. I have read the section here on BYC about incubation/hatching. Are there any other resources you all would suggest? And...is it necessary for us to have a second incubator for the hatching?

 

[Sanna]

Welp, thought I'd share an angry silkie, because I've sure never seen her this way before!!! (She's broody and I locked her out of the hen house - Mwahahahahaha!

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Showing us that if you remove a broody hen from her nest box, you are no longer friends. 0.0

Yes, this is a familiar sight for me. Not being locked from their nest box but going after their chicks. lol

 

[peepblessed]

Here are pictures of my porcelain chicks that are now 10 weeks. The top one I know is a male because of comb development. I suspect the other is a female. Very convenient for me!

 

[farmgirljd09]

just have to show off my white silkie baby, Angel.... I will put up a pic of Sassy too- she is my black silkie who may be turning more blue, we will see.... TY sis, she is so precious!

 

[peepblessed]

just have to show off my white silkie baby, Angel.... I will put up a pic of Sassy too- she is my black silkie who may be turning more blue, we will see.... TY sis, she is so precious!

Precious and beautiful!!

 

[SadieSue]

Welp, thought I'd share an angry silkie, because I've sure never seen her this way before!!! (She's broody and I locked her out of the hen house - Mwahahahahaha!

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Showing us that if you remove a broody hen from her nest box, you are no longer friends. 0.0

Whoa! There is going to be a showdown - scary sight!

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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Woo! That IS steep for the R-Com. I think the full Brinsea package with all the whistles and bells is around $500 and can likely be had for less than that with coupons and such. The R-Com is a bit bigger than the Brinsea, I think, so headroom might not be such an issue. You can absolutely do it all in 1 incubator. I started with a Hovabator before I got the Brinsea and figured it was easy to get high humidity in that thing, just not so easy to get low but not too low humidity so I figured it would be fine for hatching.

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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