Silkie thread!

[ultasol]

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Come to our show this weekend in Safford, AZ (south eastern Arizona) Google maps says it's about a 4 hour drive. Email for more information--some info is on the club website.

Just an FYI Colie- I also live in an area far from a major metropolis. I'm 4 hours from Seattle, 4 hours from Portland. I've gone to shows anywhere from 3.25 hours drive (Stevenson, WA) to 12 hours drive (Montana). I've been to shows in between those drive times (Idaho). You'll learn- go tot he show in AZ. Even if it's too late to enter you will have a blast.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Come to our show this weekend in Safford, AZ (south eastern Arizona) Google maps says it's about a 4 hour drive. Email for more information--some info is on the club website.

Just an FYI Colie- I also live in an area far from a major metropolis. I'm 4 hours from Seattle, 4 hours from Portland. I've gone to shows anywhere from 3.25 hours drive (Stevenson, WA) to 12 hours drive (Montana). I've been to shows in between those drive times (Idaho). You'll learn- go tot he show in AZ. Even if it's too late to enter you will have a blast.

If you come, be sure to look me up and introduce yourself. All the show staff know me...I'm the Show Chairman, lol. BTW, need to go on Saturday, as Sunday is nothing but cooping out.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Did you mean a single comb, or a walnut comb with points/spikes? I read it as the latter, but...

Yes, it is with the points/spikes. He is 11 weeks old but you can definitely see the spikes in his comb.

Then don't worry about them too much. Many, if not most silkies have them...better to not, but it isn't that huge a deal. Just select away from them in offspring. FWIW, at one time the standard required them

 

[NewToFarming]

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Yes, it is with the points/spikes. He is 11 weeks old but you can definitely see the spikes in his comb.

Then don't worry about them too much. Many, if not most silkies have them...better to not, but it isn't that huge a deal. Just select away from them in offspring. FWIW, at one time the standard required them

That is interesting that it was a standard at one time. Thanks!!! I didn't know that.

 

[Colie <3]

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Come to our show this weekend in Safford, AZ (south eastern Arizona) Google maps says it's about a 4 hour drive. Email for more information--some info is on the club website.

Emailing you now

I can do a 4 hour drive easy peasy

 

[CarolinaChickenKeeper]

QUESTION: On average, how many eggs will a silkie hen lay before she finally sits??

 

[Teresaann24]

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Just depends on the hen really, I have had some lay up to 6 eggs and some up to 12 eggs before sitting the longest of mine was about 25-30 eggs and she became broody and the lowest was a hen who laid about 4 eggs and became broody.

 

[MyKidLuvsGreenEgz]

Okay... so I've only lose those two silkies. No more today, thank goodness. The remaining 9 look healthy, well, to my untrained eye! In total, we lost 5 bantam eggers and 2 blue silkies.

This weekend we hope to move to a bigger grow-out area, and band for identification and tracking purposes. Hopefully, the dying is over and I can move on!

As to the colors, I realize the egger strain is very unpredictable, but I was expecting that.

(Sorry it took 2 days to respond: yesterday we were gone all day for eval for my suicidal autistic kid, and today I've had a migraine that blew me away. I desperately need sleep!)

 

[jeb251]

my wife wants some silkies and I have some questions maybe you fine people can help me with, first what is an egger strain, second are silkies bantams and if so do they come in different sizes, I once heard the frase micro silkie and third are the lavenders an accepted variety our is it still a project bird?
thanks

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

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Never heard of an "egger strain". Yes, silkies are bantams and yes, you will see all sizes from very petite to very large. There is nothing recognized in the breed as a "micro silkie", but some do tend to be on the much smaller side. Yes, the lavenders are now an accepted variety...only in the bearded lavenders. Non-bearded are not yet an accepted variety.