Silkie thread!

[BuckNBark Farm]

Crapola! I read that chickens were fertile as soon as they could lay eggs and crow. Then I read that they are not fertile 'till 10 months. SO I have all of my youngsters in one pen/house right now. WELL, my 5 month old LF Phoenix cockerel just mated with my 6 month old Silkie!

Pam

Also- the Phoenix doesn't crow. Hope he's doing the deed without being fertile. And the female let him without a fight. She's one of the egg layers.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: You have to look and see if the axial feather is present or not. Sometimes it is just growing in, and they do take longer to grow in. I would be more concerned with how he folds his wings. Primaries should fold UNDER the wing, and it kind of looks like they are on the outside instead.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: First, a specific age is not in indicator of when they are fertile; it can give you a general idea of when to expect it, but in an individual bird there can be great variance. Laying eggs tells you a girl is fertile. Doing the deed tells you the boy is. Crowing may or may not precede fertility. If you have more than one male, sometimes males who are lower in the hierarchy do not crow.

 

[BuckNBark Farm]

First, a specific age is not in indicator of when they are fertile; it can give you a general idea of when to expect it, but in an individual bird there can be great variance. Laying eggs tells you a girl is fertile. Doing the deed tells you the boy is. Crowing may or may not precede fertility. If you have more than one male, sometimes males who are lower in the hierarchy do not crow.

Thanks. Hate to do it- but Mom's going to eat some fertile eggs. It would be interesting to see how they turn out- but I don't have the coop space. Live and learn

 

[Sanna]

Did not know online courses could have such good results! Congratulations!!! ...of course half the job is done by your beautiful model...

It is going to be a hard job for you to choose the photos...

I found the Perfect Picture School of Photography by accident and then decided to sign up for one of the classes.
http://www.ppsop.com/

There are tons of classes for a variety of things.
And yes. Even the best photographer can't take a good picture if their model doesn't do their job. lol I've been doing photography as a hobby for years. I did work at a portrait studio for a year and some of those kids.....my god!

They can make your job sooooo difficult. I like animals much better!

 

[peepblessed]

One of our little buff's (Apricot) went broody 2 nights ago. She is sitting on two of her eggs and 1 LF jumbo egg. I am new to broody hens so wanting to know how many eggs i should let her set on? The jumbo egg takes the place of 2 of her eggs. Oh ya and its getting late in the year. When they hatch the temp should be between 20-35 degrees. Should i take them away from her or let nature take its coarse? Or do i take all but 1 from her? I have 21 days or right about that to find out. Looking for some help from you professional breeders.

I wouldn't give her more than 4 eggs so she has plenty of room to keep them warm.

It's the lighting. And I think I changed the contrast too a little bit to make the pictures a tad bit more damatic. lol She's(?) really not that bright orange. This picture here is untouched and shows her natural color much better...other than the fact that this picture is not as good, the colors are dul. But no orange there. What do you think?







Thank you everyone!

Much more girly here.

Crapola! I read that chickens were fertile as soon as they could lay eggs and crow. Then I read that they are not fertile 'till 10 months. SO I have all of my youngsters in one pen/house right now. WELL, my 5 month old LF Phoenix cockerel just mated with my 6 month old Silkie!

Pam

Mine are fertile as soon as they lay and mate.

Thanks. Hate to do it- but Mom's going to eat some fertile eggs. It would be interesting to see how they turn out- but I don't have the coop space. Live and learn

Fertile eggs taste no different than non-fertile ones.

 

[silkiefive]

I found the Perfect Picture School of Photography by accident and then decided to sign up for one of the classes.
http://www.ppsop.com/

There are tons of classes for a variety of things.
And yes. Even the best photographer can't take a good picture if their model doesn't do their job. lol I've been doing photography as a hobby for years. I did work at a portrait studio for a year and some of those kids.....my god!

They can make your job sooooo difficult. I like animals much better!

LOL I know what you mean

, kids are lovely, but sometimes it s even easier to photograph my schnauzer than my 2 little boys...thanks for the info, i ll give it a try...photography is also one of my hobbies

 

[LaPetiteFarmer]

You have to look and see if the axial feather is present or not. Sometimes it is just growing in, and they do take longer to grow in. I would be more concerned with how he folds his wings. Primaries should fold UNDER the wing, and it kind of looks like they are on the outside instead.

I checked his axial and it the feather is much shorter but it seems that it is growing out. I do not like on how he folds his wings. If it's not spilt why does he folds them in such way? Could this be fixed?

 

[BuckNBark Farm]

Crapola! I read that chickens were fertile as soon as they could lay eggs and crow. Then I read that they are not fertile 'till 10 months. SO I have all of my youngsters in one pen/house right now. WELL, my 5 month old LF Phoenix cockerel just mated with my 6 month old Silkie!

Pam

Ok- Phoenix just let out his first crow! Up until today, he's been chased around by a Showgirl-

 

[ChicksNherps]

Ok- Phoenix just let out his first crow! Up until today, he's been chased around by a Showgirl-

yeah I just got a 5 month old polish cockerel and the woman said he has been mating with one of her silkie hens

She said he was a "stud muffin" haha my girls seem to like him, but they aren't laying yet. He just started crowing 2 days ago. I'm hoping he keeps it hush hush at least because I rent

He stays locked in the coop for the morning.