Silkie thread!

[TurtlePowerTrav]

what a great brooder - I agree tho, they are probably feeling cold

All re-purposed materials, including screws. I have a chunk of chicken wire on two 2x4's I can roll up for when I have chicks that can fly.

 

[ChicksNherps]

That was right after I got the lamp back on. They are moving around fine now. The basement is about 64 degrees. It is about 83 under the lamp. I had it a little higher when they were in the small brooder upstairs and upstairs is kept at 66. They did not like the move. But are moving to get water and food, a couple took shaving baths. But thank you for the concerns

I'm pretty sure chicks that young are supposed to be kept at 90?

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

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They are almost 3 weeks old, should be around 85 at this point if I am not mistaken.

 

[aoxa]

I'm pretty sure chicks that young are supposed to be kept at 90?

Only one spot should be around 90. The rest of the area should be room temperature, or colder.

They are almost 3 weeks old, should be around 85 at this point if I am not mistaken.

Just right

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

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This is my 3rd go round with chicks in a brooder, just went and checked on them and they are running all over and playing.

 

[ChicksNherps]

They are almost 3 weeks old, should be around 85 at this point if I am not mistaken.

oh okay, I thought they were younger than that

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

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We have only had them for a week, but they were almost 2 weeks old when I got them. It's all good

 

[debs_flock]

I found what was to me the strangest thing in my silkie/SG pen. I was just wondering if anyone has had this. This egg is absolutely green cast. It has to be from the silkies.

The eggs are sitting on top of a white index card and they are L to R, a white egg from my campine, typical silkie egg, the green silkie egg, typical silkie egg and a brown egg from my egg flock. The egg at the top is a bobwhite quail. The egg was fresh (based on the weight of the egg). It was somewhat embedded in the muck (it's been raining like heck here) by the feeder. It was filthy, so I had no plans to try and hatch it. So I washed off the mud. My DH has convinced me to put it in the incubator (he wants to hatch EVERYTHING). It probably won't hatch because of the washing, but has anyone had a greenish egg from their silkies?

My runs are 6 ft wide. There is no run to their right, serama to the left, juvies to the left (polish, silkies, Iowa Blue), and then the closest blue/green egg layer in the next pen to the left, but they haven't started yet. If the egg came from them, it would have traveled at least 12 feet and passed through 3 chicken wire dividers. The egg couldn't have come from any other set of coops, there is an 8 inch kickboard all the way around each bank of runs to keep in the sand.

If I read this post from anyone else, I'd assume they were mistaken or making it up. All my birds came from well known breeders and don't look like anything other than silkies.

Anyway, anyone ever seen an egg this color from their birds?

Deb

 

[aoxa]

I found what was to me the strangest thing in my silkie/SG pen. I was just wondering if anyone has had this. This egg is absolutely green cast. It has to be from the silkies.

The eggs are sitting on top of a white index card and they are L to R, a white egg from my campine, typical silkie egg, the green silkie egg, typical silkie egg and a brown egg from my egg flock. The egg at the top is a bobwhite quail. The egg was fresh (based on the weight of the egg). It was somewhat embedded in the muck (it's been raining like heck here) by the feeder. It was filthy, so I had no plans to try and hatch it. So I washed off the mud. My DH has convinced me to put it in the incubator (he wants to hatch EVERYTHING). It probably won't hatch because of the washing, but has anyone had a greenish egg from their silkies?

My runs are 6 ft wide. There is no run to their right, serama to the left, juvies to the left (polish, silkies, Iowa Blue), and then the closest blue/green egg layer in the next pen to the left, but they haven't started yet. If the egg came from them, it would have traveled at least 12 feet and passed through 3 chicken wire dividers. The egg couldn't have come from any other set of coops, there is an 8 inch kickboard all the way around each bank of runs to keep in the sand.

If I read this post from anyone else, I'd assume they were mistaken or making it up. All my birds came from well known breeders and don't look like anything other than silkies.

Anyway, anyone ever seen an egg this color from their birds?

Deb

That looks like a dug egg to me!

 

[Sanna]

And just a cute face to share

Now that's a funny looking chicken.

I love it!

They are all beautiful

Thank you