Silkie thread!

[gavinandallison]

First silkie hatch of the year starts tonight, have 40 eggs going in to incubate

 

[heirloomorps]

Wow, look at all those colors!

I think we ended up hatching White, Blue, Splash, Paint, Buff and Grey or Partridge. At this point I am leaning towards Grey. The colors are the best part! And the fuzziness of course.

 

[mairead]

just got 2 young silkies at the north east poultry congress today in mass. They are unsexed i will have to post pictures later of them and maybe someone can help me out with the sex. It wouldn't matter if they are roosters though they are going to be loved the same!

 

[RockerHen]

My Macho had quite a close call today. They were out freeranging, and a LF EE hen wandered up near them. Of course, Macho ran after her, all three pounds of him, to mate her, but she didn't take too kindly to that and turned around and thrashed him. She must have hit his head, because after the first hit, he collapsed to the ground instantly and didn't get up or move. I thought for an awful moment he was dead, just like my silkie/polish. I picked him up, and he was still breathing and blinking, but acting very dazed, not wanting to stand, and shaking. I put him in the dogloo to get his bearings, and he sat in there with his head down in the shavings for about an hour before slowly standing up and rejoining the flock. Now he's out and about, his usual self, popping his wings, crowing, chest thrust out. I'm thinking he maybe got a concussion. I hope it's not anything serious like a hematoma. I hope this teaches him to choose his women more wisely

Shortly after his accident

 

[sheeshshe]

After a week and a half of eggs every other day, we finally have one that is WHOLE!!!! and the shell isn't thin and soft, YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My son said he found it in back on the waterer?? that sits on a piece of wood that is over the nest box. WHO KNOWS! I wish I knew if it was my hen or my pullet

Now to figure out if it is fertile or not Now, if they're fertile, do you save them until you have one go broody? I heard they save for a while being refrigerated.

 

[heirloomorps]

After a week and a half of eggs every other day, we finally have one that is WHOLE!!!! and the shell isn't thin and soft, YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My son said he found it in back on the waterer?? that sits on a piece of wood that is over the nest box. WHO KNOWS! I wish I knew if it was my hen or my pullet

Now to figure out if it is fertile or not Now, if they're fertile, do you save them until you have one go broody? I heard they save for a while being refrigerated.

I love getting first eggs from pullets!

I just save my eggs for a week and pop them in the incubator. We have a buff hen who LOVES to go broody though - with her you just leave an egg there for 1-2 days and she sits on it.

 

[sheeshshe]

I love getting first eggs from pullets!

I just save my eggs for a week and pop them in the incubator. We have a buff hen who LOVES to go broody though - with her you just leave an egg there for 1-2 days and she sits on it.

I'd do that, however the egg would freeze out there hehehehhee. If nobody sits on it, frozen by morning

Do you think it is from my pullet? it is the normal size, if it were a pullet egg how small would it be? I've never seen a pullet egg from a silkie before. perhaps this is from my hen .... ya thinK?

 

[heirloomorps]

I'd do that, however the egg would freeze out there hehehehhee.  If nobody sits on it, frozen by morning  

Do you think it is from my pullet?  it is the normal size, if it were a pullet egg how small would it be?  I've never seen a pullet egg from a silkie before.  perhaps this is from my hen .... ya thinK?

Same here, which is why all of our eggs are getting incubated.

Our pullet first eggs have ranged from a pea sized egg to a normal first egg. It depends on the bird.

 

[moomoodiddy]

First silkie hatch of the year starts tonight, have 40 eggs going in to incubate

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[drumstick diva]

Poor Macho, he is such a beautiful boy. Some hens are downright bullies.