Silkie thread!

[lichick28]

Well, A big cheer for Catdance!

I had a 100% hatch rate! 18 out of 18! The last one hatched...day 22 this morning! Amazing babies! Hard to get anything done when there is cuteness overload in the brooder!

I have one baby that looks like maybe spraddle leg? She came out of the bator that way, so not from a smooth surface. One leg sticks out the side. I have never dealt with that before, but have looked at and will implement the bandaid method. If anyone has further advice I would LOVE it!

Sports tap works better than band aids. No fear of breaking a leg trying to get that thing off & no feather lose. Make it same spread distance as you would a band aid. Good luck with the babies.

 

[peepblessed]

Well, A big cheer for Catdance!

I had a 100% hatch rate! 18 out of 18! The last one hatched...day 22 this morning! Amazing babies! Hard to get anything done when there is cuteness overload in the brooder!

I have one baby that looks like maybe spraddle leg? She came out of the bator that way, so not from a smooth surface. One leg sticks out the side. I have never dealt with that before, but have looked at and will implement the bandaid method. If anyone has further advice I would LOVE it!

Amazing hatch!!

 

[gcorso33]

Well, A big cheer for Catdance!

I had a 100% hatch rate! 18 out of 18! The last one hatched...day 22 this morning! Amazing babies! Hard to get anything done when there is cuteness overload in the brooder!

I have one baby that looks like maybe spraddle leg? She came out of the bator that way, so not from a smooth surface. One leg sticks out the side. I have never dealt with that before, but have looked at and will implement the bandaid method. If anyone has further advice I would LOVE it!

Awesome! You're not that far from me I'm up in Paso Robles. I have hatched two orders of catdance eggs also had a great hatch rate though not as good as yours. You will not be disappointed they're amazing especially her lav and porcelain pens. What colors did you hatch?

 

[showgirl96]

This is the perfect thread for me!! I just got some chicks. And I think they are adorable!
I show cattle, lambs, and turkeys. So I thought HEY! might as well show silkies! But I don't know where? I live in Texas and our BIGEST livestock show is the Houston rodeo. Do y'all know if silkies show at HLSR? I'd love to show my baby's!

 

[fishermans wife]

Awesome! You're not that far from me I'm up in Paso Robles. I have hatched two orders of catdance eggs also had a great hatch rate though not as good as yours. You will not be disappointed they're amazing especially her lav and porcelain pens. What colors did you hatch?

I hatched 4 white, 3 Blue splash, 3 lavender (one of those is the one with the leg issue), 1 Paint, 2 Porcelain, 1 Buff, 2 partridge, 2 black. They are absolutely stunning!

I am trying to figure out how to tell if the leg issue is tendon, or splay leg? When I stretch the leg I do feel a bit of a snap, making me think it is tendon. Ahhhh, So much to learn...very fast!

 

[kmatt87]

Does anyone have a pic of a 7 wk old blue roo they could post? I have suspicions about my 2 blues but I can't post pics from my nook and my laptopis out for repair

 

[kmatt87]

Does anyone have a pic of a 7 wk old blue roo they could post? I have suspicions about my 2 blues but I can't post pics from my nook and my laptopis out for repair

 

[peepblessed]

Does anyone have a pic of a 7 wk old blue roo they could post? I have suspicions about my 2 blues but I can't post pics from my nook and my laptopis out for repair

One day short of seven weeks.

 

[countrygirl74]

Does anyone have a pic of a 7 wk old blue roo they could post? I have suspicions about my 2 blues but I can't post pics from my nook and my laptopis out for repair

I couldn't find a good one at 7 weeks, but here's my blue roo at almost 11 weeks... just a point and shoot camera on this shot so not the clearest. First one out in the snow and did a quick halt.



And here he is at about 15 weeks





And a close up of my white pullet and red roo so you can see the difference in their head feathering and faces...





Here are their baby pics too...

Roo


Hen


Roo

 

[PaintedFeathers]

Nori has another egg coming

please let her lay it easily! It feels small and it's still far in there but I could feel it. No mess please! She's still eating fine and putting up a stink for her meds. I have been giving her only a tiny bit of food and less than 10 hours of light so I hope it stays a small one and won't put a strain on her ovaduct and vent...