Silkie thread!

[TurtlePowerTrav]

The new Silkies are doing good in the brooder with the meat chicks. Found the FF and water ok. Thanks again Chicknlove for the Catdance Silkies.

 

[CookFarms]

I won a chicken show with this hen, what do you guys think about her?

 

[SilkieRose]

Hi Norcal friends Been crazy around here... A silkie chick with wry neck passed, my EE is better from her URI, but not laying yet. I got some Coturnix quail that are slowly laying & I'm just managing the different ages & cages I found an egg my leghorn laid today streaked with blood. Should I be concerned?? Also I'm looking for more quail to buy, but can't seem to find any locally. Anybody know of anybody with quail for sale?

 

[Tikkijane]

Soooooo.............. the guy I got these from says they are silver.






??????????? What do I have?

 

[sheeshshe]

Hi guys, my pullet laid her first egg! Is it right that I can't incubate it?

andlook at my roosters and the chicks, aww. the hen is in the middle of it there.

Here is how thin the pullet who just laid an egg looks. I am going to try worming them I guess. Can you hatch eggs when they're on a wormer?





see how the keel bone protrudes?? ugh. I dont' understand what is going on. can it be anything besides worms? she acts normally.

 

[Mumsy]

Hi guys, my pullet laid her first egg! Is it right that I can't incubate it?


Here is how thin the pullet who just laid an egg looks. I am going to try worming them I guess. Can you hatch eggs when they're on a worme

see how the keel bone protrudes?? ugh. I dont' understand what is going on. can it be anything besides worms? she acts normally.

I've hatched pullet eggs before. The chicks are usually smaller than normal. If you want normal sized chicks, wait a while.

I wouldn't worry about hatching eggs from a bird that's been wormed. I wouldn't eat an egg from one.

I add ground pumpkin seeds, garlic powder, and cayenne powder to my chickens fermented feed. It does nothing to the taste of the eggs and will make the chickens body inhospitable to worms and disease. When a chicken eats fermented feed, a greater proportion of protein becomes available to the bird during digestion. They eat less and put on weight faster. This is my experience.

 

[Mumsy]

I won a chicken show with this hen, what do you guys think about her?

What show? What did you win? I think she looks pretty from behind.

 

[chickenlover89]

Hi silkie experts, I have a question: We first got our silkie 2 weeks ago. She layed one egg on the monday after we got her, and another on the wednesday that we got her. Since then, we have had 0 eggs from her. She hasn't layed for a week and a half. Is this normal in silkies? I knew they were bad layers but we weren't expecting this. Thanks! Also, we know she is fairly young, still under a year.

 

[sheeshshe]

I can't figure out the fermented feed. I know I've read a lot about it, but I don't quite understand how it is done. Plus, is it very time consuming? I mean, the silkies don't barely go through food, how often would I need to make it up?


Maybe I'll pop the egg into the incubator and see what happens. is there anything wrong wtih a small chick? does it turn into a small hen? or does it just get a small start?

 

[fluffyfeathers]

I have one chick like yours. It did come out of a grey pen but the rooster was a golden (he had both a gold gene and a silver one). I think this little chick is a golden too. Here are pics of the one i have. Still pretty young.

Soooooo.............. the guy I got these from says they are silver. ??????????? What do I have? e