Silkie thread!

[PaintedFeathers]

id say defo feale becouse first dosent look like it has a beard dosent have thick legs and not that big for a silkie cock for 5 weeks so id say female

None of those things would really indicate male or female in a silkie

Still too young to tell... could go wither way. Crest is nice and big though!

 

[Sanna]

Is any Shampoo for humans is safe for chickens?

Baby shampoo is for humans. I'd use something mild, if not baby shampoo.
I used Herbal Essences once.

I just put my 24 Catdance eggs into the incubator! I have my fingers crossed! Those poor little eggs traveled a long way to VA. I sure hope they develop! This is going to be the longest 21 days ever!!

Good luck!!

I've considered ordering some Catdance eggs, but wasn't sure how they'd do traveling across the country. Being in Va too, I'm very interested to see how yours do! Please keep us updated!?!?

I ordered Catdance eggs last year and I live in Connecticut. Had a really good hatch. My hens wrecked a couple of eggs because they were too excited...

I had 18 eggs and most were fertile. I think only one out of the fertile eggs did not hatch.

I'll try this again... Thought it might help if I zoom in a bit. 5 week old splash. Any idea male or female?? Thanks!

5 weeks is too early to tell.

 

[PaintedFeathers]

okay #2 was a dud, nothing in it. Still have #1,#3,#4, and #5. #1 and #3 are on day 6 with possible development, very dark yolk area with possible veining but I can't see well through the shell. #4 Just wen't in yesterday so I will candle saturday, #5 went in today so I will candle sunday.

 

[Scottyballs]

One of our new blue silkie's

 

[NOLA Chicks]

Nori layed again, may have been too long now since toulouse was with her but i'm gonna give it a shot and put it in the bator anyway!

I forget who it was but someone asked me for more information when I mentioned that my vet gave my cockatiel a "birth control" shot. She was laying eggs way too frequently and became egg bound at one point. As suspected, the shots (a series of three) are hormones but there doesn't seem to be a particular name that I could find. This article has more in depth information about chronic egg-laying, how to treat it and the side effects of using the shots. The odd thing is, I could not find reference to the shot being used on any other avian breed besides cockatiels.

Click here: ACVC 2001 - Chronic Egg-laying

 

[DURR]

my silkie went BROOOODY and was sitting on 7 eggs yuippie but i went to check on her today and its day 10 there was only 6 eggs under her huh what happined to them i dno theres no snakes or racoons and dont think it was a rat becouse theres no hole dug under it so rule out rats but theres still 6 left and i have 8 eggs in my incubator i had 10 but trew 2 away i had 3 silkie eggs in it but 1 was infertile but the other 2 look ok its only day 10 any advice about where the egg went and about the hopefully new eggs that MIGTH HAATCH dont count your chicks befor they hatch

Usually if the eggs are bad they will roll them out of the nest or eat them. Broody's are good candlers. one of my hens rolled one out today and yesterday, candled both and one died at day 2 and the other died at day 6.

 

[NOLA Chicks]

Well, I have a death to report.

Of course, it's the one named silkie I have. My famed Macho. He cheated death once but not twice. I think it was another head injury from chasing hens, he had no mark on him and there was no blood. I'm going to miss him, but I'm not absolutely devastated for breeding. I've sort of fallen 'out of love' with him over the past few weeks. I've started to like my other roo more. He has a better crest, beard, comb, and much better foot feathering. He also is much more successful mating with the hens and I believe the chicks I have are all his based on their crests. Don't get me wrong, I'm going to miss my proud, chesty, 'heart boy' a lot. I'll miss his hen-chasing antics and tinny, squeaky crow. I'll miss the way he would suddenly freeze and strike a pose with his chest puffed out as much as possible. I buried him beneath our old mulberry bush (that is large enough to be a tree) and it was very sad having to bury all that beautiful fluff go beneath the soil. Here's to quite possibly the proudest silkie on earth. Bye my big sweet boy

Poor Macho. I haven't been with this group all that long but I already knew who Macho was and admired his good looks and spunky personality. I'm sorry for your loss.

 

[BGMatt]

Ok Silkie experts, I've heard legends of how one can keep a small flock of silkies and not have to worry about incubating their other breeds, but since the last time I owned a silkie was 13 years old, I cannot confirm this so I thought I'd ask here. Is it really the case? Is it hard to get a silkie to go broody when you need them to be or can you just put a bunch of eggs in the nest and they decide to sit? Or is it more like, wait til the silkie is broody and then hope you have some eggs to swap under her? It's just something that has crossed my mind as it's a "natural" way of doing things. (And an excuse to have another breed on the property) How many eggs can you generally get one to brood on (a dozen or so LF eggs?) Yes I feel silly asking these questions, but was told that this was one of the better places to ask them online and y'all were a friendly crowd that wouldn't hate on an oldtimer with new questions.

 

[PaintedFeathers]

I forget who it was but someone asked me for more information when I mentioned that my vet gave my cockatiel a "birth control" shot. She was laying eggs way too frequently and became egg bound at one point. As suspected, the shots (a series of three) are hormones but there doesn't seem to be a particular name that I could find. This article has more in depth information about chronic egg-laying, how to treat it and the side effects of using the shots. The odd thing is, I could not find reference to the shot being used on any other avian breed besides cockatiels.

Click here: ACVC 2001 - Chronic Egg-laying

She is fine now, she healed from her ordeal nicely and is back to laying nice healthy looking eggs without problem. I did ask the vet and they seemed to have no idea what I was talking about.

 

[Adoravachick]

Got some new pics. This little Monkey is becoming very handsome...4 months Old