Silkie thread!

[heirloomorps]

Took a picture of one of my favorite Catdance chicks today. A Porcelain that is coming along so pretty. Baby is twenty days old and cold outside so hunkering down but stood very still for a picture.

Gorgeous! I am hoping my Caydance Porcelain eggs hatch this time. She is a gorgeous chick.

 

[BGMatt]

So if I wanted to try and keep a small flock of Silkies to do work as my incubators and brooders, who is the best go to person in the Pacific NW? I know way back in the day Doddie Truedson and Marge Best had some great silkies, but that was then as they say, this is now. Are those still good people to talk to or?

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

So if I wanted to try and keep a small flock of Silkies to do work as my incubators and brooders, who is the best go to person in the Pacific NW? I know way back in the day Doddie Truedson and Marge Best had some great silkies, but that was then as they say, this is now. Are those still good people to talk to or?

Karen Larson(Catdance Silkies) lives in Yacolt. She has birds that EVERYONE wants right now. I just went up there last weekend to adopt a special needs Porcelain cockerel. Her BYC name is Kelar, but you would do better to contact her through her website(Catdance Silkies)

 

[BGMatt]

Thank you, I will check into that. Still researching how efficient they would be, but the idea of using silkies as incubators and brooders holds a lot of appeal to me for many reasons.

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

Thank you, I will check into that. Still researching how efficient they would be, but the idea of using silkies as incubators and brooders holds a lot of appeal to me for many reasons.

I have them for that and I will be breeding BBS and keeping some as pets/brooders. They are fun and quirky little things. VERY docile.

 

[silkiefive]

Hi, need advise, a workmate of mine who got infected with "silkiemania" by the time I did about 7 months ago (actually I infected him

) just hatched his first egg 3 days ago, the problem is that the hen went out of the nest today leaving 7 eggs behind, we wonder if the eggs could be spoiled, is it normal they have not hatched 3 days after first and only one did? by candeling we noticed that they look like the ones in the photos in this forum around 18 days ( thats ok cause they were supossed to hatch next sunday), a hen of mine is broody but no eggs and we are considering taking the eggs home with me and see what happens. what do you think? shouldnt we move them 15 miles? if alive how long can they resist without mom s heat? we are very distressed by this situation and no idea what to do...

By the way here is a photo of the poor little lonely chicken, I know it is not a good photo but any idea of what the resulting color could be?

 

[peepblessed]

Took a picture of one of my favorite Catdance chicks today. A Porcelain that is coming along so pretty. Baby is twenty days old and cold outside so hunkering down but stood very still for a picture.

Very nice chick! Love the color!

Hi, need advise, a workmate of mine who got infected with "silkiemania" by the time I did about 7 months ago (actually I infected him

) just hatched his first egg 3 days ago, the problem is that the hen went out of the nest today leaving 7 eggs behind, we wonder if the eggs could be spoiled, is it normal they have not hatched 3 days after first and only one did? by candeling we noticed that they look like the ones in the photos in this forum around 18 days ( thats ok cause they were supossed to hatch next sunday), a hen of mine is broody but no eggs and we are considering taking the eggs home with me and see what happens. what do you think? shouldnt we move them 15 miles? if alive how long can they resist without mom s heat? we are very distressed by this situation and no idea what to do...

By the way here is a photo of the poor little lonely chicken, I know it is not a good photo but any idea of what the resulting color could be?

I would wrap those eggs in tin foil and blankets to keep them warm. Probably safe. Need a better photo to tell color of chick.

 

[crystal10asee]

When silkie babies begin to get their first feathers(wings) do they usually begin as hard feathers ? Will they fluff up later ? Or is something sooo not right?

 

[PaintedFeathers]

Silkie wing feathers are hard feathers, but they are shredded. Young silkies are fairly good fliers still so be warned lol babies will be popping out of the brooder!

 

[RockerHen]

When silkie babies begin to get their first feathers(wings) do they usually begin as hard feathers ? Will they fluff up later ? Or is something sooo not right?

how old is the chick? Mine start to look pretty shredded at around a week and a half old.