Silkie thread!

[MumsyII]

Wow that's a lot of chicks! Its amazing the damage one little miss step from a broody can do. With three moms I'm surprised I didn't have more problems. I also have ground squirrels getting in the run right beside the run where the chicks are in the coop. I'm trying to trap them they're a big worry for me I would love to let them out in the run. I don't think the rooster would hurt them he seems to really like them looking at them on the other side of the wire. Whats getting yours?

I've lost just two. Both stepped on by the two broody's that hatched them. Two is too many. Every chick I hatch from this pen might be a contender for my F1 pen next year. My goal is to hatch 100 chicks from my pen #1. Only the best six females will be kept to go into my F1 pen (First generation). Only one male will be kept to breed back to the moms. Those resulting chicks will be contenders for my F2 pen. (Second generation) and on it goes in progeny testing. My goal is to have Silkies with excellent type, fertility, vigor, and health.

 

[sweetmsmisty98]

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Where did you get him from?

From a local gal. If I cam remember right he came from 2 lav parents.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Okay so confused about incubators. There are way too many for someone who has zero experience to know choose from. What is the general incubator that y'all feel is good to go with?

What is your budget?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Here's another pic

He is neither lavender nor partridge, sorry. Looks like blue plus maybe grey

 

[Suzierd]

I've lost just two. Both stepped on by the two broody's that hatched them. Two is too many. Every chick I hatch from this pen might be a contender for  my F1 pen next year. My goal is to hatch 100 chicks from my pen #1. Only the best six females will be kept to  go into my F1 pen (First generation). Only one male will be kept to breed back to the moms.  Those resulting chicks will be contenders for my F2 pen. (Second generation) and on it goes in progeny testing. My goal is to have Silkies with excellent type, fertility, vigor, and health.

They will be amazing birds! Best of luck.

 

[peepblessed]

3 of my 6 eggs are developing! I am not sure about the other 3 but I left them in anyway for now. They are very speckled so I don't think they will be fertile.

 

[JenS9]

Does anyone happen to have a list of silkie breeders who ship? I'm on the hunt for a splash pullet.

I know Catdance, but last I checked she didn't have any available.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Blue must be inherited from one or the other parent, and unless the parent is white or completely ground colour (self (solid) silver, red or buff), it WILL show. Blue is a gene that causes black pigment to be diluted (although sometimes only slightly--and it can be difficult to know that the bird is blue rather than black). Anyways, assuming that black is black and not dark blue, you cannot get blue offspring from the black X silver partridge (unless the silver partridge is also blue). To get splash, both parents must have blue.

Can you show us what you mean by a crooked beak? I never recommend breeding crossbeaked birds. It is not always genetic, but it can be, and is a bad trait to pass on.

I would not worry about breeding a broken toed bird or one with any fault caused by obvious injury.

Can you post a photo of the bird with the tilt in her neck...do you mean she has had crook/wry neck, and has lingering effects?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

I was wondering how your silkies like to sleep,I hear they like to sleep huddled up in a group,my 12 weeks old still sleep in a pile. I will be building them a coop soon and was wondering if the like to roost or if they prefer to sleep on the ground. I want to make them something they are going to be comfortable in next to my big girl pen.

Give them a low roost (12" to 24") and the ones who want to roost will, and hte others will pile.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Older as in when he was already a mature adult, or beginning at several weeks old?