Silkie thread!

[mandycarlo]

Is your humidty too high or too low ??

 

[mandycarlo]

Put a bowl of water with a sponge to help or wet wash cloth if I put it in just the bottom trays it disappears my house must be vary dry

 

[NOLA Chicks]

Quote: Cuteness overload x10!

The little partridge is adorable.

 

[JenS9]

Is your humidty too high or too low ??

It is either WAY too high, or too low. I can't get it at the level I want it to be, if I get it close it is with such a small amount of water that it evaporates quickly, and then the humidity drops.

I have a Brinsea Mini Advance, and from what I was reading most people fill one of the wells about half way and leave it... if I do that, I'm at 60-70% humidity. Humidity in the room is about 30% or so.

If I put no water in the incubator, I get like 10% humidity. Just a LITTLE water and I can get it in the 30-40% range, but it dries out pretty quickly... any more than a little, and it just shoots up. I can't win with the **** thing. LOL

 

[mandycarlo]

Try putting a sponge in where the water goes maybe ?

 

[newbie32]

Hi all! I just got my first 2 silkies last Wednesday. They are 2 weeks old and adorable. I don't know much about silkies except that they are beautiful and that their skin is black. I got both bearded because I plan on showing them eventually. Any advice about things I need to know? Is there anything different about these lovely fluffy chickens that is unique compared to other chickens? Food, ect.......

Is there anything I can do at this early stage to sex them?

 

[JenS9]

Try putting a sponge in where the water goes maybe ?

I'm not sure we have any. LOL. I was thinking maybe paper towel, though.

 

[Fur N Feathers]

Someone is trying to steal some silkie babies, can you guess who?

She knows exactly what she is doing too. She will sleep in there with them and cluck to them and get her scent familiar. Miss Goldie, my tiny little Serama hen, AKA silkie baby thief!!!

 

[JenS9]

Hi all! I just got my first 2 silkies last Wednesday. They are 2 weeks old and adorable. I don't know much about silkies except that they are beautiful and that their skin is black. I got both bearded because I plan on showing them eventually. Any advice about things I need to know? Is there anything different about these lovely fluffy chickens that is unique compared to other chickens? Food, ect.......

Is there anything I can do at this early stage to sex them?

I've only ever had silkies, so I don't know how they compare to tending other chickens. Their fluffy feet can get gunky fast though, depending on your yard and such, so you may have to wash them every once in a while. LOL.

The earliest I've been told to try for sexing is 3 months, unless they get some very obvious combs before that. I've also heard of them taking 7+ months before they're sexed.

 

[Fancychooklady]

[COLOR=800080]Someone is trying to steal some silkie babies, can you guess who?[/COLOR] [COLOR=800080]She knows exactly what she is doing too. She will sleep in there with them and cluck to them and get her scent familiar. Miss Goldie, my tiny little Serama hen, AKA silkie baby thief!!![/COLOR]

I love the look on her face, it's like butter wouldn't melt in her mouth.