Silkie thread!

[katzbantams]

Hey everyone! Ik this doesn't have much to do with silkies but ik this is a popular thread so I need your opinions! I'm thinking bout buying some chicks from ideal poultry, leaning towards buying some polish but have you guys gotten good chicks from there? thanks in advance!!!!!!

 

[subhanalah]

Hey everyone! Ik this doesn't have much to do with silkies but ik this is a popular thread so I need your opinions! I'm thinking bout buying some chicks from ideal poultry, leaning towards buying some polish but have you guys gotten good chicks from there? thanks in advance!!!!!!

any silkies that come from a hatchery won't meet your fluffy expectations, but they are still sweet and cute!

Maybe you should ask on a polish thread how hatchery polish are?

 

[katzbantams]

any silkies that come from a hatchery won't meet your fluffy expectations, but they are still sweet and cute!

Maybe you should ask on a polish thread how hatchery polish are?

Ok thank you!!!! I will go ask there!!

 

[subhanalah]

Ok thank you!!!! I will go ask there!!

I certainly do love silver laced polish! Hope you can find a good place to order some!
Have you asked in your state thread in the "where are you, where am I" subforum (or is it "where am I, where are you?")

 

[katzbantams]

I certainly do love silver laced polish! Hope you can find a good place to order some!
Have you asked in your state thread in the "where are you, where am I" subforum (or is it "where am I, where are you?")

I was thinking if getting silver laced! So many options! no I haven't checked, I'm bringing them to the fair in a week or too so ik that ideal delivers pretty quickly. I have an incubator full of different kind of eggs but one day it got really cold soo now we have decided to order. Lol.

 

[subhanalah]

I was thinking if getting silver laced! So many options! no I haven't checked, I'm bringing them to the fair in a week or too so ik that ideal delivers pretty quickly. I have an incubator full of different kind of eggs but one day it got really cold soo now we have decided to order. Lol.

they may still hatch. Getting too cold is better than getting too hot when incubating.

 

[katzbantams]

they may still hatch. Getting too cold is better than getting too hot when incubating.

I hope so!! Today is like their 32nd day.. but hope for the best!

 

[jorey]

@katzbantams the eggs have been in the incubator for 32 days? Are these silkie eggs? If so I would very carefully dispose of them.

 

[Sylvester017]

Thank you for your posting Sylvester,

I will pop it on that thread now. She is just gorgeous. There was more to the story of this lil girl. We think her Mum had a heart attack or similar as we found her sitting on the lawn untouched early hours of the morning. Panic hit as the baby wasn't with her. Found her upside down, stiff as a board with the cold under the ramp to their coop. She had hit her head on the way down and her eye was full of blood. She was gone, but a quick little heart rub brought her back (I'm a nurse) and now, we have "lucky"..... The luckiest lil Silkie in the world. She loves to hang out with her Silkie friends during the days, but come sun down and she heads for the door and knocks with her beak. Mind you, I am an animal nut and also have a galah who is 8 maths old that was hit by a car when he fell out of his nest. He shouldn't have survived either but some bandaging and talc and "Billie" rules the house. Can't fly and has a deformed leg, but he is happy and healthy. A dwarf alpaca, two pound rescued kelpies that we're going to be shot for liking the sheep and a big brute of a male cat called John that I got from shelter. He had never had a home and was 41/2 yr old. He is my big sook. Add in two very spoilt black sheep and a myriad of chickens of all sorts and there you have me. Home is the best place on earth!!

Debra.

Hats off to you and FancyChookLady for the rescues and disabled that you both care for! Silkies have soft skulls and it's a miracle that Lucky survived even with your nursing skill. I'm so sorry she lost the sight of that injured eye.

One of our Silkies also is a door knocker and a pants tugger and a shoe tapper when she wants things. It's amazing how demanding a little 2-lb bird can become but we just love ours.

FancyChookLady just recently rescued a race horse that had been kicked in its face. Maybe you saw her adorable bantam boy she posted that has curled feet but still gets around. It takes special people to care for disabled pets but then we are to be the good stewards of animals to the best of our ability. Really amazing rescue work you all do.

 

[Sylvester017]

Should read TLC not talc...lol. And by the way, that eye is blind!

Debra.

Hi D - When you catch an error on one of your posts you can click on the pencil icon at the bottom left corner of your post to correct your error and then click on submit again. Someone was kind enough to give me that clue when I started posting on BYC threads.
Smiles - Syl