Silkie thread!

[robin416]

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LOL Exactly. Just thinking of the number of times I was rocketing out of bed before I was awake to address what ever emergency happened. The one my husband has never gotten over was me jumping out of bed in the middle of the night and saying "Leon is in trouble." Leon was our Redbone hound that suffered from congestive heart failure. He gets up, looks at Leon and tells me I'm nuts. I'm getting dressed and grabbing keys. He's asking where are you going? To the emergency vet with Leon was my reply. Still thinking I'm nuts he reluctantly gets dressed and goes with us.

Turns out Leon was heading for death very rapidly but with the medical intervention and better control of his drugs he lived for several more years.

The husband? He still thinks I'm nuts but doesn't question me any more especially after I saved his dog's life.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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"Recipe" is E^R Bl/bl s+/s+

Basically a gold birchen with blue added. Note the gold on the male's head, hackles, saddle and wing bar. No wing triangle. He should also be slightly laced with gold on the upper portion of his breast.

"Leakage" does not include colour in all these areas. Occasionally someone with a silkie who has a lot of leakage tries to show it as birchen--and gets DQed becuase it doesn't meet the standard for a crowwing (birchen, brown-red, lemon blue, etc.) pattern.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Can you take a photo of him with his wing spread? I'm wondering if he is crowwing or duckwing? It's more than leakage.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Are males and female lemon blues supposed to have the same coloring pattern?

No, as with many colour patterns, the males and females do not look alike. Generally the males are more colourful. Or at least have brighter colouring in more and different areas.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Congrats!

You have 11 pens in your coop, or 11 coops in your pen? I know people hav e so many different setups, and the terminology they use can vary drastically (what is the difference between a pen, tractor and cage? How about coop and pen--what makes it different?)

Anyways, I digress. I would like to let more of my birds raise babies, but it seems like they all want to go broody when we have 110 degree weather, or on eggs that I do not want hatched, or in a spot in the blazing sun or...

Anyways, I currently have two mama hens. Iggy the largefowl barred rock is currently raising 19 silkie babies--she hatched three of them, and accepted the others when I added them to her tractor. And Dot the het. mottled silkie X cochin (who looks not much like either breed) is raising three of her own babies--she hid her nest behind some snapdragons; I found it a not quite a week before they hatched. She's a tiny thing, and giving her extras wouldn't make much sense, although goodness knows, she doesn't need to keep them warm.

 

[robin416]

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Congrats!

You have 11 pens in your coop, or 11 coops in your pen? I know people hav e so many different setups, and the terminology they use can vary drastically (what is the difference between a pen, tractor and cage? How about coop and pen--what makes it different?)

Anyways, I digress. I would like to let more of my birds raise babies, but it seems like they all want to go broody when we have 110 degree weather, or on eggs that I do not want hatched, or in a spot in the blazing sun or...

Anyways, I currently have two mama hens. Iggy the largefowl barred rock is currently raising 19 silkie babies--she hatched three of them, and accepted the others when I added them to her tractor. And Dot the het. mottled silkie X cochin (who looks not much like either breed) is raising three of her own babies--she hid her nest behind some snapdragons; I found it a not quite a week before they hatched. She's a tiny thing, and giving her extras wouldn't make much sense, although goodness knows, she doesn't need to keep them warm.

Suze in this case its a building specifically built to be my Silkie coop that once it was built I divided up in to as many pens as I could and still have space for the birds, the feed and the laundry tub. It needs tweaking and during this dreadful heat and humidity I'm thinking on it for cooler days.

The peeps that hatched? Seems the eggs were self incubating in the heat because they were not due for another week. I know when I candled them a week after giving them to these two particular hens they looked over developed for only a weeks incubation. I'm surprised you haven't walked out and found self incubated all the way to hatch where you live.

I do take eggs from some hens and give them eggs from other pens, pens that I want chicks from. In this case the eggs that hatched were from my paint/white pen. I took all of the blue eggs and disposed of them. Then hope that I don't forget where they came from.

I really appreciate those hens that will take fosters. I've got one hen raising a Silkie from another pen and two D's that were left overs when the d'Uccle hen decided she was done hatching.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Congrats!

You have 11 pens in your coop, or 11 coops in your pen? I know people hav e so many different setups, and the terminology they use can vary drastically (what is the difference between a pen, tractor and cage? How about coop and pen--what makes it different?)

Anyways, I digress. I would like to let more of my birds raise babies, but it seems like they all want to go broody when we have 110 degree weather, or on eggs that I do not want hatched, or in a spot in the blazing sun or...

Anyways, I currently have two mama hens. Iggy the largefowl barred rock is currently raising 19 silkie babies--she hatched three of them, and accepted the others when I added them to her tractor. And Dot the het. mottled silkie X cochin (who looks not much like either breed) is raising three of her own babies--she hid her nest behind some snapdragons; I found it a not quite a week before they hatched. She's a tiny thing, and giving her extras wouldn't make much sense, although goodness knows, she doesn't need to keep them warm.

Suze in this case its a building specifically built to be my Silkie coop that once it was built I divided up in to as many pens as I could and still have space for the birds, the feed and the laundry tub. It needs tweaking and during this dreadful heat and humidity I'm thinking on it for cooler days. I know a number of people with that kind of setup. I would like it--if I could filter the air sufficiently, and add air conditioning, or at least an evap cooler.

The peeps that hatched? Seems the eggs were self incubating in the heat because they were not due for another week. I know when I candled them a week after giving them to these two particular hens they looked over developed for only a weeks incubation. I'm surprised you haven't walked out and found self incubated all the way to hatch where you live. No, they bake too fast. And when the temps run right, they cool off too much at night.

I do take eggs from some hens and give them eggs from other pens, pens that I want chicks from. In this case the eggs that hatched were from my paint/white pen. I took all of the blue eggs and disposed of them. Then hope that I don't forget where they came from.

I really appreciate those hens that will take fosters. I've got one hen raising a Silkie from another pen and two D's that were left overs when the d'Uccle hen decided she was done hatching.

 

[Feather Lady]

I have four young silkies, could anyone tell if they are roosters yet? They look kinda funny since they were playing in the rain!

Thanks!

 

[robin416]

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Suze in this case its a building specifically built to be my Silkie coop that once it was built I divided up in to as many pens as I could and still have space for the birds, the feed and the laundry tub. It needs tweaking and during this dreadful heat and humidity I'm thinking on it for cooler days. I know a number of people with that kind of setup. I would like it--if I could filter the air sufficiently, and add air conditioning, or at least an evap cooler.

The peeps that hatched? Seems the eggs were self incubating in the heat because they were not due for another week. I know when I candled them a week after giving them to these two particular hens they looked over developed for only a weeks incubation. I'm surprised you haven't walked out and found self incubated all the way to hatch where you live. No, they bake too fast. And when the temps run right, they cool off too much at night.

I do take eggs from some hens and give them eggs from other pens, pens that I want chicks from. In this case the eggs that hatched were from my paint/white pen. I took all of the blue eggs and disposed of them. Then hope that I don't forget where they came from.

I really appreciate those hens that will take fosters. I've got one hen raising a Silkie from another pen and two D's that were left overs when the d'Uccle hen decided she was done hatching.


I do have an air conditioner for in there. I haven't put it in yet. I've found that as long as I stay on top of keeping the filter clean and check the coils it works pretty darn good. What I did tonight was fire up the dehumidifier. Its both hot and humid in there.

Wouldn't a swamp cooler help with the dust since it doesn't dry it out? Truthfully I've been giving it some thought myself but the humidity is so high here I'm liable to create a swimming pool in there.

 

[NewToFarming]

I got a couple of pics today and thought I would share.

I am starting to really like this little girl!

This is my little girl with the recent bout of crop impaction and wry neck. She is 100% better now, well except for her topknot! LOL Apparently she had dunked her head into the oil soaked bread I had given her for her impacted crop! Poor thing has a whole new hairdo now!

I wanted to ask you guys about this boy. He is not from one of my hatches but his body style really concerns me. His head actually looks like it is in the middle of his back like an exaggerated S....are there any health conditions to watch out for when they are like this??? I have not used him for breeding and actually have never heard him crow or even attempt to mate. He is a very gentle sweet boy and that is why I am keeping him.