Silkie thread!

[codieshell]

I have 5-7 hens on eggs right now there sitting on 30 eggs I just take chicks when the hatch n keep them in a brooder but we're not that cold in Louisiana

 

[happyfeet24]

With that comb, I'd say your little girl is actually a little boy

I was thinking the same thing looks like a roo

 

[QueenMisha]

With that comb, I'd say your little girl is actually a little boy

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i agree that is a boy i would bet on it..! my self blue from mcmurry is tiny like that...my smallest bantam...like the D'anvers i have. 

I was thinking the same thing looks like a roo

Trust me guys, I was as sure as you were that it was a cockbird for the first six months... till she laid an egg and started brooding! She even produced a chick now, let me see if I can dig up that picture...

I'm pretty sure the dad was a Mille Fleur (Spangled, Jubilee, whatever the cool kids are calling these days) Bantam Cochin, so I have absolutely no idea how the chick came out looking so similar to her mother, but there she is. I gave that one to my friend a while back, I think she said she's laying now.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Trust me guys, I was as sure as you were that it was a cockbird for the first six months... till she laid an egg and started brooding! She even produced a chick now, let me see if I can dig up that picture...

I'm pretty sure the dad was a Mille Fleur (Spangled, Jubilee, whatever the cool kids are calling these days) Bantam Cochin, so I have absolutely no idea how the chick came out looking so similar to her mother, but there she is. I gave that one to my friend a while back, I think she said she's laying now.

Certainly the most masculine looking hen I've ever seen.

 

[joydix]

amazing! who'd a thunk!

 

[tjo804]

My silkies keep acting like they want to go broody but then stop after a few days. Whenever a few of them do this I continue to get eggs from the others. Should I keep some eggs under them? Just let them go through I guess a normal broody cycle? Or should I keep getting the eggs out from under them?

1st you need to decide if you want chicks.
If so I would continue to gather eggs daily But put either a ceramic egg or some golf balls in the nest to see if she will stay broody.
If she does I would mark and set eggs under her. and continue to collect any and all eggs that are not marked daily.

Good Luck

 

[JacobandMeagan]

Ok I will try that. I have some golf balls I can use. Where do get a pen that is safe to write on the eggs with?

 

[tjo804]

I use a sharpie to mark my eggs
there are opposing views on the subject some people recommend a soft lead pencil. but I didnt want the mark to rub off so I just grabed my garden Sharpie and scribbled a line all the way around the egg so no matter how it sat in the nest I could see which ones were new without having to move them.

 

[Fancychooklady]

I use a sharpie to mark my eggs
there are opposing views on the subject some people recommend a soft lead pencil. but I didnt want the mark to rub off so I just grabed my garden Sharpie and scribbled a line all the way around the egg so no matter how it sat in the nest I could see which ones were new without having to move them.

The egg shell is very porous ,so there is always a chance of toxicity . You can however get toxic free children's pens.

 

[chick rookie]

Hi pep's,

Just wanted to pop in and say HI. hope every had a great New Years day and hope the year to come is kind to all...

I have alot to catch up on here, with the barn accident and then coming down sick on top of it all I've just not got the chance to get on