Silkie thread!

[Chicken Egg 17]

Yes anytime

 

[AnRamire]

I am like a proud mama hen...wanting to share more pics of my little Silkie chicks. I've had them 1 week
and Im so in love

 

[AnRamire]

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Would some one be able to tell me what color this little chick will be when it grows up....I have 2 like this. Ty in advance

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

To me it looks white

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Maybe buff

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

I'd say most likely white. Cute chicks

 

[jas humbert]

So I am incubating a batch of shipped eggs. I did that last spring and it worked out really well. Out of 17 eggs I had 14 hatch healthy and grow up. So I kept the nicest and am now hatching another batch of silkies. These eggs were shipped from further and a couple had very jiggly air cells. Those eggs never did develop right and were quitters. I also had one had a wonky air cell on the side- right in the middle but very stable. I was unsure what to do, so after reading on here I opted for leaving it upright in the carton for most of the incubation and tilting it gently. When I went into lockdown, I decided to lay it on its side with the air cell up since it had never moved at all. Well, this morning guess who pipped first? My funky little side air cell chick has his beak out and is hollering up a storm. I'm hoping he will be fine since he's already pipped? Anything special I need to watch for or do for him? . I'm not in a hurry- watchful waiting for now..

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

I've had a few eggs do that (and they came from my own hens ). They pipped, zipped and hatched just fine on their own. I did mark them so I could keep an eye on them though. for your little one!

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Well if it don't pip any further with 24 hours then I need to get a cheap pair of tweezers from the dollar store and break a few peices around the pip what ever way the beak is take the shell off till u see the back side to the back of the head gently wiggle him out and let him rest and it should break the umbilical cord by him self or it can dry up and come apart

 

[jessivogel]

Is there anyone here that lives in Western Nebraska? I really want to (eventually) show some silkies. These babies that I have- and the eggs in the 'bator- are all from hatchery quality birds. So I'm sure they aren't show quality. But I have no idea what to look for and what's good and/or bad quality/characteristics. I'm new to silkies. Really, I'm new to anything show quality. We've always had feed store birds and "mutts". While I loved them dearly- I didn't realize that they were "bad quality". Thanks!