Silkie thread!

[peepblessed]

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That's a really hard blow on the paint chick. So very sorry, but thankful you had a good over all hatch. In my last hatch, I had a chick that couldn't stand and kept rolling on to its back with legs in the air. I propped it up with the bedding and kept checking on it and 2 or 3 hours later it was running around and fine.

the one i am worried about just lays there all flattened out and not getting up and lets the others walk all over him or her. the painted chick its membrane was wet and moist but not soaking wet and the4 chick felt dry did i shrink wrap him or her to save the other chick or did it die before that. it had somewhat zipped was not even half way around the egg yet it was about 2 inches long maybe 3 inches zippep if that.

I hope you can find answers from someone who knows a lot more than I do. One person suggested putting a steaming cup of hot water in the bater if you have to open it during lock down, for quick humidity. Sounded kind of scary. Also laying a warm damp rag on the zipping chick was another suggestion. I plan to try that on my up-coming hatch Aug. 19th. I don't know what to suggest for the weak chick... Hope you can find a real person to answer your questions!

 

[cottagechick]

Probably a really dumb question and probably been covered somewhere in the 5 million posts that I DID not go back and read through. There is no LF Silkies right? Anytime I see a listing for a Silkie it HAS to be a Bantam.
Thanks,
Julie

 

[Tropical Chickies]

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Correct all silkies are BANTAMS and if you see one listed as LF, it isn't a silkie!

 

[peepblessed]

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Fabulous!

 

[countrygirl911]

well the one silkie that i was worried about looks to have a broken leg and that is why he or shee will not stand up one leg sticks out to the side and at the jount/knee it is swollen and the other leg is not . as soon as my hubby comes home i will be taking pictures and posting them now if ican figure out the whites from the buffs and figure out what the one that is almost completely silver is

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Correct all silkies are BANTAMS and if you see one listed as LF, it isn't a silkie!

Unless of course it is from another country or a project. Other countries (most of Europe, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, etc.) DO have large fowl silkies.

 

[peepblessed]

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Page 243 on this thread has some 6 week silkie chicks about your size.

 

[Tropical Chickies]

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Correct all silkies are BANTAMS and if you see one listed as LF, it isn't a silkie!

Unless of course it is from another country or a project. Other countries (most of Europe, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, etc.) DO have large fowl silkies.

Oh my goodness...I should've known not to reply to that post. Haha!! I had no idea.

 

[NovaAman]

I hope your chicks are going to be ok.

This is Black Butt. Don't ask me, my 5yr old named him. I am pretty certain he is a roo.

This is Little Head. Again, my boy named him that cuz when we first got him, his head was pretty fluff-less.

And even tho this is a silkie thread, Here is Venna... She's a silver laced Wyandotte... And I just think she's one of the prettiest things...

Now, I am not sure if Little head is a boy or girl. I think a roo, but I am hoping he'll turn out to be a she... What ya'll think?

Wow. Sorry, didn't realise that the pic would be so fuzzy. Guess thats what I get for using a cell phone. ..

 

[NovaAman]

Oh, and BB's head feathers look like that cuz my evil little puggle chased him into the prickers and I ended up having to give him a hair cut...