Silkie thread!

[moomoodiddy]

Lol if its a chick we just throw it in the compost pile

 

[ChicksNherps]

Lol if its a chick we just throw it in the compost pile

Animals are not supposed to go in compost piles? No meat products. That's dangerous with the rotting flesh.

 

[OohLaLa]

I know this may be a shot ini the dark, but maybe your chick has an allergy. I had a black lab with zero issues. One day he started breaking out all over, as soon as I got rid of every bit of the hay (as advised by a friend) he got better an all of the reaction went away. I never used hay again.

 

[BuckNBark Farm]

Hey! I posted this in the appropriate thread- hatching, etc, but I'm anxious for an answer - I'm on pins and needles for what might be my first hatch Here's the question: Hi- Forgive me if this has been answered a million times, or is on an egg chart that I haven't seen- I've been looking before I put the question on here . This is my second time trying to incubate eggs. First time was a disaster, no eggs hatched. This time,I'm candling. I have 10 viable eggs (shipped eggs). 2, I have questions about. They are on day 17. I looked at them today, before I put them on lock down tomorrow. 1 has air cells on both ends of the egg. I can still see veins, but only the middle of the egg has mass. Another eggs is full of chick, but the air cell is at the wrong end (the narrow part of the egg). Are those eggs ok? The will be laid sideways during lockdown (Hovabator LG)

Here is what the bottom of the egg is looking like- and there is also an air cell at the top... This one was doing really well, but now looks different. This is day 17.

 

[BuckNBark Farm]

It is a normal shaped egg- just looks mis-shapen because of the candler. Thanks!

 

[moomoodiddy]

Animals are not supposed to go in compost piles? No meat products. That's dangerous with the rotting flesh.

Oh sorry it's not exactly a compost pile it's more like a side of the chicken area that I put leaves and old food they didn't eat and it eventually breaks down into dirt srry wrong use of that word...

 

[Fur N Feathers]

Pam, on one of the silkie threads I subscribe to (it may have been this one or the breeding showing thread), someone had this in every one of their eggs and none hatched. I don't remember having this and I can't say for sure, as I'm not that experienced with the incubation process. I think it was PeepBlessed that suggested maybe not locking them down yet so the eggs had more time for something to do with the air cell (sorry I can't remember exactly - but it was all of the eggs, not just one). If you are on day 17 you will know soon.

 

[moomoodiddy]

Ok so I'm confused with lockdown day do u position eggs for hatching on night 18 so on day 19 20 and 21 u don't touch and no matter how many has hatched don't get them out till day 23 ....?

 

[ChicksNherps]

Oh sorry it's not exactly a compost pile it's more like a side of the chicken area that I put leaves and old food they didn't eat and it eventually breaks down into dirt srry wrong use of that word...

Just as long as you and the chickens aren't using it for fertilizer/ eating it =)

 

[K Epp]

I got my first Silkies today. I believe: 2 gray/blue, 2 Partridge, 1 red. There is also a Polish in with them.