Silkie thread!

[PaintedFeathers]

Can I give my girls blue cheese? I bought a wedge and I HATE it! They might like it though.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Can I give my girls blue cheese? I bought a wedge and I HATE it! They might like it though.

I would avoid giving cheese myself, not for any scientific reason, but because when I do the chicken poo smells AWFUL as it comes out of them. I have gotten so that I just don't feed them cheese anymore...I don't know if others have noticed this or not. I haven't read anyone else saying it that I remember.

Yogurt and milk don't seem to do that for some reason.

 

[PaintedFeathers]

I would avoid giving cheese myself, not for any scientific reason, but because when I do the chicken poo smells AWFUL as it comes out of them. I have gotten so that I just don't feed them cheese anymore...I don't know if others have noticed this or not. I haven't read anyone else saying it that I remember.

Yogurt and milk don't seem to do that for some reason.

I never thought of it? I used to give them cheese a lot, but never really smelled a difference. If anything they smell worse now!

13 more days!

 

[Suzierd]

Chickens don't digest lactose well so I wouldn't give them very much.

 

[sheeshshe]

so I went on vacation for a week and I just got back now. none of the eggs are growing. none! from my hen or from the pullet. so frustrating!

 

[PaintedFeathers]

so I went on vacation for a week and I just got back now. none of the eggs are growing. none! from my hen or from the pullet. so frustrating!

That stinks =( I had the same issue. I only have one developing, and it isn't even from my hen.

 

[RockerHen]

Okay, story incoming with cute ending (beginning?). One of my wyandotte mix hens went broody, but the day I put her in a broody isolation hutch she apparently laid an egg of her own in with the turkey eggs she was supposed to brood on. I didn't notice it until I did the day 12 turkey egg candling, and surprise, there was a day 12 chicken egg in there with them. This was a problem because chickens hatch a week earlier than turkeys, so if I left the egg in with the hen she would probably abandon the turkey eggs for the chick that hatched. So I slipped this little developing egg under a broody silkie in the silkie dogloo. Apparently, this silkie pullet's broodiness caused the hormones of the other pullets to go haywire, and I quickly ended up with 3 silkie pullets broody in the dogloo with her (I have 2 others broody elsewhere). They took turns stealing the single egg from each other, and lo and behold, today there was a fuzzy little chick nestled in between the 3 pullets. They keep making concerned broody clucks and trying to 'roll' the chick underneath them. So, all three girls think that the chick is theirs

He's going to be a spoiled baby!


Very tired and newly hatched baby with his doting 3 moms

 

[CruchyJeepMama]

Has anyone ordered silkies from Ideal Poultry? If so, how was your experience with them?

We
Just got our first chickens- 6 pullets from Atwoods, (not sure what breed) about a month ago and I am totally addicted to chickens now. I somehow just talked my hubby into ordering 8 silkies today. They should be delivered 10-12 days from now. I am SOOO excited for them to get here!

 

[Suzierd]

Okay, story incoming with cute ending (beginning?). One of my wyandotte mix hens went broody, but the day I put her in a broody isolation hutch she apparently laid an egg of her own in with the turkey eggs she was supposed to brood on. I didn't notice it until I did the day 12 turkey egg candling, and surprise, there was a day 12 chicken egg in there with them. This was a problem because chickens hatch a week earlier than turkeys, so if I left the egg in with the hen she would probably abandon the turkey eggs for the chick that hatched. So I slipped this little developing egg under a broody silkie in the silkie dogloo. Apparently, this silkie pullet's broodiness caused the hormones of the other pullets to go haywire, and I quickly ended up with 3 silkie pullets broody in the dogloo with her (I have 2 others broody elsewhere). They took turns stealing the single egg from each other, and lo and behold, today there was a fuzzy little chick nestled in between the 3 pullets. They keep making concerned broody clucks and trying to 'roll' the chick underneath them. So, all three girls think that the chick is theirs

He's going to be a spoiled baby! Very tired and newly hatched baby with his doting 3 moms

Aww what a great picture! They are all looking at the one little baby, so sweet.

 

[fishermans wife]

Okay, story incoming with cute ending (beginning?). One of my wyandotte mix hens went broody, but the day I put her in a broody isolation hutch she apparently laid an egg of her own in with the turkey eggs she was supposed to brood on. I didn't notice it until I did the day 12 turkey egg candling, and surprise, there was a day 12 chicken egg in there with them. This was a problem because chickens hatch a week earlier than turkeys, so if I left the egg in with the hen she would probably abandon the turkey eggs for the chick that hatched. So I slipped this little developing egg under a broody silkie in the silkie dogloo. Apparently, this silkie pullet's broodiness caused the hormones of the other pullets to go haywire, and I quickly ended up with 3 silkie pullets broody in the dogloo with her (I have 2 others broody elsewhere). They took turns stealing the single egg from each other, and lo and behold, today there was a fuzzy little chick nestled in between the 3 pullets. They keep making concerned broody clucks and trying to 'roll' the chick underneath them. So, all three girls think that the chick is theirs

He's going to be a spoiled baby!


Very tired and newly hatched baby with his doting 3 moms

Now THAT is ADORABLE!!