Silkie thread!

[K Epp]

Does anyone know of a Silkie breeder in North Georgia?

 

[abmaddox1981]

Hey guys, I have a silkie hen that I *think* is going broody. She normally only lays about every other day, she has laid 3 days in a row now and has been sitting on her nest about 85% of the time. Today she was standing over her eggs, raising hell at the 3mo old pullets that I put in the silkie pen ( I haven't built a grow out pen yet and the silkies seemed like a better idea than putting them in with the big girls). Should I move her and her eggs to the broody box I just finished? If I move her/them, will she stop sitting?

 

[ChickNmamma]

Quote: I am sorry, I live in California - so no. However, maybe somebody else will come on from your area. Have you checked Craig's List?

Can anyone help me with my problem
My incubator instructions says that an hour after the light on my incubator starts to flash (wich means the temperature is stabilising) the themometer that came with my incubator should read 100F and it does but the other themometer I bought and compared to other mercury thermometers so I could calibrate it only reads 90F , should I change the temperature or trust the themometer that. Came with my incubator

Is it a still air or a forced air? In the still air incubators the temperatures at the top will be higher than the temperatures at the bottom. If your incubator says the temperatures are supposed to be 100F I would calibrate the thermometer that is reading 90F - that is a big difference! I finally got a Brisea Spot Check because it is highly accurate (and I can always test it by sticking the probe in my mouth

) and it has really helped me. I know overseas shipping might be expensive, but maybe somebody there already imports them?

 

[peepblessed]

I have one white silkie "Cloud" and she's not near as friendly as any of my other breeds. She was a perfect angel to me when broody though - not even one peck. She won't let you catch her and boy is she fast! However, if I just sit down, she will hop up on my leg and sometimes allows me to pet her if I move slow. I handled her just as much as all the others... I can't keep some of my big girls and new babies off of me but she's just so flighty.

I did have a bratty silkie roo though, so I've experienced that. He's been re-homed and has recently adopted some baby bantam chicks - fatherhood has calmed him down, LOL. I still have one silkie roo but he is an angel to everyone except my husband. The funny thing is my husband is afraid of him and won't come into the backyard unless I put him away. You can imagine the teasing that goes on around here over that since he's a big guy and not afraid of much.

Interesting - I was just wondering if it was chance with the bird or good/bad genetics... I've never had good breeder silkies to compare to.

Can anyone help me with my problem
My incubator instructions says that an hour after the light on my incubator starts to flash (wich means the temperature is stabilising) the themometer that came with my incubator should read 100F and it does but the other themometer I bought and compared to other mercury thermometers so I could calibrate it only reads 90F , should I change the temperature or trust the themometer that. Came with my incubator

Is it a still air or a forced air? In the still air incubators the temperatures at the top will be higher than the temperatures at the bottom. If your incubator says the temperatures are supposed to be 100F I would calibrate the thermometer that is reading 90F - that is a big difference! I finally got a Brisea Spot Check because it is highly accurate (and I can always test it by sticking the probe in my mouth

) and it has really helped me. I know overseas shipping might be expensive, but maybe somebody there already imports them?

I agree. That is a serious temperature spread. You need a thermometer that you can check. If you have a human thermometer it will at least give you the high. Put it at mid egg level. If it doesn't go over 101.5, it should be okay.

 

[OohLaLa]

I don't know why - but that stage is my absolute favorite stage. The gawky teenage stage with the firecracker tails and hair up in rollers.. It goes away so quickly (sort of like the fluffy down stage) but they are just adorable! Mine are at the "little adult" stage - mini copies of what they will be when they get bigger:




You won 2 out of three, you won because you showed, and next time you will have more information about showing again. She looks tired, I bet she is glad to be back home. Give us some pictures when she recovers, she looks nice (I like beardless Silkies)..

Yours are so cute. I am glad to hear that this to shall pass. I look at them and kinda of wonder did I get messed up versions. There is a good size difference between the two white silkies. One was much smaller; yet spunky.

 

[Hennypen]

I bought my silkies from Premier Silkies and followed her feed recipe... and then my computer died so I lost that recipe.

Does anyone have it by chance? I can't remember what the ingredients were. It made a huge amount of feed so I only mixed it a few times.

 

[LV Chicks]

For a year now, we have enjoyed the two retired Seramas my husband so desperately wanted. They are lovely little ladies with so much personality and occasionally give us the cutest little eggs.... but I've wanted Silkies for over a year now.... and.....

Here they are!!!!



A fellow teacher ordered Silkie eggs for a life cycle lesson we shared. Out of 11, only four hatched but that gave her two and me two. I am beside myself with excitement! They are now, respectively, 5 days (buff... ish) and 6 days (blonde/white) old and I'm carefully alternating brooder time and handling time.... Now if I could just talk them both into being hens....

 

[NookNook01]

For a year now, we have enjoyed the two retired Seramas my husband so desperately wanted. They are lovely little ladies with so much personality and occasionally give us the cutest little eggs.... but I've wanted Silkies for over a year now.... and..... Here they are!!!! A fellow teacher ordered Silkie eggs for a life cycle lesson we shared. Out of 11, only four hatched but that gave her two and me two. I am beside myself with excitement! They are now, respectively, 5 days (buff... ish) and 6 days (blonde/white) old and I'm carefully alternating brooder time and handling time.... Now if I could just talk them both into being hens....

Cuuuuute....Congrats!!!

 

[Sanna]

For a year now, we have enjoyed the two retired Seramas my husband so desperately wanted. They are lovely little ladies with so much personality and occasionally give us the cutest little eggs.... but I've wanted Silkies for over a year now.... and.....

Here they are!!!!



A fellow teacher ordered Silkie eggs for a life cycle lesson we shared. Out of 11, only four hatched but that gave her two and me two. I am beside myself with excitement! They are now, respectively, 5 days (buff... ish) and 6 days (blonde/white) old and I'm carefully alternating brooder time and handling time.... Now if I could just talk them both into being hens....

That's exciting! You'll be very happy with the Silkies. Sooner or later you'll want more!

Cute chicks. They look like they'll turn out white.

 

[Sanna]

My little chicks are a month old now. They love to roam around the yard and pick at things.







Spot, the mixed breed chick, is always leading the gang. Here she (I hope!) is leading the Silkies to investigate the stairs.

Spot, so photogenic.