Silkie thread!

[moomoodiddy]

can going broody cauze post wry neck to reoccur, my paint hen who i have been trying to grt her to hatvh something out for years i had to lift her off of her nest and stumble around the feeder to get somethkng to eat and drink poor thing couldnt even find the egg again.... oh yra do birds get off their eggs and sit about a foot away to cool tehm off some or is it jusy her?

 

[kristikluck]

Finally got a silkie! I'm worried she will feel left out since I only have one. Is this going to be ok? I don't have room for any more birds right now or I would get just one more my others are Cochins and a BO. All very docile. Any input?
Thanks
Kristi

 

[sheeshshe]

I have three chicks that just hatched out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited. I had shipped eggs and I was so worried none would hatch. I started with 8, there are 2 more in there, they haven't pipped yet, but I'm goign to give them some time still.

 

[sheeshshe]

These come from Riverside Silkies, and they are B/B/S. How do you differentiate from blue and splash chicks?

 

[sheeshshe]

I have another peeping and pipping! yeah!

 

[jnjmanning]

I have another peeping and pipping! yeah!

I put 8 in incubator, and 1 lonely egg remains. My hatch day is Sunday. Shipped eggs have been a nightmare for me this year

 

[sheeshshe]

that is so sad

Well, I started with 8, 7 started growing, and 2 quit. the 5th I'm still not sure if it quit or not. We'll find out soon! So 50% hatch rate for this one it looks like. I have them upright in egg cartons bc some of the air cells looked sketchy.

 

[Sanna]

Awww! I just put out three chicks with the big birds this week because they kept flying out of the brooder and I worried about them because everyone else in the coop is a month and a half to two months old. It's a mixed breed coop, silkies, sex links, Australorps, RIRS and SLWS. But we've had no problems. Hopefully your little guys will do fine with the other chickens.

Thanks! I think they'll do just fine. I've never had any trouble with my flock, maybe I've just been lucky. lol

Thinking Snow's neck is getting crooked again =/ I will check on him again tomorrow to see if it is getting even worse. He had bad wryneck as a baby and it may be coming back. He seems to tilt his head to the right slightly, and I watched him crow today and instead of holding his head up straight to do it he held it sideways and crowed out to the side

His crow also sounds like someone is strangling him still. I can post a picture, I think I have one. It isn't always like that, but a good amount of the time, he always seems to be calking his head to that side... could it just be a permanent head tilt I am just noticing because I am overprotective and some of the others are sick too?

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oh and also, Ice is getting red in her waddles? Also her comb is getting a little larger. Is this just her maturing?

Poor Snow. I hope he turns out ok. Keeping my fingers crossed!

I'm not sure about the red on Ice's wattles. Could be that she's maturing or maybe getting ready to lay? Someone once pointed out a really big comb on one of my hens and said that it was due to being at point of lay. I'm still not a 100% sure what that means, but I'm pretty sure that's just when they're getting ready. Someone correct me if I'm wrong! lol

Finally got a silkie! I'm worried she will feel left out since I only have one. Is this going to be ok? I don't have room for any more birds right now or I would get just one more

my others are Cochins and a BO. All very docile. Any input?
Thanks
Kristi

You always have room for one more Silkie!

Congrats on the new addition. You'll love her....and you'll want more sooner or later. lol

These come from Riverside Silkies, and they are B/B/S. How do you differentiate from blue and splash chicks?

Blues usually look greyish and the splashes are whitish. Looks like you have a splash and a blue there.

 

[sheeshshe]

possibly 2 splash and one blue. hmmm! I hope! splash is my favorite!

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

I just got my first egg since everyone went broody

Sorry, its been a long time since I've seen an egg. Its already marked and waiting to be hatched