Silkie thread!

[Jharper]

Just got two paint silkies!!!!! One bearded and one non bearded. I will have to upload pictures when I get home.

 

[Suzierd]

Thanks everyone, just got back with the electrolytes they had it, but thanks for the recipe. Cute chicks Mumsy I think I'll make mine some scrambled eggs.

 

[Suzierd]

Mumsy seems very sleepy to me, getting some electrolytes in her little drinks with a dropper putting a drop on the side of her beak. Then giving her breaks. No interest in eating yet. I wish she would liven up she's so sleepy.

 

[Suzierd]

I'm sorry.

On Mumsie and being pecked, I find that sometimes when I put a chick next to its mamma she pecks on it to hear what it sounds like.  If she recognizes the peep she accepts it.  Sort of like "who are you" peck.  The ones I tried to introduce that she didn't accept she growled at and chased off.

However, if Mumsy isn't keeping up with momma it sounds like she needs a bit more time to get sturdy.

This seems like what she was doing, but then she got stepped on, I'm trying to get her running around then put her back. I feel bad she's alone. I floated the remaining eggs and I'll be darn if I don't see some rocking. No peeping tho. I'm keeping the under a light and warm with a little dish of water but I don't know if that's good enough. I have a small styrofoam ice chest maybe I should put them inside it to help get the humidity up and try a low watt bulb and see if I can't get the temp right. What do you think?

 

[ChickNmamma]

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I don't think I would put the eggs in anything you built until you make sure the temperatures and humidity stay steady for hours. You will also need air - the chicks do need to breathe once they get their lungs working. If you can get it setup and holding temperatures you can try it - I remember somebody incubating and hatching 5 eggs in a cardboard box next to their bed - with a crookneck lamp for heat and a damp sponge for humidity. I know my mother used to carry the unhatched eggs from her broodies after they pipped (staggered hatches too long apart) around tucked in her shirt up against her belly - we used to tease her about being pregnant with chickens. Apparently body temperature and moist human skin will hatch them too. She now uses the cardboard box with the light and sponges and has hatched a few that way too.

One person on the broody thread last year said they hatched some by putting a warm damp towel over the top of them and putting warm, out of the dryer towels on top of that. I am reading thru the entire thread.. its taking awhile.

Let us know how things go.

 

[Suzierd]

My daughter hatched some out using the styrofoam set up and her temps did go up and down on her a bit, she had one spike to 104 and thought she lost them put they all hatched but one. I'll get it as steady as I can before putting them in. Not sure they're alive we'll see.
Mumsy pecked a bit at the food, a good sign! Still getting a drop of electrolytes in now and then.
What a night, I need a nap.

 

[mandycarlo]

My new baby blue's !! :-0.

 

[MumsyII]

Spending so much time with the new chicks, have neglected to get new pictues of the Catdance boys. My Porcelain fellas hatched March 2013. Not quite five months old but getting prettier every day.

The first one is my favorite. Started crowing this week.



The second boy is smaller and needs to grow a cushion.

I love his soft blue shading.



First boy has better toe spacing than the second. I love the color on these guys.

 

[Suzierd]

Is it normal for her to be so wobbly and sleepy still? I thought she would be running around by now. She gets around but very wobbly doesn't seem tobe able to stay awake very long at all.

 

[peepblessed]

The eleven newly hatched Silkie babies are doing great. They got their first grass and dirt clod to scratch and peck in. It took a while for them to not be afraid of it and start eating the seeds on the grass and pecking at the dirt.




There are a couple of the chicks that stand out to me. One of them is the Dumpling chick. Another is one of the Bonney babies. These are the two Catdance pullets I brought home with a male. They were young and just getting to POL back in February.

This is Dumpling when I brought her home. She didn't have her name yet. She has curled feet but lays eggs well. She hasn't been able to hatch her own eggs though she has tried a couple times.




This is a chick from a Dumpling egg covered by my Catdance roo. I think it is the best looking chick in the batch so far.







Bonney got her name from her huge bonnet of a crest. I have three chicks out of her eggs. This isn't the best one but still a good chick.


Bonney has a nice cushion. Even when she was six months old.


Her chick does have a big bum too. Hah!

All very lovely!

I've totally been MIA! so sorry!

So the chicks I've hatched out from Riverside Silkies are growing so nicely. They're about 6 weeks old now. Looks like 3 splash and 1 blue. The splash are very light, but they're pretty. Maybe I'll upload photos soon.



So, I want to add another blood line to my flock, and I found someone who has a 4 months old Catdance roo. Should I get him? He is $25. He's a good looking fellow, yes?

He's a very nice looking boy. Make sure his wing in folding correctly and it's not split.

This is my silver penciled partridge. She is what made me fall in love with Silkies! I now have her, plus 2 whites 22 of various colors in lockdown, 9 of Pip&peeps chocolate projects incubating.
Just had to share my beautiful girl!

Really pretty!

My new baby blue's !! :-0.

Very nice chicks.

Spending so much time with the new chicks, have neglected to get new pictues of the Catdance boys. My Porcelain fellas hatched March 2013. Not quite five months old but getting prettier every day.

The first one is my favorite. Started crowing this week.



The second boy is smaller and needs to grow a cushion.

I love his soft blue shading.



First boy has better toe spacing than the second. I love the color on these guys.

Gorgeous boys!