Silkie thread!

[Fancychooklady]

Well cackle hatchery says their birds are show quality so i guesss ill see when we get them.
why isnt ghe vaulted skull show quality

Vaulted skulls do not determine whether or not a bird is show quality or not, they do however put the bird at higher risk of brain injury.

 

[KV Silkies]

Vaulted skulls do not determine whether or not a bird is show quality or not, they do however put the bird at higher risk of brain injury.

What is the purpose or value of vaulted skulls then? they just make their heads look puffier and fuller for looks only then? just curious, thanks!

 

[laseterlass]

I usually have some hatch like that.  Someone mentioned "sticky chick syndrome", which is caused by low (?) or high temp in the 'bator.  Maybe it's part of the egg stuck on.  I'm not much help am I??   I usually wash them off with a little warm waters, towel dry, and back under the heat lamp.     Someone else will be much more help!   Cute chicks!   

Use an infants toothbrush and warm water. a little at a time.

 

[Fancychooklady]

What is the purpose or value of vaulted skulls then?  they just make their heads look puffier and fuller for looks only then?  just curious, thanks!

For some people the vaulted skull is more desirable . It gives the crest more poomph.

 

[KV Silkies]

thank you for the info on vaulted vs non vaulted.

another question, my first batch of silkies will be hatching this next wednesday

I have 18 viable right now so have high hopes... however would like to get another group of eggs to incubate in a week or so.... how hard would it be to have to introduce a new batch of chicks to my chicks who will then be 4 weeks old? I am thinking would have to wait a little bit until the newbies are a week or more? anyhow, really wanted to hatch some more, but nervous of introducing everyone (I am totally counting my chicks before they hatch here... but wanted to know prior to ordering more eggs...)

thank you for any input!!!

 

[EZFarms]

Okay wrll now i know what to look for thanks ^·^

 

[Jharper]

I shall post pics on here when we get them. how loud are the silkie roos?

We had one that NEVER crowed and my paint barely crows. Just when we get a new male in the flock.

 

[EZFarms]

Hmm okay. i just dont need my neighbor complaining again

 

[BuckNBark Farm]

So, I gave her a bath in warm water with a little baby shampoo and used a very small (travel) blow dryer on low with a diffuser and my hand around the chick to make sure it didn't get too warm. I was extremely gentle and carful, but the chick is doing much worse now than before. It was running around before and doing great, but now it's having trouble keeping it's balance and keeps falling over when it tries to walk. In my experience, when a chick starts having trouble with balance like that, it usually dies.

Some of my adults get off balance when I wash them. Dunno why. One of my Polish does, too. Hopefully, will be ok.

-Pam

 

[Sylvester017]

Usually they don't. Hatchery quality usually is more pet quality. Yet vaulted skulls does not equal show quality either, but still hatcheries don't usually have them.

I saw some Privett Hatchery Silkie chicks that my local feed store orders from (our feed store has been ordering hatchery stock as well as juveniles from local breeders for over 10 years). The couple chicks I saw from Privett had vaulted skulls so guess it depends on the hatchery. And yeah, skulls on Silkies are delicate - vaulted or not IMO - which is why you may see them stooping or ducking their heads out of the way a lot. At least my two behave that way moreso than our 2 LF do. One wrong thump on the skull of a Silkie can either disable or kill it. Read somewhere that the skull bones don't quiet grow to meet each other completely - something like the soft spot on a human baby's skull.