Silkie thread!

[NYREDS]

It's been my experience that most of ones I help out of the shell die anyway. I recently found a chick hatched that had not absorbed the yolk sack. I didn't expect it to survive, but I let the yolk dry up and cut it off. Fed the little one ' save a chick ' with a syringe and scrambled egg. It's about 4 weeks old now and has beaten the odds. Problem is it thinks it s a duck, cause it just so happened that we had an orphan duck at the same time.
Here's the little bugger with his brood.

I think we all, at some point, submit to the desire to "help" a chick that's struggling out of the shell. While I can't say that most I ever did this with died I can say that none ever amounted to much. I haven't "helped" in years. There's usually a reason these chicks don't hatch on their own. Trust nature to make those decisions for you.

 

[chickieluver26]

Is Zoey laying yet?

Yes she recently began about a week ago

 

[beccaboo254]

After figuring out that my Cornish bantam was laying the buff 1.5+ oz eggs, my 5.5 month old Silkie started singing the egg song today and about 3 hours later (clearly she jumped the gun a tad) I found this! Pretty light brown, 1.07 oz first egg! Not even big enough to be a peewee! LOL

 

[KV Silkies]

These 2 turned black as they got older.





That's mum.
They are 4 months old now and solid black.

omgosh adorable pictures!!! LOVE LOVE them!

 

[flocknfoal]

Ok, weird question: All my hens have gone broody (which is fine considering I have more chicks than I know what to do with!!!) but what about my poor roosters? Mike and Ike are each wandering around their respective pens looking very lonely while all the girls just sit in the coop. Will the hens allow them to 'take care of their business' (so to speak) when they leave the eggs and come out to eat and drink? And if not, will they be ok for 3 weeks with no 'lady time'?

 

[Fancychooklady]

Ok, weird question:  All my hens have gone broody (which is fine considering I have more chicks than I know what to do with!!!) but what about my poor roosters?  Mike and Ike are each wandering around their respective pens looking very lonely while all the girls just sit in the coop.  Will the hens allow them to 'take care of their business' (so to speak) when they leave the eggs and come out to eat and drink?  And if not, will they be ok for 3 weeks with no 'lady time'? 

I'm sure they'll live !

 

[subhanalah]

20 something silkie eggs! Is anyone as excited as I am?

 

[flocknfoal]

I'm sure they'll live !

LOL, I'm sure they will. I was thinking more along the line of behavior problems - being aggressive to me or mean to the ladies or whatever. I was thinking, if so, maybe I could put one of them out with the LF layers for a while, but not sure if that would cause more trouble in terms of integrating him back into the flock.

 

[Fancychooklady]

LOL, I'm sure they will.  I was thinking more along the line of behavior problems - being aggressive to me or mean to the ladies or whatever.  I was thinking, if so, maybe I could put one of them out with the LF layers for a while, but not sure if that would cause more trouble in terms of integrating him back into the flock. 

I often lock a roo up to give the girls a break. Admittedly they are a little over keen when reintroduced but things settle down. Most of mine are out to broodiness, but my boys just hang out in a bachelor gang and get what they can, if you know what I mean.

 

[subhanalah]

I often lock a roo up to give the girls a break. Admittedly they are a little over keen when reintroduced but things settle down. Most of mine are out to broodiness, but my boys just hang out in a bachelor gang and get what they can, if you know what I mean.

Hahahahaaha