Silkie thread!

[Fancychooklady]

are your silkies, well all your chooks, tame enough to pick up??

Yes I pick them all up from the beginning. Sometimes it drives my husband nuts cause they sit on the window pecking the glass. The visitors love the chooks running up to them and pecking their toes.

 

[OohLaLa]

So excited, my little Sophia (white silkie) who has been oh so broody will get some eggs to sit on that are actually fertile. She has been so diligently sitting on the other hens eggs and such a good girl as I've collected them daily. Now she will have the chance to be the Mama she wants to be. Today when I take the infertile eggs (no rooster in that pen) I'll exchange them for fertile Maran eggs.

 

[CrazyChookLady5]

this is my silkies family right now. minus my chicks ( sorry or the bad pitures, you cant really see them!!)

the fisrt picture is my rooster, Ron
the second is is my first ever(and favorites rooster) Charlie
and the last pic is Domino my silkie hen!!
(in the second picture you can kinda see Domino and Ron)

 

[6 littleHens]

 

[6 littleHens]

 

[6 littleHens]

How old are cockerels to fertilize eggs? I have 100% fertility with my older roo.

 

[Suzierd]

ok i have a transport cage that i keep them in the bigger chickens seem to be ingoring them for the most part i have been giving them all some outdoor time today it was pretty warm here today.. so i need to keep them in the cage seperating them for 2-3 more months

Some times this goes smoothly and sometimes you can get a real bully or two. I would give it a week and let them together watch see how it goes. Some pecking order is normal.
If there's a big size difference you would want to wait till the young ones are close to the same size before you put them all together.

 

[roostercantrell]

Some times this goes smoothly and sometimes you can get a real bully or two. I would give it a week and let them together watch see how it goes. Some pecking order is normal.
If there's a big size difference you would want to wait till the young ones are close to the same size before you put them all together.

all my chicks have been together since i got them in march got them from tcs

 

[Dknichelson]

Feta (white silkie) finally brought her babies out of the coop! Here's their first family outing!

 

[Suzierd]

all my chicks have been together since i got them in march got them from tcs

Ok, I thought you were trying to move younger ones in with adults. Best of luck with them