Silkie thread!

[Fancychooklady]

I haven't noticed my Silkies being harder to hatch. Now shipped eggs, which seems to be what Tsmom is dealing with, are a royal pain.
I'm too far away too, sorry :/

I find that my hatch ratio with silkies is much better than with my other breeds.

 

[Kelxey]

Our Silkies lay 1.25 oz eggs - not sure how that translates in grams since my scale is in ounces. Compared to smaller bantam breeds the Silkie eggs are pretty hefty. Did your girl do an egg song? We have one Black Silkie that squawks at the top of her lungs when laying and we have one dainty Partridge girl that never lets you know she's layed her egg.

Well actually this morning both my silkies were really loud!! She sat in the coop but there was no egg after all, and my other girl looked confused because they are always around and about together but now she is alone.

 

[MumsyIII]

I live in Mt and we want some silkies really bad. We are trying hard to hatch but we keep getting eggs that are broken or don't seem to be fertilized we are just starting a 2nd set but most of them were broken so we only ended up with 3. We are also trying to hatch call ducks but want the silkies more

Shipped silkie eggs are fragile. I have found them to be difficult to get high percantage hatch rate when I've tried. Eggs from my own silkie pens give me high hatch rates because I collect them everyday. Keep them stored correctly and never set eggs older than a week old. Strong healthy chicks come from strong healthy breeding birds.
I suggest finding silkie breeders by frequenting multiple feed/farm stores and asking the employees. Most of these stores have bulletin boards where you can post a want ad. Also every county usually has a country fair with a poultry barn. Find out the dates and attend. Take notes, pictures of birds you like and find out who the owners are. That's how I started my first flock many decades ago. I have also met up with breeders and bought eggs and trios at APA shows. Contact the American Silkie Association and they can give you a list of breeders too. Good luck in the hunt. I think it's worth the time and trouble.

 

[silkiecuddles]

I suggest finding silkie breeders by frequenting multiple feed/farm stores and asking the employees. Most of these stores have bulletin boards where you can post a want ad. Also every county usually has a country fair with a poultry barn. Find out the dates and attend. Take notes, pictures of birds you like and find out who the owners are. That's how I started my first flock many decades ago. I have also met up with breeders and bought eggs and trios at APA shows. Contact the American Silkie Association and they can give you a list of breeders too. Good luck in the hunt. I think it's worth the time and trouble.

 

[sumterflfreed]

Are silkies considered bantams? And can someone post a pic of how big a 4 week old silkies should be trying to determine age of mine. Thank you

 

[sumterflfreed]

this is the only pic I have. The chick in front is a dark brahma

 

[seminolewind]

Here's my 4 week olds

 

[Fancychooklady]

Here's my 4 week olds

Hehe, love the leg feathering. Look like little stumo wrestlers.

 

[MumsyIII]

Seminolewind, your chicks are beautiful.

Here are pic's of some of my four week olds.


The white chicks.

Blue Partridge four week old.



Another Blue Partridge four week old.

 

[seminolewind]

How precious, Mumsy! I just can't stop holding them next to my cheek and kissing them.