Silkie thread!

[silkiecuddles]

@Adorkable you can find kitchen scales on Amazon for $15-$20.

 

[Sylvester017]

Okay, thanks sylvester I will keep you all posted. Right now I'm looking at kitchen scales and postal scales from walmart. They are between $15 and $25. Not bad.

Today I actually picked up 1 of my 3 blue/splash silkie boys and I swear he has to weight at least 3-4 lbs. He is so big... I really need to weigh them all. If he is too big I may try him over a really tiny pullet I have to see if the offspring are somewhere in between lol. I do have a smaller boy that I'm guessing is a good weight, but I really need to be sure what they all weight to see what I have to work with.

I wish I had weighed my Partridge boy before rehoming him at 8 months - he was a big 'un and his sister is 2.4 lbs now. My little Black Silkie hen is 2.2 lbs. I swear with all that fluff they look a lot heavier but they're not.

 

[Fancychooklady]

I use fish scales. With some birds it a little difficult to get them to sit on parcel scales. With these I put the bird in a hessian bag and weigh them, - the weight of the bag. The newer digital ones used for checking your luggage before flying , are probably more accurate but mine are over 60 years old.

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Sports-Outdoors-Fish-Weighing-Scales/zgbs/sporting-goods/3409051

 

[Adorkable]

@Adorkable you can find kitchen scales on Amazon for $15-$20.

Cool, thanks! Some of the parcel scales I was looking at only go to 3 or 5 lbs and I think I want something that goes a little higher as I hope to be selling eggs from a few bantam breeds in a couple of years.

Quote: Yeah, that's what I told my hubby. I wonder if he's actually *that* big or if it's all the fluff! hehe

I use fish scales. With some birds it a little difficult to get them to sit on parcel scales. With these I put the bird in a hessian bag and weigh them, - the weight of the bag. The newer digital ones used for checking your luggage before flying , are probably more accurate but mine are over 60 years old.



http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Sports-Outdoors-Fish-Weighing-Scales/zgbs/sporting-goods/3409051

I would have never thought of using one of these. Great idea. Some of them are really inexpensive too!

 

[RubyNala97]

Hi Rubynala97! I am in orange county. They did well it seemed last night. Everyone ran outside the moment that door popped open. Now I need to start keeping an eye for freezing water, soon will have to switch to the heated dog bowl. Works like a charm Mine go in a run and my old hens did not go outside last year when it snowed. All they wanted to do was stay in the coop. I gave them cat toys and bird toys to keep them busy. Also would make them a special breakfast on those awful days. Your older silkies are the same age as mine. Sounds like the babies liked the mama heating pad. I've noticed that the coops stay warmer inside do to body heat and im sure compose.. lol  I do worry with ventilation that they could get chilled, but thankfully last year that was ok. I'm just new to the silkies and there feathers are a lot different.

Happy to find another chicken person, locally! It's amazing that they manage to do ok in the cold. I'm thinking of buying a ceramic heat bulb, just for the nights that are extremely frigid. Remember last winter, with windchill, there were a few nights -30. That's a bit too cold for me and I'd like to have it on hand ahead of time. But other wise I have a moving blanket over the coop, covered by a tarp and the vents are completely unblocked and opened. I have the option to close them, but I should leave them open, right?
And now the weather has been upper 50's to 60! Crazy!!

 

[eyralis]

So Paris Hilton has a party Chihuahua?
Well I’ve got a party CHICKEN.
Take that, Paris!

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[Frindizzle]

So Paris Hilton has a party Chihuahua?
Well I’ve got a party CHICKEN.
Take that, Paris!

Wow, cool!

 

[Banaynaychicken]

So Paris Hilton has a party Chihuahua?
Well I’ve got a party CHICKEN.
Take that, Paris!

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I feel you, I have a party chicken as well! also a white bantam silkie XD her name is yukon. she was also my parrot for my pirate costume at halloween. my albino parrot XD

 

[Banaynaychicken]

if Paris Hilton were smart, she would get a silkie. a black one. a rooster XD

 

[Hholly]

You and your party chicken look gorgeous and glamorous!