Silkie thread!

[silkiecuddles]

​It is perfectly fine for you to eat a fertilized egg and collecting eggs daily will not ensure the eggs to not be fertilized... unless you are talking about the prevention of developing eggs which in case all you need to do is make sure you do not have a broody in the reach of eggs.

Yes. That's what I meant

 

[Kelxey]

Hi BYCers! I have a question, what colour would you call these 3?

#1 - She is mostly black but her underfeathers are grey. She's my favourite, she is so evenly tempered and loves to snuggle <3








(a shot of her underfeathers)





#2 - She is mostly grey with a red tinge, also underfeathers are grey



(a shot of her underfeathers)





#3 - She has yellow stripes throughout


(she is the one in front)

(when she was a chick she was spotted - she is the one to the right and the grey chick to the left is now #2!)

 

[kajira]

Hi BYCers! I have a question, what colour would you call these 3?

#1 - She is mostly black but her underfeathers are grey. She's my favourite, she is so evenly tempered and loves to snuggle <3








(a shot of her underfeathers)





#2 - She is mostly grey with a red tinge, also underfeathers are grey



(a shot of her underfeathers)





#3 - She has yellow stripes throughout


(she is the one in front)

(when she was a chick she was spotted - she is the one to the right and the grey chick to the left is now #2!)

The bottom one I'd call partridge.

The other I'd call black... the one in the middle with the red tones, is probably a mix of colors.

 

[kellyloveschad]

Does anyone know what would be a better pair mat wise for my porcelain sizzle hen?? my blue one or my black and gold??

 

[moomoodiddy]

blue

 

[CreamBruelle]

If you breed it with the blue, you'll get blue and black chicks and possibly different colors on the tips of the feathers and if you breed it with the black you'll get all black chicks with different colors on the tips of their feathers.

 

[MIKEY7]

hey all i have a silki roo that needs a new home by friday i live outside of Los Angeles. not a fan of the living conditions at our local feed store, but im going to have to take him there if nobody can help me out

 

[kellyloveschad]

would my blue or black rooster make splash with her when she gets bigger?? she has very little black or grey would like one with more color she is my favorite! also is there a good book to read on what to do? this is my first time having chickens!!! the lady I got them from said silkies live to be mommys!! I want to let them do it their self I know the porcelain is rare because the lady sells the babies for allot but I know I wont be able to get rid of them so I don't wont to be a hoarder! So my next question is one baby each enough to make them happy?? what if you never let them hatch and have babys???

 

[jas humbert]

Most silkies will go broody sooner or later but if you don't want to hatch chicks, just keep removing the eggs daily. I have 8 adult silkie hens and better than half of the time, at least one hen is currently broody.. There are lots of threads on breaking broodies or you can just let them get it out of their system naturally. In a few weeks (or several weeks for the stubborn ones) they will get off the nest and go back to normal. I have had hatches of only one chick and the hen is just as happy with one chick as 10. But you may not want babies every time they go broody. I've got a little black silkie hen who went broody a week ago and it is too late in the year for babies, at least in my part of the county. She raised a batch of chicks in the spring and was broody again in August also but I did not let her hatch then either. She will probably stay broody for a month or a little more (based on the last time) and give up eventually. You decide how many babies you want and when. It is probably not practical to let them hatch every time they go broody if you have several hens and there is really no need to. They will be fine.




Rosemary and her single egg hatch, a partridge - who is now bigger than her.


Imogene with her two day old batch of 5 babies

 

[kajira]

Most silkies will go broody sooner or later but if you don't want to hatch chicks, just keep removing the eggs daily. I have 8 adult silkie hens and better than half of the time, at least one hen is currently broody.. There are lots of threads on breaking broodies or you can just let them get it out of their system naturally. In a few weeks (or several weeks for the stubborn ones) they will get off the nest and go back to normal. I have had hatches of only one chick and the hen is just as happy with one chick as 10. But you may not want babies every time they go broody. I've got a little black silkie hen who went broody a week ago and it is too late in the year for babies, at least in my part of the county. She raised a batch of chicks in the spring and was broody again in August also but I did not let her hatch then either. She will probably stay broody for a month or a little more (based on the last time) and give up eventually. You decide how many babies you want and when. It is probably not practical to let them hatch every time they go broody if you have several hens and there is really no need to. They will be fine.




Rosemary and her single egg hatch, a partridge - who is now bigger than her.


Imogene with her two day old batch of 5 babies

My cochin's been broody for over 3 months, despite never leaving an egg in there. She gets out every morning, waits for my RIR to lay an egg, then sits on it until we come out to get it.....

I'm tempted to give her a couple of silkie eggs, and let her hatch them - but my RIR is an egg eater, so I don't 100% trust her not to eat the sillkie eggs if I gave my cochin a couple babies.