Yes she is! She is thr oldest in the flockYour Poko is a New Year's hatch! My oldest Silkie is an April Fool's Day hatch! I have a 6-yr-old and 5-yr-old Silkies and one is a much better layer than the other. However, when both are laying, the old girls still crank out 4 eggs apiece/weekly. My older girl will lay for 2 or 3 weeks and then stop and goes broody. 3 or 4 months later she'll lay eggs for 2 or 3 weeks and go broody again. Whereas the younger girl is a more steady layer for several weeks before going broody. For bantams they lay a good-size egg between 1.25 to 1.5 ounces so I don't mind it when they go broody to give their bodies a rest. Laying so many big eggs must take a nutritional toll on their little bodies -- I've added selenium, brewer's yeast, bee pollen, and calcium carbonate to their organic layer feed in addition to nutritional treats, produce, and cooked meats. I've incorporated Rooster Booster vitamins and wormers plus children's no-iron Poly-Vi-Sol drops on their beak (I think they like the vit E in the drops). I worry over these two Silkies since they are my longest-lived chickens so far. I lost two large fowl to heat-stress causes this year yet these two little ladies managed to get thru it.
yes she goes broody after laying for a few weeks then doesn't lay for a while, and then repeats i worry about heat stroke too, they are so fluffy and we live in Australia and it gets super hot. I give them a shallow dish of water to stand in and sometimes (much to their displeasure we sprinkle them with the hose.) My other silkie never went broody..... i always grt happy when my layers decide not to lay and givr their bodies a break i havent lost any to heat stress yet so I try prevent it as much as possible.
The MP quality on digital cameras has improved much over the years. (The first digital I used stored on zip disks). The new camera auto focuses faster and stores the pictures faster. The continuous shot is over twice as fast and doesn't slow as you hold it longer. Improved digital technology is nice, plus electronics wear over time. I can use my old lenses on the new camera. Why I stayed with a Cannon. Lenses are expensive. Some extremely so.Beautiful pics! I did some more research about Canon since my last post and found an extensive website giving the history on Canon with more beginner info than I needed! Apparently the body of the cameras is not so important as the lenses which Canon claims have not changed in decades. The old adage that it's the lens and not the camera body that makes a good photo! I feel a little better not worrying about which model I get now -- the photo outcome seems to be in the lens. TY for all your input! http://photonotes.org/articles/beginner-faq/cameras.htmlJust playing with the new camera
I hope your not adding the vitamins and polivisol together . Excess selenium will kill birds quicker than as deficiency will. Calcium carbonate is also best placed in a dish on ' freetake ' that way the birds that need it will partake and those that don't aren't getting too much calcium in their system, which once again can be lethal once it has made its way into the organs.Your Poko is a New Year's hatch! My oldest Silkie is an April Fool's Day hatch! I have a 6-yr-old and 5-yr-old Silkies and one is a much better layer than the other. However, when both are laying, the old girls still crank out 4 eggs apiece/weekly. My older girl will lay for 2 or 3 weeks and then stop and goes broody. 3 or 4 months later she'll lay eggs for 2 or 3 weeks and go broody again. Whereas the younger girl is a more steady layer for several weeks before going broody. For bantams they lay a good-size egg between 1.25 to 1.5 ounces so I don't mind it when they go broody to give their bodies a rest. Laying so many big eggs must take a nutritional toll on their little bodies -- I've added selenium, brewer's yeast, bee pollen, and calcium carbonate to their organic layer feed in addition to nutritional treats, produce, and cooked meats. I've incorporated Rooster Booster vitamins and wormers plus children's no-iron Poly-Vi-Sol drops on their beak (I think they like the vit E in the drops). I worry over these two Silkies since they are my longest-lived chickens so far. I lost two large fowl to heat-stress causes this year yet these two little ladies managed to get thru it.
I love my canon rebel t3i, have not had the time to use it lately
