Silkie thread!

[chickendales]

chick i got not shure im keeping

my showcockerl

 

[Brody's Broodello]

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Looks like you have some cross coloring. Grey is a REALLY tough color. Most have red leakage, very hard to breed out. But unless they have the Chinchilla coloring I would keep any of them, especially if your intention is to show. You will be beating your head against the wall for generations trying to get the color right. Better to start with good colored stock.

 

[NewToFarming]

Brody's Broodello :

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Looks like you have some cross coloring. Grey is a REALLY tough color. Most have red leakage, very hard to breed out. But unless they have the Chinchilla coloring I would keep any of them, especially if your intention is to show. You will be beating your head against the wall for generations trying to get the color right. Better to start with good colored stock.

Thank You! I appreciate your help!​

 

[hlf1996]

I have one white silkie chick but would
like a couple more. I live in Kansas and don't
have an incubator so would need chicks
or older birds. If anyone has any please tell me
thanks so much

 

[Brody's Broodello]

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Are you looking for White or other colors. Local pickup or shipping. That might help narrow down potential prospects.
Good luck!

 

[hlf1996]

The color does not matter even though
I would prefer it not to be white. And shipping
most likely

 

[laughingdog]

ill try a silkie, sooner probly than i should with all i have now. lol

 

[Colie <3]

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My mom works for the post office and I've talked to several employees that agree when the mail is being sorted if they see fragile they pretty much treat it like all the other packages. No special handling most of the time. My mom is a rural carrier and she does take care with fragile packages but she used to work years ago sorting and agrees unless it's a live animal which is set to the side separately people sorting usually aren't caring about fragile packages. What I was told is they assume since it's marked fragile that the shipper packed whatever is in there well and it's the shipper responsibility to have done so. Thanks right? lol Also was told to mark the packages with something eye catching as most ignore the "eggs" label as much as the "fragile" part. So yeah I'm thinking they are pretty much beating the crap outta and drop kicking the eggs we are all getting unless their attention is grabbed in some way and even then who's to say the next hands on the box even pay attention? Throw in temperatures and possible xrays and wow shipping eggs sucks right?

After you posted about the chickie with it's skull exposed/brain exposed I did some research and saw mostly that what happened is pretty seldom, thank goodness. I'm surprised the poor little guy even made it two days but you did the right thing by putting it down. In my experience quality chicks are hard to come by but Bobbi Porto does sell some beauties in the spring time IMO so she is a good source. You might do better finding a good breeding pair or trio then hatching your own eggs at home and going from there

That at least is my plan

Fragile is not enough. The real key words for the box are "LIVE HATCHING EGGS" or "LIVE EMBRYOS". Even if you don't pay for "special handling" or "Express Mail", hatching eggs marked properly are to be handled just like LIVE BIRDS. When done properly, the eggs travel the same way as live chicks. The postal cages are specifically marked "LIVE". They go on the same trucks but they don't go through the same sorting. At our local facility, the handlers keep the chicks and eggs inside where the temps stay even while they wait for their next truck. Of course, postal employees are human and exceptions do occur. One of the boxes I just got had a piece of red ribbon on it. I think that was a great idea, it calls attention to the markings on the box. IMO, if boxes aren't marked "LIVE HATCHING EGGS", you get what you get. I wouldn't want my eggs to travel as regular mail or even "fragile". As live eggs, the box should be put in a white postal tub and given special treatment, all the way to it's destination.

Heading to Stevenson this morning for my first Poultry Show, I'm really excited! Just watching today but hope to come back in October as an exhibitor.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Julie

From what I was told from the people I've talked to is it is indeed better to put words like Live hatching eggs or Live embryos and also not to even use the word fragile instead put handle with care. I was told that is not a guarantee that it's going to be put with the Lives in the separate cart that is kept inside but it would give you a better chance at someone noticing the package. The idea is to catch someone's eye with your wording, a picture or a ribbon like you said. I was also told the only way the egg will travel the same way as the birds is if they are labeled Live and sent express. I do think that it just depends on the area you live. Here in El Paso eggs don't get special treatment also in KY where my mom works they usually don't either. The reasoning I was given is that "eggs are not really a live animal they are an egg" also "live animals must be sent express, eggs sent priority can't be expected to be treated any different than a fragile package" so idk! Wish I had a private plane

 

[laughingdog]

this thread is freakin me out man! now im super paraniod about trying to get hatching eggs, to try. thanks lol you just might have saved me some from myself. or at least slowed down the madness.

 

[Colie <3]

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LOL it's ok a lot of people have good hatches from shipped eggs. Just keep your expectations low and you'll probably be pleasantly surprised! Best advice I can give it to practice with some local eggs first, give the chicks away when you're done if you have to. The first batch of eggs is the one you're learning on so you don't want those to be expensive eggs (trust me I ignored this advice and nuked my first batch, still had two hatch though!)
Also get a good incubator, it'll save you a lot of trouble lol