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she doesnt seem to care, shes still laying on the few eggs that havent hatched yet

The black mama is not ready for babies, and they are picking up on it (she may even be pecking them away). So they are going to the mama who is nurturing them.

Oh, that's good to know!
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I thought about using those clips but thought the other chickens would pull them off. Do they leave them alone?
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I just put the clip in when I'm messing with her and for taking pictures.
I'm hoping I can get her use to them though. She's only 3 months old right now.
I got the clips at Wal-Mart from the little girl section today.
 
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I thought about using those clips but thought the other chickens would pull them off. Do they leave them alone?
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I just put the clip in when I'm messing with her and for taking pictures.
I'm hoping I can get her use to them though. She's only 3 months old right now.
I got the clips at Wal-Mart from the little girl section today.

She is gorgeous!
 
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The black mama is not ready for babies, and they are picking up on it (she may even be pecking them away). So they are going to the mama who is nurturing them.

Oh, that's good to know!
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but this is the white hens first chicks. my black hen has had 4 batches of chicks shes 5 years old and adopts chicks all of the time.
 
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Oh, that's good to know!
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but this is the white hens first chicks. my black hen has had 4 batches of chicks shes 5 years old and adopts chicks all of the time.

If she is still brooding eggs, she is not ready for chicks right NOW. It's easier to get a non-broody hen to accept and mother a chick than a broody who is not yet ready. A broody whose eggs are hatching can be another matter, but I'm guessing is that she has timed herself to that last egg. And I'm also guessing that the two hens didn;t start setting at eh same time, but that the black started at least a few days later. They probably swapped eggs back and forth while brooding, too.
 
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I thought about using those clips but thought the other chickens would pull them off. Do they leave them alone?
big_smile.png


I just put the clip in when I'm messing with her and for taking pictures.
I'm hoping I can get her use to them though. She's only 3 months old right now.
I got the clips at Wal-Mart from the little girl section today.

Shes stunning
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The breeder is called Ringnalda the Dutch Silkie breeder and she calles this color Beige

this breeder experimented on creating the color first and then and now is introducing it to the Silkie breed

this is how the color was born
http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j437/nicalandia/BeigPullet1.jpg

now some pics of early silkie looking birds..

chick
http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j437/nicalandia/BeigeChick.jpg


young pullet
http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j437/nicalandia/BeigPullet2.jpg

Is Ringnalda or Sigi breeding them? I thought it was Sigi?

is Ringnalda a friend of Sigi... I can't wait to see the finish product...
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this is Sigi's Post from the Classroom
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