Silkie thread!

[chickendales]

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not that common and there just not as good quailty as beareds i seen some at ohio nationals reminded me hatchery stock

 

[PamB]

Beautiful coop!! And SO clean!!!

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[dwegg]

wow...your coop is great! I love the loft style where the silkies can go up and still sleep on the floor all safe with the rail. That is a very interesting idea.

 

[Tripp16]

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Hope you have a blessed hatch!!

Thanks doll!

 

[<3 N.C Chicken Chick <3]

CONGRATS

Mine are Due I think thurs day.

The eggs are under an broodie hen. Do they get food and water RIGHT after they hatch? What is lockdown? Should I bring them inside? How do you stop them from drowning in the water? Someone please tell me what to do.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

<3 N.C Chicken Chick <3 :

CONGRATS

Mine are Due I think thurs day.

The eggs are under an broodie hen. Do they get food and water RIGHT after they hatch? What is lockdown? Should I bring them inside? How do you stop them from drowning in the water? Someone please tell me what to do.

You can put some food in the nest if you want; they actually do not NEED anything for about 3 days, but it won;t hurt to have food there. Use quail no-drown waterers, or put marbles/pebbles in the base of the regular chick waterers. Lockdown is when hatching with an incubator--no more turning, keep door closed for the last 3 days of incubation. If you are using a broody, let her manage it.​

 

[Jferlisi]

Ok thanks. Im planning on breeding them so should i make a small coop for them? since they are in the coop atm with the LF.

 

[workinnanie]

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Wow! Nice coop!

 

[Debbienmousey]

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Also, make sure that the newly hatched babies won't be able to stumble/fall out of the nest. Some chicken aunties and uncles don't seem to be very..um..loving, sometimes.

(At least not my LF, the Silkie roos however have been wonderful so far with the day old babies.)

 

[Jferlisi]

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Also, make sure that the newly hatched babies won't be able to stumble/fall out of the nest. Some chicken aunties and uncles don't seem to be very..um..loving, sometimes.

(At least not my LF, the Silkie roos however have been wonderful so far with the day old babies.)

The boxes are on the floor of the coop.