Silkie thread!

[mshuey1]

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Hawkeye95 how r yur babies doing. My r on meds too and under the weather:/

A Baytril shot each day and they are doing better. No more runs! Much more perky.

Thanks for asking! I had only two sick and now the 3rd one that was with them is coming down with it today, but I think we'll get her shaped up quick.

That's good to hear that there doing better

 

[chikincrazee]

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It is a Hovabator. I used to use an LG but got the Hovabator. Actually the LG held my temps better but the humidity was all over the place. The hovabator hold the humidity well but my temps were all over. I can't win!

But I am up to pips!

I was doing a lot of reading up before buying the Brinsea. I did a lot of reading on the Hovabator as well, and for the most part, everyone thought it was a great incubator! I'm sorry you were having trouble with it. It does seem like no matter what I do, though, that I'm with YOU-- I can't win! LOL I'm really crossing my fingers that the new incubator I am getting is idiot proof.

I know one thing about myself- and that is, I can break the unbreakable or mess up the unmessable. If that's even a word... anyway, I have talent! hehe!

Hawkeye good choice of incubators thats what i had for my first bator and if i can successfully hatch silkies in it it must be pretty idiot proof...lol..i ran some fine tubing into the bottom water channels and would squish a syringe full of water in there every few days so I didnt have to keep lifting up the lid and just before lockdown i would put a couple pieces of sponge in the channels to make the surface larger for evaporation to raise the humidity...worked really well and i had about 75% hatch rate on shipped eggs in November of last year!!!! Sorry to hear your babies are still under the weather....the journey must have really stressed the little dears.....hope they are better tomorrow...Chris

 

[Christie Loves Silkies]

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Did her feathers start to get really long at the back of the crest before the front?
All of my girls seem to get longer feathers at the back of the crest before the front

They were definitely longer but not all my pullets grew in that way. Some grew in very evenly. Cockerels too.

This is how Lucky grew in, Izzy was the same and I have a chick coming in this way too.

And this is her now next to Thunder

 

[mshuey1]

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They were definitely longer but not all my pullets grew in that way. Some grew in very evenly. Cockerels too.

This is how Lucky grew in, Izzy was the same and I have a chick coming in this way too.
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/sassy_twistie/P1030687.jpg
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/sassy_twistie/P1030727.jpg
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/sassy_twistie/P1030807.jpg

And this is her now next to Thunder
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/sassy_twistie/P1070367.jpg

There so cute w all that fluffy

 

[Christie Loves Silkies]

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This is how Lucky grew in, Izzy was the same and I have a chick coming in this way too.
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/sassy_twistie/P1030687.jpg
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/sassy_twistie/P1030727.jpg
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/sassy_twistie/P1030807.jpg

And this is her now next to Thunder
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/sassy_twistie/P1070367.jpg

There so cute w all that fluffy

Their even fluffier in person

 

[SilverSilkie]

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Welcome to backyard chicken...love your birds....I have a black colored rooster who is suppose to be a split lavendar but he looks like one of your silver ones...he has sliver barring in his wings and like a frosting thru his body all silver on a black base....I will take a photo. I was going to breed him to a lavender but now am wondering if i should breed him to a split hen i have who is silvery and black also.....The Europeans have so many more variations in their varieties especially the partridge colors...I have a rooster who would be considered a wild partridge color and hes from a black on black breeding...also I have discovered i have two lines of blacks who leak some silver in their hackles as opposed to red..i was thinking of crossing them on some paint based whites i have to work on purifying the white base on them....any thoughts on that idea??????

I wait for the photo to speak about the black colored rooster.
Black is only pure black when the groundcolor is pure "E/E" reinforced by "Ml/Ml" is a black-pigment intensifier.
When the groundcolor is unpure for example "E/eb" and there is no black-pigment intensifier you can have a Black leaking Silver (when based on Silver) or leaking gold (when based on gold).
A white Silkie from paint should be a Dominant white normally based on groundcolor Black. Dominant White is not such a good inhibitor of pigment (better for black not so good for red).
For improving "white" you better breed recessive whites.
Possible you intend by "purifying the white base" that brassy shade on paints ? This is an other matter !

 

[mshuey1]

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Welcome to backyard chicken...love your birds....I have a black colored rooster who is suppose to be a split lavendar but he looks like one of your silver ones...he has sliver barring in his wings and like a frosting thru his body all silver on a black base....I will take a photo. I was going to breed him to a lavender but now am wondering if i should breed him to a split hen i have who is silvery and black also.....The Europeans have so many more variations in their varieties especially the partridge colors...I have a rooster who would be considered a wild partridge color and hes from a black on black breeding...also I have discovered i have two lines of blacks who leak some silver in their hackles as opposed to red..i was thinking of crossing them on some paint based whites i have to work on purifying the white base on them....any thoughts on that idea??????

I wait for the photo to speak about the black colored rooster.
Black is only pure black when the groundcolor is pure "E/E" reinforced by "Ml/Ml" is a black-pigment intensifier.
When the groundcolor is unpure for example "E/eb" and there is no black-pigment intensifier you can have a Black leaking Silver (when based on Silver) or leaking gold (when based on gold).
A white Silkie from paint should be a Dominant white normally based on groundcolor Black. Dominant White is not such a good inhibitor of pigment (better for black not so good for red).
For improving "white" you better breed recessive whites.
Possible you intend by "purifying the white base" that brassy shade on paints ? This is an other matter !

OMG sounds like you've put a lot of work into this project

 

[SilverSilkie]

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I wait for the photo to speak about the black colored rooster.
Black is only pure black when the groundcolor is pure "E/E" reinforced by "Ml/Ml" is a black-pigment intensifier.
When the groundcolor is unpure for example "E/eb" and there is no black-pigment intensifier you can have a Black leaking Silver (when based on Silver) or leaking gold (when based on gold).
A white Silkie from paint should be a Dominant white normally based on groundcolor Black. Dominant White is not such a good inhibitor of pigment (better for black not so good for red).
For improving "white" you better breed recessive whites.
Possible you intend by "purifying the white base" that brassy shade on paints ? This is an other matter !

OMG sounds like you've put a lot of work into this project

I know the basics of the color-genetics in chickens and I have some experience in breeding Silver Silkies.

 

[Christie Loves Silkies]

Heres the little one I was talking about earlier. (one in the front)

 

[chikincrazee]

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Welcome to backyard chicken...love your birds....I have a black colored rooster who is suppose to be a split lavendar but he looks like one of your silver ones...he has sliver barring in his wings and like a frosting thru his body all silver on a black base....I will take a photo. I was going to breed him to a lavender but now am wondering if i should breed him to a split hen i have who is silvery and black also.....The Europeans have so many more variations in their varieties especially the partridge colors...I have a rooster who would be considered a wild partridge color and hes from a black on black breeding...also I have discovered i have two lines of blacks who leak some silver in their hackles as opposed to red..i was thinking of crossing them on some paint based whites i have to work on purifying the white base on them....any thoughts on that idea??????

I wait for the photo to speak about the black colored rooster.
Black is only pure black when the groundcolor is pure "E/E" reinforced by "Ml/Ml" is a black-pigment intensifier.
When the groundcolor is unpure for example "E/eb" and there is no black-pigment intensifier you can have a Black leaking Silver (when based on Silver) or leaking gold (when based on gold).
A white Silkie from paint should be a Dominant white normally based on groundcolor Black. Dominant White is not such a good inhibitor of pigment (better for black not so good for red).
For improving "white" you better breed recessive whites.
Possible you intend by "purifying the white base" that brassy shade on paints ? This is an other matter !

Yes I was speaking of working on the brassy shade in the paints.....i have the recessive white figured out but i have a dominant white for paints....i was wondering if i bred her to a silver based black if that would be a better choice of black....?????