Silkie thread!

[ScaredOfShadows]

Cute partridge Chisandchickens!!! Owen is a PERFECT name for your little cockerel!

 

[peepblessed]

Ok, I know saw something about trimming around the eyes & head, but it may have been in the polish thread. MIT seems like Einstein is a little more reserved this week, and last night I was having to wave the treat in front of her head to get her attention. So I kinda parted her hair and moved those cheek ?? Feathers down some. After that she stood taller and seemed more confident. Do you ever trim around their eyes? Or those cheek?? Areas? I don't want her personality to change because she can't see at all. Her feathers completely cover both eyes. Or Is this all in my head?

It's usually the cheek (muff) that cause them the most problem and also curl into their eyes. I usually trim cheek feathers with blunt baby scissors starting at 6 wks and sometimes way earlier depending on the bird. Those cheek feathers can totally block their ability to get around. Crest feathers usually only need trimming on a very large crest or if you are free ranging and want them to be able to see a hawk.

 

[peepblessed]

I just got my babies home. Out of 10 that went into lockdown only 4 hatched. one blue one pipped then quit. I guess that happens. Disappointing but I am ready to hatch more!
I have already got more eggs coming!

The babies are soo cute! Pictures coming soon!

So I have shown them the water, and the first hatched seems to have gotten it. The others born yesterday and today are still trying get their legs under them.
I think they will get it with the other one doing it. But what about food?
I tapped in it with my finger and as of yet they are not interested. When should I worry? And what should I do?
Any ideas to get them eating in the near future?

Thanks!
Kim

I put new babies on an old towel for good traction and grind my chick feed a bit in my coffee grinder. I also feed free choice alfalfa leafs because I have access to it. I sprinkle this right on the towel below the light also put their water there. A lid with pebbles works well. I switch them to a feeder after few days. They are all eating and drinking within a few hours.

 

[BarnGoddess01]

ok y'all convinced me!!! I have a dozen blue/splash Catdance eggs on the way for my first hatch!! I am excited and nervous at the same time. My luck, I will fry them! And next week I have 6 paint eggs coming, too. Plus I am collecting from my one girl who is in with my favorite boy. Of course, she isn't laying at the moment.....

You won't be sorry! I did REALLY well with my Catdance blue/splash and those poor eggs shipped CLEAR across country and then some. Great hatch rate and FABULOUS looking chicks so far. I'm excited. (I even got two that appear black at this point - egos to the moon on both of them! And they appear to be opposite sex. Not sure as they are still just 7 weeks old but I have high hopes!)

 

[littlecritters]

B/B/S with dark yellow-orange around the eyes or forehead indicate they are gold based.

The most plausible reason for that "red" leakage is the missing of melanisers.

Also impure e-allele (E/eb) and/or Columbian restrictors like Co, Mh?, Db?...

Since "E" is Dominant over "eb" (in E/eb) it should turn out as a Blue with some gold leakage in hackles & wingbow, more when a male less when a female.

Ah... Is leakage a genetic fault of some sort? Or does it mean that colors other than B/B/S have been introduced somewhere in the breeding line?

Also, is it true that black bred to black will produce a deeper truer black color than a black coming out of a B/B/S pen breeding?

I'd like to understand this a bit more, so that we can be more educated when going forward and purchasing more chicks. Thanks!

 

[peepblessed]

Here's are photos of my Catdance chicks that hatched yesterday. One porcelain, 3 lavender, 5 BBS. Great chicks!!


This is my favorite! Lavender extra fluff!

 

[3LilBirds]

Aaaawwww! I miss my babies being that little! You're giving me chick fever.... lol

Here's are photos of my Catdance chicks that hatched yesterday. One porcelain, 3 lavender, 5 BBS. Great chicks!!


This is my favorite! Lavender extra fluff!

 

[mama2my4]

Here's are photos of my Catdance chicks that hatched yesterday. One porcelain, 3 lavender, 5 BBS. Great chicks!!


This is my favorite! Lavender extra fluff!

YAH!! As if I wasn't excited enough! This will be my first ever hatch, so I am scared!

 

[PoultryPower]

Had to post this too-cute pic of my little partridge cockerel. Poor little fella has a crooked beak so I named him Owen (Owen Wilson lol). Does he look like an Owen or what!?


His sisters are looking good though...very dark!

Owen, lol, very cleaver! How old is he? My silkie is about 2 1/2 months now and doesn't have quite as big of a crest as Owen's sisters.

 

[Flowerbh]

Can anyone tell me if this silkie chick is a pullet or roo? She/he is about 10 weeks old now. Thanks.