Silkie thread!

[sheeshshe]

Extra toe nail is a DQ.

Oh shoot! that bites. it is too bad she sent me one with an extra toenail

 

[sheeshshe]

The toenails are side by side in the toe....

 

[aoxa]

Oh shoot!  that bites.  it is too bad she sent me one with an extra toenail

I have a bird with an extra toe and the judge totally missed it

Only happened to me once. Freak of nature I guess

 

[peepblessed]

No, extra toe is, but not toenail. However, depending on the appearance of the extra toenail, the judge may decide that it actually constitutes an extra toe...for example lobster toenail versus two toenails coming from the same spot, and growing together side by side.

Wow! I always learn so much from you!

 

[BuckNBark Farm]

RE: Lola- name her "Layla" Cool song., and.....wait for it.... LAYla. lol LAYme.

Pam

 

[BuckNBark Farm]

That was supposed to be a play on "Lame" not "Lay me"!!!!!!!!! Pam

 

[lovinchickypoos]

That was supposed to be a play on "Lame" not "Lay me"!!!!!!!!! Pam

HAHAHA! I was wondering about that!!!

 

[Basel]

Growing up Silkie Question!

I have some 9 week olds that I hatched from great breeder eggs. Very cute. All bearded. A couple have a little bump on their combs about 1/8" or a little more. Do girls ever get bumps there or their combs a little raised, or is this a true sign that these are boys? I can't get a picture, it comes out too dark.

Also, one precious gray [bl lav split] has teeny tiny dark mulberry wattles. About 1/16" at this point. Boy? Or could girls have these. They'll be covered with the beard in time but I see them now.

Any thoughts????

Thanks!

 

[SadieSue]

So what do the rest of you do with cockerels you can't use? Out of my hatched 7 babies, 5 of them turned out to be boys! I posted on Craigslist a week ago and sold 2 of the boys right away. (I could have sold my Porcelain 4 or 5 times - everyone wanted that one only!)

However, responses have slowed wayyy down. I've got at least one boy crowing and although my neighbors have been tolerant so far, I don't want to take any chances. We do live in the suburbs with 5 other lots bordering ours and of course, roosters are outlawed. (Hey, technically these aren't roosters yet, right? They're only 4 months old.)

I did reduce the price from $10 to $5. I only had them priced at $10 because I didn't want them eaten. At this point, I'm wondering if I need to just let go of them emotionally. It is tough when we've hatched them, loved on them daily, cuddled them, etc. These babies were in my house until they were 8 weeks old.

They have all had their Marek's vaccine.

I will post their photos again, just in case someone local might be interested. I cannot ship. The blue and partridge are both from Catdance eggs. If I can't rehome them on Craigslist, what's next? Local auctions?

I've always been able to re-home my LF boys before, so this is new to me.

The Partridge


The Blue


The White

 

[Basel]

Growing up Silkie Question!

I have some 9 week olds that I hatched from great breeder eggs. Very cute. All bearded. A couple have a little bump on their combs about 1/8" or a little more. Do girls ever get bumps there or their combs a little raised, or is this a true sign that these are boys? I can't get a picture, it comes out too dark.

Also, one precious gray [bl lav split] has teeny tiny dark mulberry wattles. About 1/16" at this point. Boy? Or could girls have these. They'll be covered with the beard in time but I see them now.

Any thoughts????

Thanks!

Oh, and the one with the little wattles is also one of the ones that has a little bump now, centered above his beak on his comb.

Thanks!