Silkie thread!

[Codyneal11]

Thanks for the feed back. This website makes me more and more excited about growing my flock and doing things the right way. Thanks!

 

[LaPetiteFarmer]

Don't worry about the humidity until day 18, and then make sure it is at least 65%, and if you can - higher is better.
My humidity fluctuates between 30% - 40% depending on my background humidity. I don't add any water at all.

Where i live if I don't add any water between day 1 and day 18, my humidity drops to 10%. Isn't 65% too high for the dry incubation method?

 

[aoxa]

Where i live if I don't add any water between day 1 and day 18, my humidity drops to 10%. Isn't 65% too high for the dry incubation method?

Dry incubation only refers to the first 18 days.

10% is way too low. Do you have a hydrometer, or is it your incubator telling you it is 10%? My incubator is always off by at least 10% in terms of humidity.

You can't have too much humidity after day 18. If the humidity is low, they will become shrink wrapped and suffocate.

 

[Cynthia12]

I like to incubate with my humidity around the mid to high 30's. Then I will lock down in the 60 to 62 area. All bators are different, and I have found out the hard way,,back in the past when I first started, the room temp really does make a difference..in the humidity! When the room is cooler, the humidity would stay where I wanted it..temp too. But, when the room was warmer, both would change, higher. Makes sense.

I like this time of year to incubate, the room I use stays about the same all day in there now. Just a thought.

 

[aoxa]

I like to incubate with my humidity around the mid to high 30's.  Then I will lock down in the 60 to 62 area.  All bators are different, and I have found out the hard way,,back in the past when I first started, the room temp really does make a difference..in the humidity!  When the room is cooler, the humidity would stay where I wanted it..temp too.  But, when the room was warmer, both would change, higher.  Makes sense. 

I like this time  of year to incubate, the room I use stays about the same all day in there now.  Just a thought.  

That's exactly what I aim for. Once it hits 60 - I start to add water through the vent though. Especially if I leave for any amount of time. Don't want the humidity to drop too much.

I have hatched in two places in my house, the living room on the main floor, and in the basement. Our basement hatches are always off by 1 day (late) and upstairs they are on time. Hatch rates are about equal. More problems with humidity falling upstairs.

 

[tiki244]

She is really beautiful and belongs to Karen Larsen (Catdance). Here is a "porcelain roo" I got from her in an egg. Love this guy. He wasn't quite 5 months here and is even prettier now.

He is beautiful!

Yes youre cockerel is !Beautiful I would love to add him to my little flock!

 

[TheRookie]

Chickenstock is this weekend and I need to know whos a boy and whos a girl so I can sell the correct birds for the correct $$$




Blue Silkie # 1
5 months old yesterday
acts boyish, looks kinda boyish, confirm/deny my theory?

 

[TheRookie]

She turned at the last second but 'she' consistently has the proper S-shape

You cant tell here but 'she' has a tiny bit of red in the wattle. Acts girly, looks girly... confirm/ deny?

 

[aoxa]

 She turned at the last second but 'she' consistently has the proper S-shape

 You cant tell here but 'she' has a [COLOR=FF0000]tiny[/COLOR] bit of red in the wattle. Acts girly, looks girly... confirm/ deny?

Both of those look like girls to me.

 

[TheRookie]

#3

BTW thanks for looking at my pics and helping me out