Silkiecuddles Chat Thread!!! ANYBODY welcome!!!

[silkiecuddles]

I got twelve chicks and 8 were roosters. Cochins. One time I hatched nine Silkie's and eight were roosters

I bet that was frustrating

 

[MadamPoofyBrow]

Orchid now, sitting on eggs. She's a GREAT mama! :-D

Orchid at two weeks

Orchid as a teenager

Orchid the day she came out of the bator

Yeah :'(
I'm suspicious about the cochins because one of them died from all the symptoms of being vent sexed wrong...
But the Silkies were the first chicks I ever hatched on my own, and i have no explanation. Here's that one hen, she's a smooth frizzle

 

[dan26552]

Love that post about kids working on the family farm. It's so sad that so many people are clueless about a hard days work.

Yes, indeed it is

 

[silkiecuddles]

Orchid now, sitting on eggs. She's a GREAT mama! :-D Orchid at two weeks Orchid as a teenager Orchid the day she came out of the bator Yeah :'( I'm suspicious about the cochins because one of them died from all the symptoms of being vent sexed wrong... But the Silkies were the first chicks I ever hatched on my own, and i have no explanation. Here's that one hen, she's a smooth frizzle

Orchid is lovely! I love her name! What breed? Her head as a chick looks just like one of mine did. Pigeon:

 

[MadamPoofyBrow]

Thanks
She is a smooth frizzle partridge Silkie

 

[silkiecuddles]

Thanks
She is a smooth frizzle partridge Silkie

aww. Pigeon is a white silkie-EEX partridge silkie mix. She was hatched under a pigeon, hence her name

 

[dan26552]

 

[silkiecuddles]

Nice. Is it a fig cutting tree?

 

[dan26552]

Nice. Is it a fig cutting tree?

Bout 7 figs, two pomegranates and a cherry or plum, all cuttings. Then theres a few apple suckers that I'll graft this winter

 

[silkiecuddles]

Nice! You've got a little orchard in a pot.