Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[Fur-N-Fowl]

I've had early hatchers before. It's good to hear all the eggs are doing great.

From what I've seen it does look like it may be an early hatcher but we will see. If it is, I'll remove it from under her as soon as it's dry so that she stays on her eggs.

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

Hopefully everything goes to plan.

Thankyou, I hope so too!

 

[MysteryChicken]

From what I've seen it does look like it may be an early hatcher but we will see. If it is, I'll remove it from under her as soon as it's dry so that she stays on her eggs.

Sounds good.

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

Sounds good.

Yep, last thing I want is her getting off her unhatched eggs.

Oogy hasn't been the best sitter. She's been on and off her eggs like a yoyo and then when she sits on them she doesn't always sit down fully. She's kinda just hunched over them.

She is very young though and I wouldn't usually let a broody her age hatch eggs but I suppose she's still done alright so far.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Yep, last thing I want is her getting off her unhatched eggs.

Oogy hasn't been the best sitter. She's been on and off her eggs like a yoyo and then when she sits on them she doesn't always sit down fully. She's kinda just hunched over them.

She is very young though and I wouldn't usually let a broody her age hatch eggs but I suppose she's still done alright so far.

She'll figure it out.
I've only used broodies 3 times so far, & had problems a couple times. Our Porcelain D'Uccle hen made the mistake of sitting on a fake egg, & left her babies to run for their lives. One chick was running everywhere peeping it's little head off, & the second we found was cold, & barely alive.

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

She'll figure it out.
I've only used broodies 3 times so far, & had problems a couple times. Our Porcelain D'Uccle hen made the mistake of sitting on a fake egg, & left her babies to run for their lives. One chick was running everywhere peeping it's little head off, & the second we found was cold, & barely alive.

Ah yes I think I remember you telling me about how you saved that chick just before it was almost too late.

Some broodies are good, some aren't unfortunately...

I may let Oogy sit again in the future but only with maybe 2 or 3 eggs.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Ah yes I think I remember you telling me about how you saved that chick just before it was almost too late.

Some broodies are good, some aren't unfortunately...

I may let Oogy sit again in the future but only with maybe 2 or 3 eggs.

Yes, I did share that story with you once.

Our silkie made no mistakes, she recently weaned them away from her at 6 weeks of age, I care for the chicks to help them along, & they think I'm second mama. They love me so much, they fly onto my arms, & shoulders like little parrots. I'll record it sometime. I even trained them to fly onto my arm on command.

 

[AllenK RGV]

Has anyone had experience with FrizzleXFrizzle making Frazzles? I was fortunate not having any Frizzle roosters but I have several hens of this type.

 

[AllenK RGV]

Good luck.
I'll be getting hatching eggs from a Show Quality Silkie Breeder in Ohio next Spring that I Ordered from earlier this year.

I just hate that my show quality craigslist breeder wasn't. At $2/egg I shouldn't whine too much! My wife is happy with them. I don't claim the silkies as my own even though I am out serious money on their enclosure but they do take some great photos.

The Sumatras and OEGB are mine though. I still want to add Malays but the wife is afraid of this breed after my springtime sumatra spurring incident from a 5 pound chicken. Granted, I am not in a hurry to raise them as a 3 foot tall rooster who weighs in at 9 pounds might not be the best free ranger for our property. I am sure they would deal with the winter hawks here just fine once mature, and hopefully leave our dogs alone.

 

[AllenK RGV]

Finally, I do have one Partrige Frizzle I can't wait to figure out where she is dropping her nuggets and get those incubating. She is worth propogating and I see her getting mated.

It isn't worth putting her and my preferred rooster in small cages to accomplish this. We simply prefer them being happy and free vs confined in a breeding pen here. We will learn to spot her eggs instead.

After all we know which of the other 5 layers eggs are by color, however, we added 12 silkie hens in spring and they are just coming in to lay. Today was a 7 silkie egg day. Thank goodness we have a local family who takes in all of our extra eggs. I don't like feeding them to the dogs.

I imagine that is my task for tomorrow. I have a box with 4.5-5 kilos of eggs now. I keep shooting for low productivity hens and missing.