Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[ChloeSilkie08]

I just candled! We have 8 silkie eggs developing in the 'bator, and 5 silkie/bantam orpington mixes! And two random mixes from my friends, not sure what they are. Hatch day is the 20th!

Yay!

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

Any tips or tricks for our fluffy vision impaired chickens!? I just started a post if you want to add pics and tricks of your fluff heads!?
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[LadiesAndJane]

Five silkie babies have hatched! One more expected today. One was malpositioned so needed an assist. This little one now has tape shoes on due to curled toes. One was DIS prior to internally pipping. Have five more scheduled to hatch throughout this next week.

 

[ChloeSilkie08]

Five silkie babies have hatched! One more expected today. One was malpositioned so needed an assist. This little one now has tape shoes on due to curled toes. One was DIS prior to internally pipping. Have five more scheduled to hatch throughout this next week.View attachment 2528346View attachment 2528347View attachment 2528348View attachment 2528349

Were these the shipped eggs?

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Were these the shipped eggs?

No, these are the first babies from my own birds. Only one of my girls had fertile eggs. The other two wanted nothing to do with my cockerel, even when I put them together in a pen and even though they are crazy broody! Guess they are just not ready. They are still quite young.
Both parents are white, so these chicks will all likely feather in white, they all have varying shades of grey and yellow down.
My first set of shipped eggs from ChickenScratch Poultry are on day 7.
4 are developing nicely. Sitting upright in cartons as they have saddled/loose air cells. I tossed the other 6 as they were either clears or too scrambled to develop. These are bearded silkies from a mixed pen. I hope they hatch!
My bigger order from Rainier Foothills has not shipped out to me yet.

 

[ChloeSilkie08]

No, these are the first babies from my own birds. Only one of my girls had fertile eggs. The other two wanted nothing to do with my cockerel, even when I put them together in a pen and even though they are crazy broody! Guess they are just not ready. They are still quite young.
Both parents are white, so these chicks will all likely feather in white, they all have varying shades of grey and yellow down.
My first set of shipped eggs from ChickenScratch Poultry are on day 7.
4 are developing nicely. Sitting upright in cartons as they have saddled/loose air cells. I tossed the other 6 as they were either clears or too scrambled to develop. These are bearded silkies from a mixed pen. I hope they hatch!
My bigger order from Rainier Foothills has not shipped out to me yet.

Oh okay! Exciting!

 

[thanai]

@ChloeSilkie08 how is your silkie doing?

 

[ChloeSilkie08]

@ChloeSilkie08 how is your silkie doing?

She's still alive but not any better. I'm thinking she broke her neck instead of botulism since we're going on day 3 or 4.

 

[thanai]

She's still alive but not any better. I'm thinking she broke her neck instead of botulism since we're going on day 3 or 4.

Awww I'm so sorry! Do you think she'll pull through?

 

[ChloeSilkie08]

Awww I'm so sorry! Do you think she'll pull through?

I hope. Either way I just want her out of pain even if she dies.