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[La Casa de Pollo]

Gary, Karen, glad they all got to their new homes safely ! Yay! Sorry Gary I did not have another female or two, the only ones I have left here old enough to tell gender on are one with a messed up foot and another male. Hope they lay you lots of eggs, then you can make up as many little colonies as you like

Karen your baby's birthday was Aug 5, I just double checked. You will have to post a pic so I know which one you picked out.

Sounds like Brandi got all of her stuff safely too, I was really glad her friend was willing to help us all out

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

Oh I wanted to post this too...a guy called from Heber and bought my Houdans roo and one hen, so they have a really nice home on a 1 1/2 acre to roam around on. I was so sad when that rooster left, I really got attached to him. Hoping to try another one and see how it goes. I really want to work with the Houdans still Great home they will have, a super nice family. I feel so much better knowing he went to a happy place!

 

[briansnarr]

Been so busy the past 2 weeks and haven't been able to get on much, sorry all. Thats for the replies about the flies, I will have to give the ideas a shot.

So I have a question: I bought a broody silike with 1 baby today and was wondering if I could take the baby away from the mother to make her go broody again. I want to see what its like to have a mama hen raise babies. And also does anyone have any eggs that I could get to out under her and how many eggs can a silkie sit on. In a newbie when it comes to this and don't want to make a mistake.

 

[RedIII]

Brian, I personally would just leave the baby with the mama until she weans it off, since Silkies have a reputation for going broody so often, anyway. I would think that you wouldn't need to wait too long until she's setting again. If you do that, I may or may not be able to give you a few Icelandic eggs, but that is a big "if".

And so far as the flies, I forgot to tell you................I think you need turkeys

They are fun to watch when they hunt the flies.

 

[briansnarr]

Brian, I personally would just leave the baby with the mama until she weans it off, since Silkies have a reputation for going broody so often, anyway. I would think that you wouldn't need to wait too long until she's setting again. If you do that, I may or may not be able to give you a few Icelandic eggs, but that is a big "if". And so far as the flies, I forgot to tell you................I think you need turkeys

They are fun to watch when they hunt the flies.

at what age do they start to be weaned off just so I have an idea. If I had room for a turkey I wouldn't mind owning one lol .

 

[themadchicken]

Quote: Usually when they start laying eggs again is when you can take them away. 4-6 weeks. If you still need some eggs at that time i might have some Bantam RIR. I do have barnyard mix eggs and BSL.

 

[briansnarr]

Ok greay. Thanks so much. I will let you know when she starts laying again.

 

[sillycmoy]

So I'm probably being a worried mommy, but my NN that is 4 months old has been sitting in the nest box for over 3 hours now, and she has been screaming the egg song off and on, the other hens are all concerned, and keep going in and practically sitting on her, almost like they are trying to get her up, they are all out there screaming their heads off in response to her. She is panting extremely bad, I tried to move her, but she attacked me so bad, and drew blood, something she has never done before, and she won't let me pick her up. I offered her water, because her comb is starting to turn a greyish color, but she just growled at me. I put in meal worms on the coop floor, that didn't work to get her up, nor did corn on the cob or scratch grain. Please tell me this is normal with their first egg or does she have a bound egg. I know my RIR just started laying last week, and I never had this issue with her. She goes in, and comes right back out within a few minutes.

 

[sillycmoy]

Okay, she's up. All it took was one look at the 5 year old being home from school and she ran out to the side yard to not being caught. But is this normal. She still is a little grey, specially on the tips of her comb.

Thanks

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

Okay, she's up.  All it took was one look at the 5 year old being home from school and she ran out to the side yard to not being caught.  But is this normal.  She still is a little grey, specially on the tips of her comb.  

Thanks

She is likely fine, I have seen some act pretty ridiculous before their first egg, it seems almost like they hold it and don't know what to do, then finally once they let the first one pass they chill out quite a bit. Maybe it is a big ole double yolker