Utah!

[Cynthia12]

I finished it! (I gave up when it came to doing the legs... Don't judge me! Lol!)

Judging here...looks great! It's darling!

 

[abkoldewyn]

I finished it! (I gave up when it came to doing the legs... Don't judge me! Lol!)

Love it! So cute!!!

 

[Iluvmysilkies]

I finished it! (I gave up when it came to doing the legs... Don't judge me! Lol!)

Haha so cute, good job

 

[RedIII]

Ugh! I feel so awful. I was candling my eggs and having DH help me film one of the really lively embryos. Well, stupid me, I dropped the egg and I'm pretty sure I killed it. I could see blood clouding in there and the embryo had stopped moving. I hate how clumsy I am! ;(

 

[bitsyhorse]

Ugh! I feel so awful. I was candling my eggs and having DH help me film one of the really lively embryos. Well, stupid me, I dropped the egg and I'm pretty sure I killed it. I could see blood clouding in there and the embryo had stopped moving. I hate how clumsy I am! ;(

Oh how sad! I'm always afraid of that when I candle my finch eggs! So sorry!

 

[Iluvmysilkies]

Finally got some pictures of my 3 older babies. They are 7-almost 8 weeks old now. And all are getting in nice crests


The first one is the white pullet. At least I believe she is





Then there is the buff w/ the funky tall crest thats still filling out haha! I feel pretty sure she's a girl. What do you think?





And the last is my other white baby. This is the one I am thinking is a Roo, just going off of the shape of the crest, tail, comb, ect. The comb is wider then the pullet's but is still flat. I'd like to hope it's a girl but I have always felt roo on this one. What do you guys guess? I am probably going to have to sell this one.

 

[the-bird-man]

Ok, need some advice pls?  (I've read a bunch of posts here on byc but nothing that helped).

A lady had a 4 wk silkie chick that went blind and didn't want to cull it (she'd actually had been crying for days but had 3 sm kiddos that keep her too busy for it).  Since my feedstore got in backordered chicks (that I had cancelled and they sent the wrong ones anyway ugh), I got 3 babies and the blind one.  Prior owner was super nice and had been using a baby bottle to give her water (she used nipple buckets for water for the rest, this chick couldn't find the water even tho she had before).  She said the chick was fine but a wk ago closed its eyes for a day or so and when opened they now have a grey pupil and she acts blind.

I put them all in a small brooder box and an open feed dish (not the anti-scratch w/holes)  & waterer.

Oh... and it's not a silkie but a cochin (even feedstore told her it was a silkie!).  Red patridge or laced, hard to know - all my prior cochins were solid colors.  When I can figure out how to get the pics off my phone and on here, I'll post.

Any experience on blindness?  I've googled and they say chicks this young don't get Mercks, could be viral, could be from ammonia (the lady was super clean tho), and genetics.  I put all chicks on antibotics to be safe.  She's healthy otherwise, eating/drinking/pooping/preening and comes to the sound of my voice.  Likes to be held.

Any hope she'll regain sight?  I read one case of viral where t vision returned but pupils were black not grey.  She does keep her eyes shut a lot, no drainage, sneezing. etc.  No head bobbing or apparent neuro probs.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!  Thanks!!   (p.s. if I don't respond right away I'm working long hours but will jump on after midnight).

Elk

i actually have a blind ee hen. she went blind later in life. she does great. she knows the layout of the coop and also goes off of her other senses. she does need extra help getting up on the roost at night. she will lay in random spots too. my head hen watches out for her and protects her. i thought of putting her down but she is doing so well so no need to. she also loves to be held. she does not have the best genetics, she already had messed up feet.

 

[ortontell]

Does anyone breed silver laced wyandottes. I'm looking for a pure bred silver laced Wyandotte rooster.

 

[Cynthia12]

My DH, Retired National Guard ~ His Father, World War ll

 

[Iluvmysilkies]

I am thinking about selling a couple of my silkie babies that I have watched a lil while & I think I will sell so that I dont have a million babies. Just kinda going through the ones I know I want to keep

I have 5 I think I will sell for now, and probably more in another month when ive watched them longer.

I have the 8 week old super fluffy bearded white baby that I think could be a roo, but everyone else thinks could still be a pullet

Then I have two 1 1/2-2wk old bearded black babies. No vaults, but nice fluffy cheeks & feathering.

Then a 2wk old Blue baby that could be a dark splash (has lots of silver in wings with flickering) but im guessing she'll turn blue. She is non-bearded but has a nice vault and pretty soft expression to her face

Then I have one 2wk old partridge silkie thats coming in a nice light color. No vault, or beard but should turn out a pretty color.

I get good girly vibes from this blue, and the blacks so far and I always go off from my gut feeling If anyone would be interested let me know. I'll be putting them on ksl in a few days. I am noticing alot of hatcheries are slowing down this time of year so they should go fast. Especially since Lindon nursery has had people reserve entire batches both times so far! And the american fork ifa is finished getting in anymore this year. I guess silkies are popular this year lol I havent had any trouble selling them so far, so im going to probably stick with asking $10 each for now.

And Cynthia, You mentioned you may have a couple of babies you've been watching that your thinking about selling? If you decide to sell any of your vaulted ones, please let me know. I'd love to take one more if noone else claims it I have a couple of nice vaulted white babies with great beards (same gal I got my fancy vaulted black from I showed you) that i'm happy to trade ya to if you want a few more whites to watch

Happy memorial day everyone!