I have this 2 week old silkie chick that has so interesting things going on, I'd love some thoughts, Rooster is satin Cuckoo. I think mom is Partridge but not sure.
Thank you!! Now that my wheels are spinning I have an idea of some of the possibilities. I don't have a "goal" in mind but knowing how the genes interact is so helpful.
"Your frizzles carry 1 gene for frizzle as it's a (co-)dominant gene, if it's 2 genes I think it's called a frazzle and they...
I am experimenting currently with different color combinations and currently have a Cuckoo Satin silkie Roo with 2 frizzle mottled silkie showgirls, a buff silkie(normal silkie feathering) and a partridge frizzle silkie. After reading this thread I have way more information than when I started...
Following because I also put my first batch of silkies in for the season, I started mine on 3/13 from my own hens. Last year we had low success with shipped eggs and my hens are finally old enough. Good luck can't wait to see how we do!
Im not sure at all what this is. He is favoring this foot and after i brought him in to get cleaned up this is what it looks like. We have had really inconsistent temperatures and a soggy muddy yard but this just looks scary to me and i dont know where to begin to help. Any advice is greatly...
She’s still hanging in there, still a bit unsteady and walking with its wings out a bit. Drinking a little and trying to eat but not filling it’s crop so I’ve given it some raw yolk(it’s helped my weak chicks in the past) and she ate a few bites, perked up for a while and laid back down. I’m...
I’m looking for a little advice now on this little injured chick. It was doing fine, up, eating and drinking. I noticed a few poops but not a ton. Now today it’s really quiet, having difficulty standing, walking backwards(more like shuffling) and not eating. I got it to drink a bit but it was...
That’s what I’m doing now, I appreciate the feedback, I’ll let her keep her single chick and hopefully the rest of these babies hatch soon so the injured chick isn’t so lonely.
I wish I would have candled before I panic collected and just set the eggs under the surviving broody. I didn’t even think about them being this far apart in development. Always learning.
I have a brooder in the main coop that it’s in right now, I just worry about how it will do by itself.
I’m sure it was the hen because it’s just her and the eggs in a small coop and secluded run to keep the babies safe from the rest of the flock. When I tried to give it back it pecked at the...
Right. It’s super weird I guess I assumed when she started sitting back in the nest that she was ready for everyone to hatch. The eggs she’s been laying on were a mixed bag because we had a fox attack the flock and I put the eggs from a broody we lost under her, put her in a safer spot and left...
I have a broody 18 month old hen that hatched 1 chick a week ago. Last night I candled the rest of her eggs because it seemed like a long time and one more chick pipped during the process. I quickly put back all of the eggs and momma and baby #1 hop on the nest and snuggle in. This morning I...