The eggs are on Day 12 in the incubator. Before starting, I always take my fingernail and gently scratch off anything that's on the eggs. These were shipped eggs and the crud was a little hard to get off. Today I noticed a spot on one. I candled and the baby is very active in there. What would...
Thank you soooo much! Yes I have 2 coops and runs to split up the frizzles. The frizzle pullet will be with the satin cockerel since those will be my only 2 roos for awhile. I'm really excited for next year when I can hatch my own chicks! I ordered some fertilized silkie eggs from a breeder to...
Hello! I have 2- 11 week old cockerels. It is almost time to separate them into different coops/pens. One is a white splash frizzle silkie (he has grey running through his white along his back) and the other is grey splash satin. I want to sort out the girls and make 2 fun pens. What color...
Stormy's a pullet?!?! I was so sure, she got her first feathers literally 2 weeks ago lol the no tail thing, she gets up in everyone's face, and her comb pinked up at 4wks. I could've sworn I had a boy here! My light brahma pullets were so white and feathered out so fast and no color in their...
Hi guys! I have a flock of Standard Brahmas all hens, Stormy here was sent to me from a hatchery as a light brahma bantam. Do cockerels always feather this dark? Is this just because he's hatchery quality? I've never had a brahma bantam before and this will be my first rooster. There's not much...
They really are!!! Well I named those 2 Lucy & Ethel since they came here together lol. Lucy (buff) I've been calling "Lucifer". 😆 She's a bossy little thing! I guess I'll keep calling her Ethel then 🤷♀️ lol Thank you so much for responding!
Hi! I picked up a buff silkie hen from a man and couldnt leave this boy behind. The man swore he's a hen but I don't believe so. Regardless, I felt a strong urge to bring him home because he was in a pen with a lot of hens and roos and he's for sure the lowest man in the pecking order. Sweet as...
No streamers...yet. So strange. No crowing. I may just have to wait for it to either lay or not. Lowest silkie on the totem pole for sure. Whichever it is, very sweet. So he or she is welcome to stay!
Hi guys! I picked up a couple silkies today. The buff one I can tell is a girl but the black one has a pretty noticeable comb and small wattles. The guy said they were over 6 months but he wasn't sure who lays what with so many chickens. No crowing from the black one yet and he's pretty squatty...
Thanks for responding to you both! He is one of my favorites. I have 2 frizzles in this bunch. If the other turns out to be a pullet, I guess I'll eventually have to keep them in separate pens. I was hoping my 2 frizzles were both girls just so I wouldn't have to worry. Thanks again!
Thank you! There's a a woman I met that buys fertilized eggs from a breeder in MN. She had extras from this hatch so I bought 3 from her...wish I would've bought more from her! They are beautiful quality.
Marsha is BEAUTIFUL! Thank you...I would feel so lucky to have a splash...she sent me pics of the parent pairs but for the life of me I couldn't figure out who was this ones...they were all beautiful though.
Hi Silkie friends! I already posted about the 2 silkie frizzle chicks this beautiful chick came to me with...is this one a satin? And the color? I don't know if it's blue... new to silkies. Can't believe how much faster this one seems to be feathering but it may just be because it has real...