Thursday, April 27, 2006
Silkies on strike!
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We are now almost into May, and still no baby Silkies. After getting the new breeding pens ready and everyone in a couple months ago, I had high hopes for hatching some new Silkie babies. For a good 2-3 weeks the Splash/Blue Silkies were laying very well. I waited and waited, but sadly not one Buff Silkie egg. Six of the eggs were developing nicely in the incubator, but my 2 year old found the power strip and pressed the button. The eggs were cold when I discovered the problem, and the hatch was lost. Meanwhile the Splash/Blues decided if the Buffs weren't laying eggs, they shouldn't have to either. I'm still waiting impatiently for eggs! On the other hand, we have eating eggs coming out of our ears! Chicken eggs, duck eggs and mix turkey eggs. Good thing I like to eat eggs! The Dominique girls have been laying like crazy. I had some eggs in the incubator from them, but since our poor roo lost an eye to another of our roos (who is now in a new home!) just before the breeding pen was set up, he wasn't interested in loving the ladies. All the eggs were infertile. We have another batch of Dominique eggs in right now, and I'll be candling them today or tomorrow to see if they're cooking along. And finally the turkeys. We got a little behind on the breeding pen, but we have our Narragansett boy Canonicus in with our three best Narri hens, and I'm collecting eggs to go into the incubator in a week or so. Let's hope we get some poults soon! Guess for now I should just go visit the hatchery chicks we bought who are happily running around in their brooders... |
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