• Welcome to Avian Avenue! To view our forum with less advertisments please register with us.
    Memberships are free and it will just take a moment. Click here

My FIRST Silkie Egg!!!!!

FeatherMan

Strolling the yard
Joined
10/3/20
Messages
98
Location
Lake Palo Pinto, Texas
Real Name
Mitch
Big Mama, one of my white Japanese Silkies, laid her FIRST EGG! I only got the Silkies 7 months ago, so this is my first teensy egg! My mother is insisting that I drain it and preserve it (she’s become obsessed with my Silkies and just got 5 for her backyard in the city... which means I’ll have to take any that turn out to be Roos, lol). Its so tiny and cute! I’ve heard that the yolks are normal sized, there’s just very little white. I’ll have to wait for the next egg to see, since I am going to drain this one.

74C682BE-9D1A-4B3E-A3C8-FC201F727205.jpeg
my hand is really small for a dude, so the egg is smaller than it seems!

23B3D065-022C-4DDA-8784-8C8A5E71D571.jpeg
Not sure why George Washington is “blindfolded” on that quarter, but to show the size...

21DF9DC7-D1E1-49DA-9848-613A63A75D24.jpeg
I wish she’d used the nest box, but it’s better than laying off in God knows where since she free ranges all day and there are woodsy areas all around!

DC26F904-5C54-4E22-8A5F-7F3E0BCD2715.jpeg
This is Big Momma at 5 months old! She’s 7 months now.
 

Zara

♥❀Livin´ in Lovebird Land❀☼
Super Moderator
Avenue Veteran
Celebirdy of the Month
Mayor of the Avenue
Avenue Spotlight Award
Avenue Concierge
Joined
1/8/18
Messages
31,366
Location
Reino de España
Congratulations :bliss:
 

AussieBird

Rollerblading along the road
Celebirdy of the Month
Mayor of the Avenue
Avenue Spotlight Award
Joined
7/23/20
Messages
4,650
Real Name
Call me AB
I am eagerly awaiting this picture too! Fluffy cuteness needed asap!
 

Cosmos

Checking out the neighborhood
Joined
10/6/20
Messages
4
Real Name
Laurie
Lovely! congratulations, I think those birds are so neat.
 

sunnysmom

Ripping up the road
Avenue Veteran
Celebirdy of the Month
Mayor of the Avenue
Avenue Spotlight Award
Joined
9/16/13
Messages
28,803
Location
Pennsylvania
Real Name
Michelle
I adore Silkies. Some day I will have some! (I just can't really where I live now.)
 

Zara

♥❀Livin´ in Lovebird Land❀☼
Super Moderator
Avenue Veteran
Celebirdy of the Month
Mayor of the Avenue
Avenue Spotlight Award
Avenue Concierge
Joined
1/8/18
Messages
31,366
Location
Reino de España
He´s lovely!! :loveshower:
On a scale of 1 to 10, how soft are those feathers? They look super soft, but I´ve never touched a silkie chicken :)
 

fashionfobie

Biking along the boulevard
Avenue Veteran
Celebirdy of the Month
Mayor of the Avenue
Avenue Spotlight Award
Joined
1/4/19
Messages
5,246
Location
Qld, Australia
Real Name
Natalie
Awe congratulations!

Silkies are typically very good mothers if you ever decide to allow her to brood. Some breeds don't parent well, like the Polish. Breeders can give any eggs to silkie mums and they will love and cherish all chicks.

Enjoy the silkie roos, fingers crossed!
 

FeatherMan

Strolling the yard
Joined
10/3/20
Messages
98
Location
Lake Palo Pinto, Texas
Real Name
Mitch
He´s lovely!! :loveshower:
On a scale of 1 to 10, how soft are those feathers? They look super soft, but I´ve never touched a silkie chicken :)
I would say an 8. Or a 9 on the head! They’re not as soft as Persian kitty cats, but they are really, really soft in certain places on their bodies. The feathers are rougher and sort of mangy around their wings (that’s actually a breed trait that you WANT if you’re going to show), but are super soft on the head and chest. They are not as soft as they look, but still very soft!
 

sunnysmom

Ripping up the road
Avenue Veteran
Celebirdy of the Month
Mayor of the Avenue
Avenue Spotlight Award
Joined
9/16/13
Messages
28,803
Location
Pennsylvania
Real Name
Michelle
So Roodolph hopped up on my porch and I decided to make a little video of him. He crows in it, and every time I replay it, the poor guy goes nuts crowing—he thinks another roo is in da house! :laughing6: :pinklol:

Oh my goodness. So cute!
 

Zara

♥❀Livin´ in Lovebird Land❀☼
Super Moderator
Avenue Veteran
Celebirdy of the Month
Mayor of the Avenue
Avenue Spotlight Award
Avenue Concierge
Joined
1/8/18
Messages
31,366
Location
Reino de España
LOVE Roodolph!!!!! :swoon: :faint:
 

Zara

♥❀Livin´ in Lovebird Land❀☼
Super Moderator
Avenue Veteran
Celebirdy of the Month
Mayor of the Avenue
Avenue Spotlight Award
Avenue Concierge
Joined
1/8/18
Messages
31,366
Location
Reino de España
Top