The Future Of Our Homestead IS IN THESE EGGS!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- David over at Bama Homestead sent us 20 Silky Eggs to hatch out in our incubator! I am truly excited to raise Silkies. They are known for going Broody and being good mama hens! If we are going to have a truly sustainable homestead then we will need breeds of chicks that will hatch eggs and keep the cycle of life going here on the homestead.
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Your Grace has a beautiful little mommas heart herself. She works so hard with you and is always so joyful! All Your little ones are so precious, which speaks well of you and Art as parents! Thank you for all the great information. Blessings...
Great wrapping on those eggs! I love having heritage breeds for exactly this reason! Why do the work with machines when nature can do it for you! Good luck with the hatch!
I have Buff Orpingtons. They are very gentle, even the roosters. They are extremely broody. They are excellent mama's, very protective of their babies.
I love Buff Orpingtons! They are the first chickens I ever kept. - Bri
It is amazing that none of the eggs were broken!
Hopefully they all hatch for you. Looked like a great time at the pool.
Yes silkies my favorite breed
This is the way to live. Love your channel.
Such a blessing to get silkie chickens as well as all of the other beautiful animals❣ Y'all have a wonderful start for self sufficient homestead. Good Luck with your silkies Bri!
Silkies are awesome, there like all the crazy chickens combined, feathered heads and legs, feathered chin, fur like feathers, blue skin, blue bones, they're tiny, and they have 2 toes
I love my RCOM! Really recovers the humidity after you open it to remove the hatchlings to make room for the others that are piping.
I love your channel so much 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 very thankful to watch your numbers growing ❤️
Can't wait to see new baby chicks!
We hatched out silkies too and they are adorable. You should hatch out some quail. They start laying at about eight weeks. And they are very productive and adorable. 😊❤️
How exciting.
I love the Silkies. Please remember they can't see over there heads. It makes then and easy target for flying predators. It is best to keep them with others Slikies or bantams. With a covered pen.
It was a great video! Kids got to have a fun day😊 Love ❤️ and Peace to you all!!!
Very exciting!
Last spring we went a little crazy and got about 80 layers. We scaled back to 30-40 before winter. Then this spring we added another 40 plus 100 meat chickens lol. Obviously the meat chickens will be gone soon but we plan to keep 50-80 layers this winter. It's been worth it for bug control and the eggs are easy to sell 👍🏻
Wow 30k subscribers now congratulations and more God bless you and your family I'm always following your blogs.
love the video bri and welcome home art
glad u didn't fall sleep again!
Good luck on those eggs!
also. silkies are not good fliers.. they have little short wings, so keep this in mind for their coop situation.
Great egg packaging!😄 will you add this silkie hatch to our "June Hatch Along Open Collab"?😊
? Not sure what that is? Can you fill me in.
Cool edit with the headlamp.
Awesome update thank you for sharing
great idea for a honest and doing the same here planting crops and soft fruit putting in a orchard just raise sheep and chickens and rabbits and ducks at the moment but I'm going to put in cattle and hogs in the future I'm glad to see people doing the same things all over the us we need to all be a bit self supporting some and every goal should be is to make no waste use and reuse is the key to it hope y'all have a good night and tomorrow have a great day
I'm so jealous I have never been able to grow a Dalia. I will have to live through you. 💜💛💚💙
I'm glad they told you to let the eggs settle before incubating, I was getting worried during the video. I love my silkies, they are so sweet although I ended up separating them into two flocks as like the other person told you, they could be bullied. They are so gentle natured and eat from your hands, although my two brahmas are the same and are part of the silkie flock! They are forever going broody though which is a real shame that I can't keep hatching too many chicks. I hope they are very successful and know you will love them. Love watching your videos x
That's so exciting! I wasn't planning on having Silkies, but now I'm rethinking it. I don't want to have to use an incubator if I don't have to, either. Also we are now relooking in the western NC area for our homestead. I still love the west like crazy, but if we really want to be self-sufficient, your area makes so much more sense. We can get more land for less money than out here (or in AZ), there's plenty of water, and we are more likely to be able to feed our animals from our homestead than if we're in the desert. So... thanks? Kind of? it's a frustrating dilemma but not the worst thing to be debating.
So glad they arrived safe. We were worried about the packaging! I hope most of them hatch! So excited :)
Why do you need to set up the eggs up like that for 6 hours?
To center the yolks.
Light bugs !
Meat\layer mixes sorry
I am a new subscriber and I just love your videos. They are relaxing for me to watch! What a beautiful family!
Welcome!
We have a Buff Orphington that is about 14 days in to sitting on her/our first eggs. :)
Fun!
I hope you have better luck with shipped eggs than I did.
Hahaha. I got out the door this morning, took the kids to school, sat down at my desk at work exhausted already - about 10 minutes later I realized............. ugggg, I forgot to feed the chickens and give them water, no idea how I forgot, but I did...... so back home I went and got back to work just in time for our weekly meeting :)
Please don't wear yourselves out! Love it!
You should get myskovy ducks just for company... cool birds! 😊👍
We have had them in the past and will eventually add them to our homestead.
Sounds like you might have a freezer full of home raised chicken meat soon to make room for these silkies. Silkies are so fluffy and adorable!
Yep, rethinking my chicken set up.
Sun kissed looks good on you 😉 definitely a great day!
This is not the first time someone has said the eggs need a period of rest pointy side down before going into the incubator. This raises the question if that is necessary, how could they survive in the wild since they would not normally settle into that position except by randomly being propped up?
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY FAIR IN THE WINTER?
its so brite for 8 pm! such a nice pool is that open to the public? the only lightening bug i have seen is Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland. lol We don't have them here. I just watched a documentary called Chicken People, it was about people who show their chickens. (We rented the dvd on netflix) i fell in love with the silkies, beautiful birds.
I love silkies but i can't have them where I live.
What?? I thought y’all’s land reminded me of Asheville but I didn’t realize y’all actually live there! My family and I looove Asheville but can’t stomach the thought of driving on those mountains in the winter! Now I wonder if we drove by your homestead without realizing it! 😲
Our chickens killed my silkie and they were the same age but when the silkie started getting its top poof on its head it bounced when she walked and they pecked her in the head to the point she had brain damage and died. It only took one day. When we saw what was happening and went to get an area ready to separate her the damage was done and she died the next day. They are wonderful chickens.
Ver y goooooooooooodddddd i hace like 50 Silkies and 50 Pekín bantam
Oooh how exciting! Those silkies are going to be so much fun. Loved seeing your lightening bugs! One of these days I'll see some in person.. ~Meg
We love your videos and watch everyday. I also use my headlamp to go out and take care of my animals at night. W e live on five acres and when I go out on the property day or night I always have my cell phone and my gun in my pocket. Always wise to take caution.
I always recommend Aseel instead of silkies. They are very determined broodies. Aseels are more aggressive, good foragers. They are always high in the pecking order which ensure plenty of food and safety for chicks. Since aseels are game birds hens can fight to death to protect their chicks. They are good teachers I have seen them whacking a slow learner. Chicks raised by aseels are usually left alone because no one dares to mess with them. They continue looking after their chicks even when after they resume laying.
It's not that I dislike silkies but I don't like when other hens bully them.
That was a very nice gift, silkies. Good luck with them.
How far are you from the city? I totally get the "having to make sure the animals are set for a whole day". It's an hour to the city for us so when we go we make it a whole day too!
It's an hour for us as well.
Was the pool downtown AVL? I've only been to black mountain and Owen pool (in swannanoa). Mayyyybe we should plan a local meet up at the pool one day? 👍
Will you be housing the Silkies separately from the big birds? You could bring eggs to them when they become broody. I am so very eggscited that you are incubating the eggs given to you by kind, generous Bama Homestead! Blessings on becoming more sustainable on your homestead.
how exciting! lucky! I always wanted silkies just for cuteness, lol!
Let me know I'll send you some. You've been sooo helpful to us.
I love my Silkies. They are the sweetest in nature and just love to be mama's.
Hey in my country i can show you i work with people to breed ornamental chickens many people in the island call me they know me for having the best quality in terms of health my silkies and bantam Pekín are very healthy i never stop research on them i tell you this because maybe no no i must say you have the triple exp i have but with this birds i would like to give you some tips
I would love to know more about eggs, in general. I notice that some check boxes every other day. Others several times daily. How long can you keep a fresh eggs. How to store them. Can you tell , I am from the city.......lol... Love yall's channel.
What a wonderful and thoughtful gift. These are the kinds of homesteaders/modernsteaders (what's up, lumnah arces) I want to support. Subbing to Bama!
I had 5 silkies sins they were baby's I hatched them
We watch your channel every night while having our dinner...it's definitely a bright spot of our day...you have such a lovely family and you are such a wonderful Mommy....I wish all children could grow up so blessed :)
Couldn't agree more
*JUMP IN THE WATER💎*
how many bales of hay do you use a week
I always have to ask myself "Does this (animal) ad value to our homestead?" We currently have pigeons that and not so we need to make some hard choices with them.
Hey bri do u every take the kids to the beach?
doesnt summer start the 21 this month?
My hens LOVE to be mama's. I guess they forgot to remove their gene!
My new chicken philosophy right now is that because they are not costing us anything to feed we should hatch out as many as possible. Ours will be neat bird and later bird mixes so dual purpose and when we feel like eating chicken it will be "food on demand". If we get overwhelmed we can always sell some and makes a little money 😉~Texas Mom
This reminds me: a few years ago, my duck kicked out an egg, from the nest. I held it up to my ear and could hear baby quacks!! So I slept with the duck, put the duck in the car trunk (think August heat), hatched her one week later. She is the tiny one in my welsh harlequin image
WOW!!! Amazing!
It was creative on my part, and then I got the crested male (on the left in pic) for free from craigslist. These 2 were in my garage in a dog crate at night, and introduced to the 'duck herd' during the day....eventually everyone got along, but at first mama chomped at them....animals rock.
Did he explain why you have to leave them pointed side down for six hours?
Eggs have a little bubble of air in them (called an air sack) that starts out small and gets larger through incubation as they lose moisture. Right before hatching the chick breaks into this pocket of air and starts breathing for the first time. As the oxygen levels drop the chick then starts spasming and this leads to the beak breaking through the shell.
This air sack is attached in the large end of the egg and can be dislodged during shipping or rough handling. By leaving them pointy end down it gives it the chance to re-attach. If it keeps rolling around while the eggs are turned while being incubated it may never attach, or attach in different places making "saddle" air sacks which can cause problems in the chicks development or hatching.
Wow! Thanks for such a detailed reply :D
Fun! I've been hesitant to get silkies myself because of their size compared to the other breeds we have. Plus, I have heard that silkies go broody like clockwork, and feared having to raise too many chickens. Black Australorps, Buff Orpingtons, and Salmon Faverolles are 3 breeds that have done well on our homestead for successfully going broody and raising chicks. Of the 33 laying hens we have, 5 of them have already gone broody/raised chicks...we have 23 new babies on the ground over the past 2 months!
My silkie momma hens are FIERCE when protecting their babies. More than I've seen in any other breed. Its crazy/hilarious. Silkie roosters are soooo funny. They too will protect the momma/chicks.
BamaHomestead awesome! My buffs are more docile for sure; but I have an Australorp and a Cuckoo Marans (a breed not typically known to go broody, but it's her second season in a row and she mothered 16!) who are crazy mean to the other hens when they're too close to their chicks. I make sure to pet them all a lot so they're used to me and have no problem with me handling their babies...I do it for the safety of my kids too.
Jennifer McCully that's awesome! Our silkie hens literally broody once a month!!! It's crazy! Sometimes I have to break them of it that month!
how long can fertilized eggs eggs go without being sat on or incubated before viability is lost
4 to 10 days
You look like you got a bit of sun Bri. Don't forget the sunblock.
Are yall in TN? We want what yall are doing. It my dream. How would I start. We live now in Florida but want to move to TN.
What happened to the silkies, do you still have any ?? :)
Yes, they are doing good, we are about to put them at the barn and consolidate all the layers.
time for chickens to 'graduate' to the freezer! :)
I like Art as he explains slowly and clearly how to sharpen knives, etc when it comes to that
Could you post a link to Bama Homestead channel? I tried to find it, but nothing came up. I live in Alabama so I would be interested in what's going on here.
I had difficulty too. But figured it out. bamahomestead with no space between the two words :)
Thanks! I found it. They live in South Alabama. I'm in the North (Madison County), but still I'm glad to find a home state channel.
I forgot to post the link!!!! I will post it now.
Thanks Sister! Love Ya'll!
Katie look at the post right above mine, that's them.
I bought some Ameraucanas from Whitmore Farms in Maryland a few years back. They lay beautiful blue eggs, and in the first year, they hatched out 7 clutches of eggs.
Most were very good mamas. I did have one that hatched them out and then abandoned her babies after two weeks, but the flock raised them up and the cockerels protected them.
They were all very food foragers, too.
www.whitmorefarm.com/ameraucana
Heyyy another thing SULMET is very important keeping adult silkie is easy but raising chicks silkie is easy when good good treated sulmet avoids cocci they often preeetty often gets it more then other breeds but only that Sumer very low amount in water first 3 days no more and after week 3 only after 3 weeks old a little of like 7 to 8 days acidic copper sulfate that's 5 to 6 dollars only but no so necessary sulmet for me is important first 3 days OTHER GOOOD THING TO KNOW ......... BROODING AND BREEDING silkies without mom hen doesn't work so good for me i´ve know to loose many chicks : l. Long time ago because of that this breed is not a rhodeisland or Cornish they are bantam and delicate when chicks mom hen is for me at least for me is VITAL silkie momi! Maybe you will get it done without the hen Anyway family you have so much more to show me than what i can tell you but anyways i know i. Really have some gooooood silkies i hope it goes the same for u : GOD´S SHALOM BE WITH YOU !!!!
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I will say you don't need this advice but for somehow almost every person buys this breed from me comes back with the same issues like ok silkie hen is like Pekín great broody hens but what i do is after hatching chicks you can put her to brood again after the 2 and 3trd hatch because they stay in weight when brooding eggs but whenever you put her to raise chicks they are so lovely to them that almost never eats ...... another thing they are so tender that sometimes rooster abuse over one silkie chickens and usually they get weak and die i´ve seen people with 4 or 5 rooster silkie are too calm and she will submit very easy to rooster which leads to abuse of the males hahaha i have 1 male per 8 hens . Remember i tell this for learning of mistakes i push the hen to eat eat eat when brooding Pekín and silkies goes in love with brooding and forgets eating that dangerous but no difficult to solve just make sure she eats if not do it yourself push the food on her beak maybe i don't know maybe in Puerto Rico the heat sometimes is a problem although the place i live is pretty cold like 70 85 hottest no more thanks God
First sorry had to never happens.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Hey art and bri, I was wondering if you have any suggestions on my TH-cam channel I started it a couple months ago, I have a farm and tons of chickens. I would appreciate if you checked it out! Keep up the good work!
50 Chickens in a Hen House I subbed! just keep putting out Videos and growth will come!
Subbed :)
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