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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Riggy on March 01, 2011, 08:20:14 pm

Title: Bob The Silkie Has Laid an Egg!
Post by: Riggy on March 01, 2011, 08:20:14 pm

Part of my plan to produce meat birds is to use Silkie broodies, with this in mind I incubated 6 eggs from ebay last September, 3 hatched :), one chick had a dodgy leg and had to be culled :(, so two made it out of the brooder. One disappeared in the night  :((the tom cat has  shouldered the blame!) so then there was one. We've always been unsure about Bob's sex ;), but today at exactly 23 weeks old Bob laid an egg :). I love it when a plan comes together! ;D

Title: Re: Bob The Silkie Has Laid an Egg!
Post by: little blue on March 01, 2011, 08:22:08 pm

bless her, nice one Bob!

Title: Re: Bob The Silkie Has Laid an Egg!
Post by: Rosemary on March 01, 2011, 08:28:39 pm

 ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Bob The Silkie Has Laid an Egg!
Post by: kingnigel on March 02, 2011, 11:46:41 pm

can i introduce you to bobette lol
kn ;D

Title: Re: Bob The Silkie Has Laid an Egg!
Post by: Cinderhills on March 03, 2011, 08:10:40 am

That reminded me of the Bob character in Blackadder that was a woman dressed as a man.  :D

Title: Re: Bob The Silkie Has Laid an Egg!
Post by: Riggy on March 03, 2011, 08:02:17 pm

Ah yes!

When asked if he was really a man, she replied "oh yes Sir, fart in bed and everything Sir"

Class!

Title: Re: Bob The Silkie Has Laid an Egg!
Post by: princesspiggy on March 04, 2011, 07:48:24 pm

ur lucky, princess leah went cockadoodle-doo!
and flowergirl wasnt a girl either!
 ;D ;D ;D