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Re: baby disqualifications You can look at feet- 5 full toes-not clumped together like lobster toes. . And dark skin color. Some may darken up a little but should be pretty close to black skin. I wouldn't worry much about down color. They can change so much as real feathers come in. Pale off...

I think you might find a difference between hatchery and breeder silkies. . I know I did. I first bought two hatchery silkies from the farm store who both turned out to be mediocre roos and were eventually rehomed. Neither was all that cuddly-just basically avoided us. Later I incubator...

I honestly don't think there's much you can do to make it happen sooner but silkies are notorious brooders and it probably will happen sooner or later. Give her a little time to settle in to her new home The only thing that I know that sometimes works is exposure to another broody hen. I've got...

sorry- here are the photos larger so you can see what I'm talking about.

"So i have a chick with all yellow down, no black patches of feathers, but the skin is marbled with black and then pink patches. Is this a white paint?" Maybe, but not all paints have spotty skin pigment and not all silkie chicks with spotty pigment will be paints. Some paints are born with...