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4/9/12 at 1:23pm

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THANK YOU everyone!!! I can barely contain my excitement!!!

and on updating... Oh I will! I will!! LOL I'm soooooo excited! I have to get kids at the bus stop and then drag a kid to piano tonight, but I'll be back to update any progress!!! I have never had an egg hatch before, so I don't know how long this process takes. I'm thinking several hours??? Anyway, They are in a wire kennel and I'm going to need to put cardboard all around the lower portion of it so the chick doesn't escape. Maybe tonight-- I can't imagine it will be ready to run around tonight-- it may not even be hatched yet? Anyway, later!!!

Don't get worried. It can take more than 24 hours after pipping. :)

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4/9/12 at 3:44pm

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ADORABLE!

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So far, all the chicks have dark beaks and toes, BUT this one... and it's the cutest one!!

Will it get darker? Or my fear.... my poor quality silkie, Cloud, got some quick action one day...

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4/9/12 at 3:48pm

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Hey folks!

I am curious as to how to breed darker lavander if what I have currently seems to hatch as a self-blue and then feathers out to an -almost- white... Its more slivery white then then white... But what can I breed them to, for a darker lav?

Here is a new lav chick we just hatched out, now about a week old.

Silkies : Blue, Black, Splash, White, Buff.

D'anver : Blue Quail, Porcelain, Mille, Quail, Silver Quail, Blue Silver Quail.

Old English Game Bantam : Silver Duckwing.

Silkies : Blue, Black, Splash, White, Buff.

D'anver : Blue Quail, Porcelain, Mille, Quail, Silver Quail, Blue Silver Quail.

Old English Game Bantam : Silver Duckwing.

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4/9/12 at 3:49pm

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So my Nugget has been making weird noises. He/she purs or makes this calling out noise. It doesn't sound like a crow. It's like an alarm or something. LOL I took this picture of Nugget and right after Nugget started with the pur noise. Has anyone else experienced that? Does it mean anything? lol

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4/9/12 at 4:19pm

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My silkies have an amazing vocabulary. I'm still trying to decifer it all!

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4/9/12 at 4:25pm

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Shamrock Silkies! Silkies and showgirls in Blue, Black, Splash, and White. White Cochins and Blue/Black rosecombs

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4/9/12 at 4:26pm

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sorry the pics arnt that good but this is my blue silkie chick thats growing brown wing feathers and you cant see it well but her back is also turning brown, what color do you think she is?

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4/9/12 at 4:31pm

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sorry the pics arnt that good but this is my blue silkie chick thats growing brown wing feathers and you cant see it well but her back is also turning brown, what color do you think she is?

That's an adorable chick but I think it's too early to say what color it's going to be. Hard to be patience I know!!

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4/9/12 at 4:56pm

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This is the Logo my friend made me, I cant wait til I get my website going

And im pretty bumbed about that chick i was hoping i would get a blue from that hatch and now shes turning brown.... oh well

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4/9/12 at 5:02pm

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This is the Logo my friend made me, I cant wait til I get my website going

And im pretty bumbed about that chick i was hoping i would get a blue from that hatch and now shes turning brown.... oh well

Really cool logo!!

Twin Oaks Ranch Silkies I can't believe those little Silkies grabbed my heart!
I have a wonderful DH who's a silkie enabler!
Member of American Silkie Bantam Club!