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What color are my 2 week old silkies....?

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Can anyone please tell me what color you think these 2 week old silkies are......parents are both bearded black..

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Edited by mustang56 - 6/3/12 at 3:21pm
post #2 of 18

Blue...i think blue
 

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3 SS, 2 PRs, 1 BR, 2 RS, 1 Mix Banty,  1 BO 2 Blk Aust. 1 GLW, 1 RIR, 1 EEs, 2 SLW

 

 

RIP Cheeks

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Horse nut. Chicken freak

3 SS, 2 PRs, 1 BR, 2 RS, 1 Mix Banty,  1 BO 2 Blk Aust. 1 GLW, 1 RIR, 1 EEs, 2 SLW

 

 

RIP Cheeks

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post #3 of 18
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thankyou toshi.... =)
 

post #4 of 18

they look black to me maybe its the lighting but a black to black breeding should give you black 

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post #5 of 18
Blue. Black would be darker.

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Here is my black.

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Here are my two blue hens with their brood of chicks. Please excuse one hen's poopy butt. They would not get up from the nest, and you know what happens when they don't get up.. sickbyc.gif

LES Farms

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Lost everything in a barn fire 2/11/13. Can't even pull it together.

Thank you for all the condolences and all the support and donations given to help us rebuild. You are all so special to us.

 

Please READ my thread about FIRE SAFETY. Trying to save as many others from the little mistakes that cost me everything.

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LES Farms

Breeder of nothing right now.Read our RE-Build of LES Farms Thread.

 

Lost everything in a barn fire 2/11/13. Can't even pull it together.

Thank you for all the condolences and all the support and donations given to help us rebuild. You are all so special to us.

 

Please READ my thread about FIRE SAFETY. Trying to save as many others from the little mistakes that cost me everything.

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post #6 of 18

I really think Blue! Very pretty little babies.

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Can anyone please tell me what color you think these 2 week old silkies are......parents are both bearded black..

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post #7 of 18
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Yes you would think black x black would = black   lol,  but here's a picture of mom's and the dad....ignore the white chickens they aren't the parents..lol

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post #8 of 18
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thankyou chicken lover ...  =)

post #9 of 18
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thankyou Aoxa...  mine might be darker than your blues,  it depends on the lighting...!   Beautiful birds you have there....=)

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thankyou Aoxa...  mine might be darker than your blues,  it depends on the lighting...!   Beautiful birds you have there....=)
It's happened vice versa to me. My blue hens have produced two black chicks tongue.png Though the majority of them are blue, I do have some whites and silver colours out of them.

LES Farms

Breeder of nothing right now.Read our RE-Build of LES Farms Thread.

 

Lost everything in a barn fire 2/11/13. Can't even pull it together.

Thank you for all the condolences and all the support and donations given to help us rebuild. You are all so special to us.

 

Please READ my thread about FIRE SAFETY. Trying to save as many others from the little mistakes that cost me everything.

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LES Farms

Breeder of nothing right now.Read our RE-Build of LES Farms Thread.

 

Lost everything in a barn fire 2/11/13. Can't even pull it together.

Thank you for all the condolences and all the support and donations given to help us rebuild. You are all so special to us.

 

Please READ my thread about FIRE SAFETY. Trying to save as many others from the little mistakes that cost me everything.

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