2 month old paint silkie

[mommabird724]

Hi. The comb is black and smooth. Wattles are not distended, but purplish/reddish in color. Legs are skinny, feet small.

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

Splash can vary a lot. This one is my darkest:

My lightest:

Yours looks like its on a darker blue base, with some splashing on top. Breed it to a blue, if its splash, you'll only get blue and splash chicks. If its blue, which I doubt, you'll get blue, black and splash. I have a Sizzle pullet that I think is a super dark splash, she doesn't really look like yours, but might give you some idea of how they can vary.

 

[Poultry parent]

looks like a hen

 

[mommabird724]

That's what I'm hoping for. Can't decide on Maizy or Marshmallow for a name. Which would you pick? Or other ideas?

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

I think it looks like a pretty cockerel. Bearding suppress combs and wattles, so your boys head gear shouldn't be very big either. The pullet in my avatar is 5 months old and doesn't have as much comb as your chick...but, you never know! I've been wrong before!

 

[mommabird724]

Your splash hen is beautiful! I have one just like her. Her name is Williw and she's so sweet. I just adopted her a couple weeks ago. She's retired from breeding at two years old. I love her dearly.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I think it looks like a pretty cockerel. Bearding suppress combs and wattles, so your boys head gear shouldn't be very big either. The pullet in my avatar is 5 months old and doesn't have as much comb as your chick...but, you never know! I've been wrong before!

I have one that hatched out in my silkie hatch rom rubynala97's eggs that has feathered in, in what I believe is a splash. Looks like yours. At hatch it was pure white though. Are splashes normally white at hatch? Just curious. (Your avatar is beautiful.)

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

Your splash hen is beautiful! I have one just like her. Her name is Williw and she's so sweet. I just adopted her a couple weeks ago. She's retired from breeding at two years old. I love her dearly.

Thank you, I love mine dearly as well. I wouldn't trade that little bird for the world!

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

I have one that hatched out in my silkie hatch rom rubynala97's eggs that has feathered in, in what I believe is a splash. Looks like yours. At hatch it was pure white though. Are splashes normally white at hatch? Just curious.  (Your avatar is beautiful.)

A lot of mine do hatch out very white, and even feather in mostly white, but eventually they get their splashes as they go through their juvenile molts. Can you post a recent picture, is it showing any blue at all yet? It could also be diluted, which usually comes from breeding splash to splash. However, I only breed mine to blue and still get some super light ones from time to time.

And thank you, I sure do love that little fluff ball!

 

[AmyLynn2374]

A lot of mine do hatch out very white, and even feather in mostly white, but eventually they get their splashes as they go through their juvenile molts. Can you post a recent picture, is it showing any blue at all yet? It could also be diluted, which usually comes from breeding splash to splash. However, I only breed mine to blue and still get some super light ones from time to time.

And thank you, I sure do love that little fluff ball!

I went and took these, but my camera is not the best for accurracy with color. In person she/he is more blue/gray than the pic shows. They are about 8 weeks now I think.