Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

[gooselady]

Ok I need some input. I put 5 Silky eggs in my incubator. 2 of them hatched. 1 baby has absolutely no top knot while the other has a gorgeous top knot. The eggs came from really nice white parents. I wasn't really sure they were fertile since I had just gotten this trio. Also the one baby has the feathering on the feet, 5 toes etc but looks like its going to be a buff?? Is this normal with the Silkies?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Ok I need some input. I put 5 Silky eggs in my incubator. 2 of them hatched. 1 baby has absolutely no top knot while the other has a gorgeous top knot. The eggs came from really nice white parents. I wasn't really sure they were fertile since I had just gotten this trio. Also the one baby has the feathering on the feet, 5 toes etc but looks like its going to be a buff?? Is this normal with the Silkies?

Are they just hatched? Lack of a vault does not mean there won't be nice crest. It the chick down yellow? Some white silkies hatch with yellow down. It means they have gold, not silver ground, and don;t have the snow white down gene.

 

[gooselady]

Are they just hatched? Lack of a vault does not mean there won't be nice crest. It the chick down yellow? Some white silkies hatch with yellow down. It means they have gold, not silver ground, and don;t have the snow white down gene.

Yes one of them hatched on Monday and the other one hatched on Tuesday. it looks kind of yellow with very light brown patches. The other one is white.

 

[gooselady]

Here are the two babies. I finally figured out how to upload photos.

 

[Feathersprings]

Here are the two babies. I finally figured out how to upload photos.

These are both perfectly normal .. by the time they are grown you probably wont be able to tell which one has the vaulted skull. The one without can have just a nice a crest as the other one depending on the genetics of the parents.

 

[gooselady]

These are both perfectly normal .. by the time they are grown you probably wont be able to tell which one has the vaulted skull.  The one without  can have just a nice a crest as the other one depending on the genetics of the parents. 

Thank you so much! I am trying to breed nice Silkies. I will try to get some good pics of my trio.

 

[thedragonlady]

These are both perfectly normal .. by the time they are grown you probably wont be able to tell which one has the vaulted skull. The one without can have just a nice a crest as the other one depending on the genetics of the parents.

x2 !

 

[Jharper]

I hope they are on Medicated Starter !

They are. They are from my own chickens, my healthy silkie hen's offspring. They are nice and plump .

 

[Jharper]

What do y'all think of my hatchery bearded white silkie hen crossed with my non bearded show quality white silkie rooster's chicks?

 

[emvickrey]

I have this frizzled silkie chick that I think is cuckoo. The pic was taken in bad lighting and it does not have any other color in it but grey and black.



Any ideas?