Silkie Feathered Peachick

[zazouse]

Nothing helped mine so it would be interesting if this was a defect specific to opals. That is how my chick looked, just smaller. But I suggest trying what you can to "fix" it.

Are you saying yours grew up to have silky looking feathers?

 

[BYC-user-174785]

Yeah, it looked awful in my opinion. There were two Opal spaldings in that batch and one remained normal while the other one fell behind in size and had silkie looking feathers.

 

[cajunfowl0]

Yeah, it looked awful in my opinion. There were two Opal spaldings in that batch and one remained normal while the other one fell behind in size and had silkie looking feathers.

Maybe you discovered the first silkie peacock lol! I would try breeding the two parents that had them and keep them all maybe one will live and be an actual silkie peacock.

 

[BYC-user-174785]

It died but the parents of it still are being bred together. I don't think it looks nice at all, or at least mine was an awful sight. If I end up hatching any I can send them to you.

 

[cajunfowl0]

It died but the parents of it still are being bred together. I don't think it looks nice at all, or at least mine was an awful sight. If I end up hatching any I can send them to you.

I would love that!

 

[Trefoil]

Sounds interesting LPF. Please keep us up to date on how its ( he or she?) doing. IMO opals aren't particularly pretty, so everybody's taste is different, that's what makes a horse race.