Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[Fur-N-Fowl]

Also...5 of my chicks that hatched the other day have just gone to their new home

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

Oh and another note!

Carrot, one of my golds, laid her first egg today!

It was very long and pointy but small, not a shape that a chick could grow in.

So I decided to crack it open and check its fertility and it was fertile!

Hopefully I get another broody soon so I can incubate some from her.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I wonder what a Yokohama x Silkie would look like...particularly a rooster!

Someone that bought Silkie chicks off me has that breed so maybe I'll find out in the future if they cross them.

I've wondered what that cross would look like also.

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

One of my gold partridge growouts has turned out more gold than gold partridge

Strange how gold it is...

 

[LynnaePB]

One of my gold partridge growouts has turned out more gold than gold partridge

Strange how gold it is...

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Aww what a pretty little one, it certainly does have a lot of gold!


How the little partridge color chicks turn out is so interesting I had this little one pop out of some paint silkie eggs I bought and I thought with the wild type markings around the eyes/head she'd turn out like some kind of partridge...

but nope this is her now, I guess just some sort of mix that looks closer to blue.

I had two others hatch from those same eggs that looked more partridgy as chicks (here is one of them, they both looked about the same).

And here they are now, they definitely turned out closer to how I expected they might.

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

Aww what a pretty little one, it certainly does have a lot of gold!


How the little partridge color chicks turn out is so interesting I had this little one pop out of some paint silkie eggs I bought and I thought with the wild type markings around the eyes/head she'd turn out like some kind of partridge...

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but nope this is her now, I guess just some sort of mix that looks closer to blue.

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I had two others hatch from those same eggs that looked more partridgy as chicks (here is one of them, they both looked about the same).

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And here they are now, they definitely turned out closer to how I expected they might.

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Wow they're all very pretty!

It is strange how chicks can look one colour when they hatch then they feather in a totally different colour! That's what happened with that gold partridge that looks good.

I love your blue type coloured Silkie!

 

[MysteryChicken]

One of my gold partridge growouts has turned out more gold than gold partridge

Strange how gold it is...

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She's very cute.

 

[LynnaePB]

Wow they're all very pretty!

It is strange how chicks can look one colour when they hatch then they feather in a totally different colour! That's what happened with that gold partridge that looks good.

I love your blue type coloured Silkie!

Thank you!

Yeah I love watching the ones who change a lot as they grow, it's nice to get surprises sometimes.

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

Pompom and the babies got some freerange today. Understandably staying under tree. Chicks are Australorp, 4wks old.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Can you spot the silkie chicks?

There's 7, you can point out for fun.