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Slothinc
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- Apr 15, 2020
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I'm so glad I found your silkie thread! Thanks for sharing your story, it is so awesome you have your original coop!
I really hope you can get your Lavender silkie dreams fulfilled, it seems we are all having some struggles getting the colors we want! Debbie has been trying so hard to get buff and I think only has hatched 1 or 2? I wanted chocolate so ordered eggs in and had 1 chocolate from the 3 eggs ugh!
The low hatch % sure makes those shipped eggies expensive! I've heard about the Lavender being fragile, I wonder why?
Thanks @2ndTink !
I don’t know for sure, but the lavender gene is linked to shredded feathers in regular feathered birds (usually it’s just the tail feathers looking ragged) so maybe adding that gene in with silkies who already have shredded feathers creates extra fragility? That’s the only thing I can think might affect them. It’s weird, everyone who owns lavender says they are way more fragile than regular silkies.