I hatched 6 silkie chicks a couple days ago. 2 lavender, 2 that are supposed to have biggest crests, beards and leg floof and 2 chicks from my own chickens (1 of those is a silkie × bantam brahma). In short I had eggs from 3 different places and 2 chicks hatched from every place. I still have 6 eggs from my silkies due to hatch on the 28th I think.
2 chicks I'm having a hard time figuring out the color. I know that I have 2 lavender bc I know got lavender eggs from that place. I know that the one from my silkies is black and the mix is a mix, but the 2 "USA" silkies are a mystery. I have photos of the parents but they have 3 roos all together.
The roos are:
Buff, paint and black (or dark blue)
The hens are in many different colors (as seen in the photos of parents).
What I'm trying to figure out is what could be the possible colors that my 2 chicks could turn out to be? The yellow one I thought was buff, but the wings are coming in white. I was really hoping to get a paint chick from there, but my yellow chick doesn't have any spots. Now I'm hoping it was a cross between a paint hen and paint roo and it will grow up white and possibly give me paint chicks in the future. The other chick is sort of brownish grey with a tan underside. This one is really fluffy but also quite big. I hope that's becouse it hatched first and not because it's gonna be a rooster.
Here's chick 1. The yellow one. Pin feathers in wings are coming in white.
Chick 2. This one is the biggest. Wing feathers are coming in dark.
And here are both
Here are the parents
So judging by the colors if the parents what combination could the chicks be? I'm really hoping the yellow one has something to do with paint becouse I really want paint silkies I'm the future.
I can give more pictures of the chicks if needed.
2 chicks I'm having a hard time figuring out the color. I know that I have 2 lavender bc I know got lavender eggs from that place. I know that the one from my silkies is black and the mix is a mix, but the 2 "USA" silkies are a mystery. I have photos of the parents but they have 3 roos all together.
The roos are:
Buff, paint and black (or dark blue)
The hens are in many different colors (as seen in the photos of parents).
What I'm trying to figure out is what could be the possible colors that my 2 chicks could turn out to be? The yellow one I thought was buff, but the wings are coming in white. I was really hoping to get a paint chick from there, but my yellow chick doesn't have any spots. Now I'm hoping it was a cross between a paint hen and paint roo and it will grow up white and possibly give me paint chicks in the future. The other chick is sort of brownish grey with a tan underside. This one is really fluffy but also quite big. I hope that's becouse it hatched first and not because it's gonna be a rooster.
Here's chick 1. The yellow one. Pin feathers in wings are coming in white.
Chick 2. This one is the biggest. Wing feathers are coming in dark.
And here are both
Here are the parents
So judging by the colors if the parents what combination could the chicks be? I'm really hoping the yellow one has something to do with paint becouse I really want paint silkies I'm the future.
I can give more pictures of the chicks if needed.
