Oh yay :-) I have a white bearded Silkie, so I've been a bit thrown off by the non-beard. I know it took my white one about 7 months to start laying and she is a *very* occasional layer (like one egg a week - but I love her, she's sweet and funny). She went broody and just had her first hatch...
Any ideas .... or responses on what that was? I have a Polish 4 week old with almost the same thing, blister like thing on the shoulder - feathers missing. I dusted last night with garden dust, today I put a drop of Vet RX on it. The grainy things weren't there yesterday, and I think its food...
Any white crested black Polish fans out there?
This chick hatched Friday from an egg that came off the nest of a white crested black Polish hen (Polish roo) .... but now that its hatched, I'm just not sure if that's what it is - or if another hen (it was a white egg) left this.
Here are the blue and lavender ones .... I'm not sure what they are? Appear to be getting single combs, some lacing in the colors. Orpingtons had been mentioned, but I'm not sure they are the right body size. Andalusians - I'm not seeing white ears as of yet - so I'm not sure that's what...
Here's my Silkie .... like black color. Roo or Hen? I'm thinking Roo. (No crowing yet, but look at the tail feather - compared to my other silkie this one has feathers).