From my experience and what I have been told white Silkies will throw black babies.. I'm not sure how you get the white ones so I'm experimenting with different colors..
I just got my first batch of silkies hatched out. I thought the silkie hatching color was their adult color. Do they change color as they get older? Mine all hatched with a almost black body and sort of gray butt and underbody.. Will they change.. I bred my little splash to a white rooster.
I had read something about the coloring somewhere too but with all the sites and everything I have read I couldn't find it anywhere in my bookmarks or what I have copied and saved.. Thank you very much.. I hope I can remember that..
It is best that you give them electrolytes you just put 1 package per gallon of water but make sure you give them fresh water everyday or it will sour on you.. depending on how many you have use a pint or quart jar on your little waterer.. You can never give to many electrolytes. just follow the...
Your setup looks good but you need to take the big feeder & waterer out and put small ones in so they will have more room to run as you have to give them fresh water everyday anyway or it will sour on you and the babies will get sick.. and get you a new therm.. They look fine the way they are...
I always bring my babies in the house and put them in my spare bathtub with a 250 watt infered 250 watt bulb for a couple of weeks. You can tell if they are hot or cold by the they try to get away from the geat if they are hot and huddle too glose together if they are cool.