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How curious she went from slate to white, but my goodness she is beautiful! :D

I’m looking for a breeder of lavender and blue silkies. Wanting nice breeder quality (I don’t intend to show) but definitely want typey chicks. Looking for someone who’ll ship to eastern Kentucky and take a money order. I’ll buy a straight run of course. I’ve tried contacting a breeder in CA...

Heading there now.

I’m looking for a breeder of lavender and blue silkies. Wanting nice breeder quality (I don’t intend to show) but definitely want typey chicks. Looking for someone who’ll ship to Kentucky and take a money order. I’ll buy a straight run of course. I’ve tried contacting a breeder in CA (kiss my...

Calypso, Scylla, Charybdis, Sanibel, Isla, Kai, Caspian, Sailor, Zale, Tao, Tide, Marina, Nerissa, Triton, Trident, Tiamat. This is fun. :clap

My partridge and blue (or is it black?) Hoover’s silkies at a couple of days old: My (very scraggly, late feathering) partridge and blue (or is it black?) Hoover’s silkies at nearly 6 weeks old:

My buff Hoover’s silkie at a couple of days old: My buff Hoover’s silkie at nearly 6 weeks old:

My two white Hoover’s silkies at a couple of days old: My two white Hoover’s silkies now, at nearly 6 weeks:

I have 5 silkie chicks myself from Hoover’s, but here is a silkie pullet another lady posted about on Hoover’s FB forum.

Thank you! :)

Definitely look like 2 little ladies. Don’t think they’re RIR though. Here’s a pic of one of my RIR boys at 5/6 weeks.

:wee:celebrate:woot

:barnie I can’t wait any longer!

I’m going to take a stab at it and guess pullet for no other reason than it just struck me as one in its baby pics. :p

My go to recipe for homemade ice cream. :drool I’ve made this numerous times and it’s to die for. https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/salted-caramel-ice-cream-354517

Thank you! :D

Oh that’s a relief! Now I can definitely rest easy. :woot

Here are some pics I managed to grab. The feathers do seem to be growing in. :clap I just missed it earlier in my distress I suppose. The one I took pics of with my blue silkie baby.

Well, I went and checked in on the little one this evening again and took a more thorough look. You’re right, it does still have feathers on its legs, but it’s adult feathers must be coming in. I guess I just wasn’t looking hard enough (difficult to do with a squirmy chick). At least I feel...

This is my first time owning chickens with feathered feet so please bear with me and my naïveté on the subject. But do silkie chicks lose the down on their legs when they start feathering out? I have one chick in particular and another one that’s starting to have the same issue where it has very...