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Yes definitely grow them out. They aren’t quite as balanced as my hens but no so far off from type that you can’t improve on them with a good rooster. I plan to test breed them to my black rooster in my profile picture, he has good balance and has reliably given me chicks with good type and...

I just don’t understand I didn’t do anything different with these than I normally do with chicks and the others that didn’t come from cackle are doing great same age. I’m hoping the one that’s not walking just bruised something and will get better with rest because I can’t find any injuries or...

I know this thread is a couple of months old but I'm curious how your cackle silkies are doing health wise. Mine were from the May 1st splash silkie hatch. Out of the 5 pullets I have kept I have one left. Like I said earlier I had leg issue, then 2 with sever wry neck, recently one developed...

Ya I’m not all that impressed all the cockerels were really leggy and long backs. The girls aren’t too bad they aren’t as fluffy as my own stock. I’m going to try breeding them with my own boy that has good type maybe in a couple generations I can improve on them. I ended up with 10 boys and 5...

Here is a couple of pictures, I’ll try to remember to update as they get older. 8 weeks old

I ordered splash silkies and received them on 5/3/19, so far they are feathering out nicely for 8 week olds. None had any toe or comb defaults. I wont know for a few more months just how well they meet standard for type. I ordered from them because I have seen some really nice silkies come from...