Hey there everyone! popping in for some help/advice....
so im hatching with one of my broody silkie for a third time now. just on day 3 she took 2 eggs from her nest and rolled them all the way across the coop to another corner so she wouldnt sit on them. one was a clear, the other im not...
so odd thing...some of my EE cross babies are starting to look SILKED! but no silkie is involved! this is crazy! i dont get it
the three others, pics not shown here, look CLEARLY different and are smooth feathered!
the same thing has happened to my roo, indie, this past month. he was hand raised and lives in the bachelor pad by himself, but I think its the spring hormones throwing him off. all my roos are like this, and its off because theyre always so sweet!
im selling indie so I can make room for my...
I 1000000% agree with you, otherwise, Id be pumping out SQ birds like THAT!
LOL chicken match is just too easy. sell two, hatch 35 more. its a metaphor. LOL
I started a fun project with sizzles, and I tried making them with big tails, so I threw a Japanese bantam in there. im on my second generation at the moment, and currently selling eggs.
splash silkie X Japanese bantam made the dad:
who I bred with my sizzle:
making these chicks...
I got a yellow chick from a December hatch that turned out calico!
Hes japanese bantam silkie cross X partridge silkie.
Japanese bantam X ee. Some silkies can come out smooth
@rayray983
my porcelain girly has some pretty wing patterns. your baby could be buff with patterned wings.
as a chick she didn't have any pattern, and sometimes chick feathers are a lot different from adult feathers. they loose them and become "simpler". for example:
so maybe your...
haha thanks! she does a pretty nice job stylin it LOL! she hatched in December so shes still pretty young.
that's amazing! im thinking of hatching more of these guys for easter! I love the outcome ive had! cant wait to see your pics!
thank you!
took my birds out to get some nice air on our 80 degrees day Wednesday....now its cold and rainy again. SPRING IS NEAR! SPRING IS NEAR!
this is my little "brindle" roo
my porcelain girly, Bemmie
Black frizzle pullet
bemmie dust bathing in the garden....or should I say dirt bathing...
SORRY I meant catdance earlier :)
catdance silkies (@kelar ): http://www.catdancesilkies.com/
@mbrobbins and @RIRJen are here on BYC so you could maybe PM them :)
have you checked with kelar or mbrobbins? kelar is sundance silkies.
they both have really nice chooks. I have contacted them about silkies before, but now im focusing on breeding my frizzles and seramas
RIRjen has some GORGEOUS silkies! I contacted her last year, but it was too late in the...
took some pics of my girl, timothy. im a bit confused still with her...is she a frizzle, sizzle or frilkie? im not sure anymore LOL so many people call theirs different names and im totally confused. her daughter is a smooth feathered girl, which im guessing is a frizzle? im not sure. can anyone...