Update. Yesterday I met up with klf73, who gave me 7 precious Ancona babies who were hatched the same day as Solo.
Solo was nervous for about an hour. Then she began learning how to be a chick. She is so happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a difference. No peeping or screaming. She...
By the way Ercky, Welcome!
PS It sounds like the consensus is splash. She started feathering. Our baby is already growing up. LOL I will keep everyone posted. Thank you all.
We have a big brooder and the kids actually go in and sit with food in their hands. Very quickly the chicks warm up to them. Despite this, most of the 'grown ups' still run away from us. Solo runs to our hands because we are all she has right now.....
although a nice bycer is giving us some...
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Did you show her this picture? Or do you mean yours?
Yep, wait is what I figured. Doesn't matter. This little one has a home regardless. The breeder thought splash, from my description. I will have to send her the photo.
Gosh there is no consensus here. I might have to take a...
No color linked name for this kid. Solo is his/her name. Now all you silkie folks. How do you tell gender on these darlings? And what is the deal with the mulberry combs?
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Did the egg say any thing on it? Like BS or S or any symbol from which color pen the egg was taken from?
She is very cute.
Many of the eggs were marked Splash. I had such a nice assortment and was so excited. Mostly splash, blue and some partridge and white. There were 7 with ...
Here is poor little Solo, the only chick to hatch out of 22 eggs. Would she be a splash? or a blue? or a gray? Her beak is not mulberry but black. How the heck does one sex a silkie anyway? I will probably get laughed at for asking if anyone can tell this little ones gender. Poor little...