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What a cutie.

The chick in pic 3 looks to be a cockerel.

I'd say what you are seeing is the ' osprey ' feathers beginning to appear. Most silkies have them.

Does her vent look normal ? If not prolapse sounds like she may eggbound, when they can't pass the egg they tend to ' waddle ' . Either way you need to correct the calcium levels in the diet. :(

Sounds like an upper respiratory disease, you need to administer an antibiotic. But remember that mycoplasma and coryza are very contagious and birds that survive become carriers .

I would say whites, do you know their parentage?

New chicks hatched last night. :)

Pasty butt is usually due to dehydration, check that the brooder is big enough to give them the space to move away from the heat if they are overheating. You may need to physically drip water into the beak of the effected chick as some are a little slow to learn. Vaseline will help.

Hello and welcome. What a lovely gift for your granddaughter. I've been breeding silkies for 14 years and whilst I've introduced several large fowl breeds to my ever expanding flock , silkies are still my favs. They can be flighty but just sitting on the ground with treats and allowing them to...

Hello and welcome to BYC. Some chicks need to be shown the water and food, just like momma would call them to drink or feed . Tap your finger to the nipple and then place a drop of water on the tip of the chicks beak until it is following your finger to the source. Curled toes are usually a...

Do you have any blue hens, if so it s likely to be splash.

Pullet eggs are always smaller than second year laying eggs.:)

Mine get cooked white rice, mackerel in oil with a squirt of multi vitamin on top weekly. This is a great article on chick mortality. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/39604/some-causes-of-early-chick-mortality

Mmm, have you recalibrated the incubator recently ?

Oh I hope you are better now. Yes you would be better to start your worming program again. Remember wazine only treats for round worm.

It's heart breaking to see them quit so close to hatch, are these your eggs ? It can be a number of things , but might be your humidity. The other thing that comes to mind is CRD carrying parent stock .

Hi, the calcium supplements should help, but it could take a week or so for you to see normal shells. Soft shelled eggs can be very dangerous to the health of your bird and can lead to one breaking inside her and causing egg peritonitis, so it's a good thing you are on to it. Prolapse vent is...

If the birds were quarantined together and he had coryza mycoplasma or any of the CRD 's , it would be pointless to add the others to your flock. That being said unless you have strict quarantine rules in place the disease can be carried on your person or shoes. Without necropsy it's all a...

At 3 weeks it's way too early to say with any certainty.

Genetics are never that easy to get a grip on. Your bottom silkie looks to be splash , if that is the case your blue boy over her would give you 2 x possibilities, blue or splash. Here are the paint and splash colour charts.