Up for your consideration are 8 + hatching eggs from our Blue/Black/Splash/Lav breeding pen. Included in this pen are 4 black and split/lav hens, 4 splash hens and a black split/lav cock. (For now, I'm not using the splash or blue cock)
We are breeding and hatching with our exhibition goals in mind, but that does not mean that every chick hatched will be a show quality bird. We are very pleased with the chicks that are being hatched from this flock. All birds in this pen have correct toes, large fluffy crests and meet the standard for silkies. Color is very important to us and the blacks are VERY black with a lovely beetle green sheen.
VERY IMPORTANT: As some of you know because I PM'd you, I had 2 folks who purchased eggs hatch "partridge" babies. Because I don't own any partridge silkies, I began to do an exhaustive search of why and realized that my "blacks" are actually black split/lav's from eggs that I purchased from Shagbark Silkies last summer. She is the breeder that just sold the pair of lavenders on Eggbid for $850.00. All her birds are lovely. So my blacks are from a lavender roo over her black hens. The chipmunk appearance of the babies is common for some lavenders. Below is a quote from April at Brody's Bordello who raises lavenders:
"It has been my experiance that the birds that are split/lavs have the chipmunk strips. Everyone that I had that were chipmunked have gone on to produce lavs. I have others that when they hatch donot have the strips & they don't produce the lav color. So in a nut shell, if it has stripes, then it is possessing the lav gene, if not it has the may have the gene, just not strong enough to have an effect on the birds color. Since Lav is a diluter, if they have it it will show itself. That is just what I have seen personaly. I'm no expert, like some on here claim to be,and can only speak for myself. I started with one split lav hen, who then produced chipmunk babies. Those bred back to themselves, have produced my Lavenders, Porcelains & Split Lavenders."
Below is April's photo of her chicks which she posted on another thread:
Here is a photo of a chick from my eggs that was sent by a breeders:
I want to be certain that everyone understands that it is possible to hatch a lavender or a split lavender from these eggs, not just BBS in the event you are only interested in BBS. I cannot guarantee lavenders, of course, but until I have identified each black hen's offspring (starting that project today), it will be a toss-up. I am going to set my own eggs for a while, but my incubator won't be available until my hatch on the 10th, and I don't want these eggs to go bad, so I am offering this set today.
We have developed what we believe to be a superior method of shipping eggs that gives each egg the best chance of making the trip safely. Of course, there is no guarantee on how the post office will handle the shipper so we cannot guarantee your hatching success. Each egg is wrapped in small bubble wrap and placed inside a thick-walled styrofoam shipper that is lined in large bubble wrap. An air pillow is placed on top and the shipper is then sealed securely. We do our best to obtain and use high quality recycled shipping material and pass the savings on to you. Because of this, Priority USPS shipping is a flat rate of only $8.00.
Thank you so much for considering our auction!!
We are breeding and hatching with our exhibition goals in mind, but that does not mean that every chick hatched will be a show quality bird. We are very pleased with the chicks that are being hatched from this flock. All birds in this pen have correct toes, large fluffy crests and meet the standard for silkies. Color is very important to us and the blacks are VERY black with a lovely beetle green sheen.
VERY IMPORTANT: As some of you know because I PM'd you, I had 2 folks who purchased eggs hatch "partridge" babies. Because I don't own any partridge silkies, I began to do an exhaustive search of why and realized that my "blacks" are actually black split/lav's from eggs that I purchased from Shagbark Silkies last summer. She is the breeder that just sold the pair of lavenders on Eggbid for $850.00. All her birds are lovely. So my blacks are from a lavender roo over her black hens. The chipmunk appearance of the babies is common for some lavenders. Below is a quote from April at Brody's Bordello who raises lavenders:
"It has been my experiance that the birds that are split/lavs have the chipmunk strips. Everyone that I had that were chipmunked have gone on to produce lavs. I have others that when they hatch donot have the strips & they don't produce the lav color. So in a nut shell, if it has stripes, then it is possessing the lav gene, if not it has the may have the gene, just not strong enough to have an effect on the birds color. Since Lav is a diluter, if they have it it will show itself. That is just what I have seen personaly. I'm no expert, like some on here claim to be,and can only speak for myself. I started with one split lav hen, who then produced chipmunk babies. Those bred back to themselves, have produced my Lavenders, Porcelains & Split Lavenders."
Below is April's photo of her chicks which she posted on another thread:
Here is a photo of a chick from my eggs that was sent by a breeders:
I want to be certain that everyone understands that it is possible to hatch a lavender or a split lavender from these eggs, not just BBS in the event you are only interested in BBS. I cannot guarantee lavenders, of course, but until I have identified each black hen's offspring (starting that project today), it will be a toss-up. I am going to set my own eggs for a while, but my incubator won't be available until my hatch on the 10th, and I don't want these eggs to go bad, so I am offering this set today.
We have developed what we believe to be a superior method of shipping eggs that gives each egg the best chance of making the trip safely. Of course, there is no guarantee on how the post office will handle the shipper so we cannot guarantee your hatching success. Each egg is wrapped in small bubble wrap and placed inside a thick-walled styrofoam shipper that is lined in large bubble wrap. An air pillow is placed on top and the shipper is then sealed securely. We do our best to obtain and use high quality recycled shipping material and pass the savings on to you. Because of this, Priority USPS shipping is a flat rate of only $8.00.
Thank you so much for considering our auction!!
