Buff silkie hatch **New pics 8/3

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Funny about the one lonely chick. Three days after I picked up the silkies from you my ameraucana hatch started. They turned out to be the worst broodies ever. After they smushed a couple of hatchlings I started stealing the babies as they hatched and adding them to the indoor brooder. So my one little lone baby got two silkie buddies and then another four ameraucana babies. HA! All 7 of them are out in the grow out pen and they are all doing great. You'd never know that one had a funky beginning.

Let's wait for cooler weather and then think about more babies. For some reason I had it in my head that you were thinking of doing lavender too. I knew you had the gorgeous whites and splashes. I guess I'm just confused. That's not hard these days!

Yeah, Jack has nice birds. The vaulted skulls kind of ook me out. I'm really pleased that these guys are getting the head shape from feathers and not skull bones. Seems like it will mean fewer health issues and nicer looking birds. It will be interesting to see how these guys feather out. Even at this stage a couple of them are poofing up nicely.

 

[SilkieTime]

 

[Firearia]

x3 Are you going to update with more pictures for us soon?

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

I cant wait to see what your chicks will look like in the comming months, beautiful im sure.

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Sorry for the delay! Getting new pics just took awhile. Wing feathers have sprouted this week. I am starting to be able to see possible final color. As I suspected, the two with black overtones are substantially darker than the others. One of the dark chicks has some black banding. So far the other is just dark with no black. We'll see what happens as they continue to feather.
Other news is that my buff silkie broody has started her hatch. One was out this morning and another pipped. Mama is a first time broody and is a little distracted. She hopped off the nest this morning and stayed off for a while. When she got back on she looked at the lone baby like it was an alien. I finally brought it inside and added it to the brooder. It is doing great except that it keeps getting bowled over onto its back. Lots of screaming later and she's back over right side up. Silly chicks!

This is the new baby-

Pics of some of the others-

Enjoy!!

 

[Firearia]

Oh my god they're adorable!

I hope baby chickie is ok and eventually and catches up with the others! xD

I think I'm going to have to get some silkies now... Yours have made me fall in love with them!

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Thanks! Ain't nothing cuter than a baby silkie.

The new baby is doing great. She's still a little wobbly, but all in all doing great. Mama is still sitting on 5 eggs. One more baby hatched, but it had a badly prolapsed rectum. I couldn't fix the problem and sadly had to cull it. Very sad.

Here's hoping some more make it out tonight and tomorrow! It is so blasted hot out there the hen practically doesn't have to sit on the nest at all. I swear, temps are at 101 degrees and humidity is in the 70%. Blech. Those babies could hatch all on their own.