Willawong Hill
Songster
Hi, just excited to share some pics my husband took of our chickens and wondering if anyone has any ideas about final colour. Silkies are two weeks old, others are three now. Silkies all came from a mixed pen so are probably just mixed colours. I brought 12 hatching pekin eggs shipped and unfortunately only 2 hatched, so I brought 4 just hatched silkies locally to keep them company. My aunt and uncle helpfully lent me the use of their brooder and put 9 of their own eggs in, but just the one hatched so not great rates here, but it is winter.
1. Phantom
I think probably white, though had a greyish tint, all feathers so far seem white. Feathering quite quickly so i'm hoping it's a pullet but that won't really work with silkies I don't think? She is pretty brave though so who knows for the next couple of months...
2. Obsidian
The only pure black chick, but I noticed she (again wishful thinking, fast featherer but adventurous) has some brownish feathers coming in at the top of her wings/shoulders. So i'm thinking Black with some sort of brown leakage?
3. Amelia/Earhart
Black, but with brown chipmunk stripes on the face but not the back, also brown wingtips. Has anyone had a partridge hatch this dark or is she likely to be black with partridge leakage? Much smaller than the other silkies and had quite a prominent umbilical bump, seems active and healthy otherwise so hopefully she's just a couple of days younger.
4. Cleo/Cletus
Similar to Amelia, but grey instead of brown, the quietest chick so i'm hoping for a hen, but i guess i'll have to wait for that and to see if she's breeding quality.
5. Camille/Monet
Pretty sure I have a Monet on my hands as she's feathering out slow and is the first one to the front of the brooder when you open up to protect her flock. Came from a splash egg, so pretty sure that's her colour.
6. Nora/Hans Heyson (named after Australian painters), really hoping Nora is a pullet (and she is feathering out much faster despite the same hatch date) as Camille appears to be a roo. Hatched out of a blue egg, but i 'm thinking she's also splash or has anyone else had a blue start off this light?
7. Marion
Also hoping this is a pullet, but the comb at three weeks is already starting to pinken and she has some serious legs (but is the only full sized chicken). She belongs to my aunt and uncle who lent the use of their incubator, i'm brooding her with the others and would like to give them a pullet back for their troubles. From a pen of mostly silver and one gold laced wyandotte, so this seems like an obvious SLW to me.
1. Phantom
I think probably white, though had a greyish tint, all feathers so far seem white. Feathering quite quickly so i'm hoping it's a pullet but that won't really work with silkies I don't think? She is pretty brave though so who knows for the next couple of months...
2. Obsidian
The only pure black chick, but I noticed she (again wishful thinking, fast featherer but adventurous) has some brownish feathers coming in at the top of her wings/shoulders. So i'm thinking Black with some sort of brown leakage?
3. Amelia/Earhart
Black, but with brown chipmunk stripes on the face but not the back, also brown wingtips. Has anyone had a partridge hatch this dark or is she likely to be black with partridge leakage? Much smaller than the other silkies and had quite a prominent umbilical bump, seems active and healthy otherwise so hopefully she's just a couple of days younger.
4. Cleo/Cletus
Similar to Amelia, but grey instead of brown, the quietest chick so i'm hoping for a hen, but i guess i'll have to wait for that and to see if she's breeding quality.
5. Camille/Monet
Pretty sure I have a Monet on my hands as she's feathering out slow and is the first one to the front of the brooder when you open up to protect her flock. Came from a splash egg, so pretty sure that's her colour.
6. Nora/Hans Heyson (named after Australian painters), really hoping Nora is a pullet (and she is feathering out much faster despite the same hatch date) as Camille appears to be a roo. Hatched out of a blue egg, but i 'm thinking she's also splash or has anyone else had a blue start off this light?
7. Marion
Also hoping this is a pullet, but the comb at three weeks is already starting to pinken and she has some serious legs (but is the only full sized chicken). She belongs to my aunt and uncle who lent the use of their incubator, i'm brooding her with the others and would like to give them a pullet back for their troubles. From a pen of mostly silver and one gold laced wyandotte, so this seems like an obvious SLW to me.