Debbie's Silkies

[Debbie292d]

The chick on the far left is what Spotty was like when he hatched.

Oh my goodness I forgot how that my they are when hatched
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The orange colour threw me off completely.

I'm pretty sure he's a red pyle. Mine I've posted above recently that look buff are buff, as Millie/Missie (I've called her both) was broodie most of the summer. She was my only partridge, so no further red pyles around here. This one you saw is a baby of Peachy and Millie, but I know nothing of if that's a gene or what. @rural mouse?

 

[Ponypoor]

I'm pretty sure he's a red pyle. Mine I've posted above recently that look buff are buff, as Millie/Missie (I've called her both) was broodie most of the summer. She was my only partridge, so no further red pyles around here. This one you saw is a baby of Peachy and Millie, but I know nothing of if that's a gene or what. @rural mouse?

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Gosh she is so precious I just love her!

 

[Ponypoor]

Today we cleaned two pens and then paired up the two for my mottled line: Melva on the left, and Morris. They each have a mottled gene.
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In the other pen we cleaned, three roosters were let out to see how they'd get along. The two came back. Peachy (red pyle) and Wyatt (white).
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Pen #3 is getting cleaned tomorrow as well as #1 and the main coop. This is Lester the lemon, Tina the buff, Charlotte the chocolate. Up top is Carol Burnett (was a buff frizzle prior to molting), and in the box, being broody and molting, is Marsha.


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Pen #1 is Millie (silver partridge), then MB. In the first nest box is Nosie, the crossbeak. She just got over being broody, but guess she's going to be again.


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Main coop: Top four are the pet quality old chickens. The others aren't named but there's a paint rooster, paint hen, mauve hen, partridge hen, white hen, black hen, and way down on the end hiding is Piper, the mauve rooster.


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The shed pen, otherwise known as The Maple, has nine around 3 months. Can't see them all, but got a picture anyway. The front one I had sold as a chick, but I took it back as customer Sarah thought it was a rooster, and so did I. I wanted it if a rooster for Millie, and the other partridge hen. I'm not so sure now. Also, there's three buffs, four chocolates, and a splash. They still have a night light. These are the most frustrating chickens to date!

Unpictured: The Four Seasons pen has eight about 4 months old, and 17 about 7 weeks old. Pictures tomorrow!

Awwww cuteness overload there

So do they launch themselves off that height? Mine scare the ever living ng daylights out of me by launching from anywhere high they can get to!

 

[rural mouse]

I'm pretty sure he's a red pyle. Mine I've posted above recently that look buff are buff, as Millie/Missie (I've called her both) was broodie most of the summer. She was my only partridge, so no further red pyles around here. This one you saw is a baby of Peachy and Millie, but I know nothing of if that's a gene or what. @rural mouse?

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Red pyle is a trait I've never investigated. I also haven't figured out much between Dom and recessive white. What I've read on the white hasn't made sense to me yet. And what I've seen on silkie genetics is either a whole other ball game or hasn't clicked yet.

Partridge is another I'm struggling with.