d'ukies??? Lots of pictures!

[torrelee]

So my little girls are now just over 2 months old. Thought I was getting three day old silkies:

I figured out at a little over a month that they weren't what I had thought... I'm guessing that they are silkiexd'uccle crosses as the lady I picked them up from had both. They were hatched out by a cute little mille fleur. This is them at a little over a month:

This is them today, 3 months and 3 days old. What do you think, are they d'ukies and both girls?? They look girly to me, so cute and tiny!

puffy heads and cheeks:

fully body of calliope:

Korima's gold necklace coming in, appeared about a week ago:

Korima's comb, Calliope looks the same, very small.... should be girls right???

Fringy feathers:

hard feathers on their legs:

There were silkies, turkens, millie fleur d'uccle, and another banty roo at the farm, I'm guessing the d'uccle crossed with the silkie and that they are both girls..... any opinions??

 

[stormylady]

I have no clue but love the name!

 

[JulieNKC]

Beautiful, look just like my girl, Mo.

 

[torrelee]

I'm digging the faux hawks! Do you know what Mo is?

 

[JulieNKC]

A silkie x something tiny, lol. She's about half the size of my silkies (although quite a bit of them is fluff) and lays a teeny bright white egg. She was sold to me as a silkie, but obviously she has something else since she isn't silkie feathered.

She has a lot of feathers on her feet, a single comb, and body and staure wise looks like a d'uccle to me, but I couldn't say for sure.

 

[torrelee]

They look pretty flippin identical, but I dont think mine are single comb... it looks V shaped, maybe thats just where it ties into their combs? I'll have to look closer when it gets light outNext time I try and buy a silkie I think I'm gonna go for an adult, lol!

 

[JulieNKC]

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Hopefully they are girls then, they look like it to me anyway. I couldn't see Mo's comb until she started laying, lol.

 

[PtldChick]

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What color is that silkie in the front - pistachio?

 

[Pele]

I think you're right on track with your guess. They are definitely half silkie, and those little cheek muffs and fluffy feet are unmistakably D'Uccle.

THey're so cute!

 

[torrelee]

I like them a lot... but I'm terrified to let them out of the grow out pen. My wyandottes and brahma were bigger at 4 weeks then these girls are at 2 months. I'm a little worried that they will get beat up by the big girls, or eaten by a neighborhood cat that comes into my yard hunting mice.
My thought is that I should move their tractor into my garden and let them run rampant in there... Two tiny chickens cant destroy too much right??