Easter egger silkie project! ~Growth log~🐣🐥🐔🐓💙

[Kennas_Kritters]

I will be posting updated pictures as often as possible of my chicks as they grow. I recently crossed my black Easter egger rooster over a bearded (partridge?) Silkie hen. I now have 9 F1 silkie/EE chicks. They will have regular feathering since they are F1 but some have dark skin, 5 toes, feathered feet ect. I will be using most or all of them as breeding stock to create my Silkied Easter eggers. It should be interesting watching them grow. I want to see what color they turn out to be. Some say blue, some say black, some say black with silver leakage ect. Obviously I have a couple that will be black or blue cause they are already solid black/blue. I have a couple though that have the chipmunk markings on them. One has strong chipmunk markings and 2 others have chipmunk markings on the head while their body is black. Anyways.... make sure to watch this thread to see them grow! here are pictures from today! They were hatched October 18th so they are now 1 week and 1 day old. I will probably comment new pics weekly. ❤

 

[the_peanut_coop]

I will be posting updated pictures as often as possible of my chicks as they grow. I recently crossed my black Easter egger rooster over a bearded (partridge?) Silkie hen. I now have 9 F1 silkie/EE chicks. They will have regular feathering since they are F1 but some have dark skin, 5 toes, feathered feet ect. I will be using most or all of them as breeding stock to create my Silkied Easter eggers. It should be interesting watching them grow. I want to see what color they turn out to be. Some say blue, some say black, some say black with silver leakage ect. Obviously I have a couple that will be black or blue cause they are already solid black/blue. I have a couple though that have the chipmunk markings on them. One has strong chipmunk markings and 2 others have chipmunk markings on the head while their body is black. Anyways.... make sure to watch this thread to see them grow! here are pictures from today! They were hatched October 18th so they are now 1 week and 1 day old. I will probably comment new pics weekly. ❤

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[the_peanut_coop]

My favorite Chick :

Do they have names?

 

[Kennas_Kritters]

My favorite Chick :View attachment 2878719 Do they have names?

That's my favorite also! No names yet. I'm waiting to see what color they are and then I'll name them all!

 

[the_peanut_coop]

That's my favorite also! No names yet. I'm waiting to see what color they are and then I'll name them all!

Good Idea. I always name mine right off the bat but we ended up having a NutElla but he was a boy so we probably should've waited a bit

 

[kurby22]

Good Idea. I always name mine right off the bat but we ended up having a NutElla but he was a boy so we probably should've waited a bit

NutElla is an awesome chicken name hehehe.

 

[kurby22]

They’re allll adorable!! I am following to see them grow

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I'm a capable namer... maybe I can suggets some once they're old enough!

 

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This is my fav:

 

[Kennas_Kritters]

UPDATE! I am a day early on taking pics but oh well! Here we are just 6 days later! In the pictures of the whole batch of chicks there are a couple sexlinks and a white EE mixed in but most of them are silkie. All the single pictures are the silkie crosses.