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In my Silkied Ameraucana hatch I got two black w/white edging (one has white eyebrows). Also, a white chick that is getting some bluish starting to come in the wing feathers, and two blue (hatched 5/17, all are very healthy looking and vigorous). All have standard feathering; what would be my next step to get to a silkied variety? Breed back the siblings to each other, or find one of the other folks that have these silkied Ameraucana, or some other option??
The SoAm hatch is quite a variety... I only lost the large egg that had the chip in the shell and one of the babes got drowned in the first days. Silly birds always stand in the water for the first week when drinking.
One has the most unusual coloring I have ever seen - vaulted skull, white topknot, blue and white feathering, feathered legs w/black AND white PINTO type skin from head to toe, a black mask w/pinto beak and face coloring - ha-ha, looks like a silkie or blue polish with a white head.... Very roo acting... As someone else said, not a silkie, but several have a silkie look at this age, none have silkied feathers.
Two partridge types that came from the brown eggs, one more red, the other more brown... clean legs, one has only four toes, all the rest have 5.
One very delicate black chick, tiny; one white chick with a pale red shadow above the eyes in partridge fashion, and a blue chick.
The SoAm hatch is quite a variety... I only lost the large egg that had the chip in the shell and one of the babes got drowned in the first days. Silly birds always stand in the water for the first week when drinking.
One has the most unusual coloring I have ever seen - vaulted skull, white topknot, blue and white feathering, feathered legs w/black AND white PINTO type skin from head to toe, a black mask w/pinto beak and face coloring - ha-ha, looks like a silkie or blue polish with a white head.... Very roo acting... As someone else said, not a silkie, but several have a silkie look at this age, none have silkied feathers.
Two partridge types that came from the brown eggs, one more red, the other more brown... clean legs, one has only four toes, all the rest have 5.
One very delicate black chick, tiny; one white chick with a pale red shadow above the eyes in partridge fashion, and a blue chick.
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