Giant Silkie Project.

[MysteryChicken]

Headspot chick.

 

[MysteryChicken]

The hen that is changing color is the mother of the headspot chick, & Largest Silver Partridge chick.

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

Wow that's interesting. Its cool that she's changing colors.
All my white hatchery silkies are dun when I get them.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Wow that's interesting. Its cool that she's changing colors.
All my white hatchery silkies are dun when I get them.

It is interesting.

That means they're dominant white, not recessive white.

 

[MysteryChicken]

The Silkies are getting moved into the bantam coop today.

I gotta move a broody, & her clutch of incubated eggs into the small coop. This was an unexpected surprise yesterday. How she stashed eggs for that long, without me knowing, I don't know.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Moving the broody, & eggs didn't work out, so I marked the eggs, & put them in the nest box for broodies to sit on. After the peeps hatch, I'll move mama hen(s), & chicks instead.

The project Giant silkies are in the bantam coop to grow out though.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Here's the peeps at 12 weeks.

Buff Girl, she still has her Griffin Tufts.

Floof is still huge. I apologize for holding him weirdly.

Mean boy, all he wants to do is fight, & bite. He has the same comb as his daddy.

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

Their so cute!

What are griffin tufts?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Their so cute!

What are griffin tufts?

Thanks.

I just call those tufts that, since I'm not sure there's a name for it.

 

[MysteryChicken]

She's had those tufts since she was younger.