I get my first chicks on Thursday! - Now with chicks and pictures!

[LittleChocobo]

I finally managed to find some local (enough) silkies on Craigslist (these ones in particular) and the breeder is also selling me a blue splash chick that's the same age as these. I'm so excited! Now I have to get that watermelon box instead of the box I already have for the brooder!

Now I get to kick it into overdrive and actually get more than about a single side's worth of wood, and get a LOT of hardware cloth!

 

[dreamwallaby]

Good luck with your chicks! and your new addiction

 

[silkiesRawesome]

SO jealous that you're getting a Splash!! The breeder I got mine from didn't have any

Must post pics when you get them!

 

[LittleChocobo]

Thanks! I'm so excited. My new addiction besides BYC you mean?

I promise I'll post a picture as soon as I bring them home! It may be taken with my phone though. And taken in the car. On the way home on the 90-minute ride. >>
Then real pictures the next day, haha.

 

[silkiesRawesome]

lol! sounds just like me! i got my first chicks ever about a month ago and did the same thing!

 

[LittleChocobo]

Here are all five:



I suspect the larger buff and the white of being roos. They were standing taller than the others and pecked at me once we got home.

 

[silkiesRawesome]

AAAAH! SO cute!!!

lol, my advice is: don't even BOTHER trying to sex them yet! you'll drive yourself nuts guessing (like i did). wait for an egg or a crow

Congrats and enjoy!!

 

[Yay Chicks!]

What a nicely color varied flock!

 

[LittleChocobo]

SilkiesRawesome: Hahaha, I bet. Problem is, if they're all living in the same coop -- I won't be able to watch them all the time, so how will I know who laid? Anyway, I hope that the white is a girl - then I can keep her!

Yay Chicks!: Thanks! I was thinking the same thing when I saw their ad. I'm pretty pleased with them. Once I figure out how to post pictures onto my BYC page I'll be posting them there.

 

[silkiesRawesome]

It sounds like, based on what people were guessing my chicks are, that when the pom on their head looks round its typically a girl and if it slants backward it is likely a boy. SO, if that's true, I'd be your white is a girl

. It actually looks a lot like mine except mine is partridge I think and not all white, but they have the same poms. My white is named Glinda and she's a TOTAL spaz! If you figure out how to make yours like you, let me know!