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[Elinor's chicks]

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That is pretty gross. I'm not full-fledged, but I lean vegetarian anyway, and I'm not sure I would want to eat something that looked like those black carcasses. The shot with the head still on is particularly icky.

I do have one question though....since Silkies are bantams, how old do they need to get before you butcher them? At a meeting of our local chicken group the topic of raising chickens for meat came up. Since bantams are so small, would you have to wait a long time? Do they dress out at say "Cornish hen" size?

 

[shelleyd2008]

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They look pretty dark, do they lighten up in color? The adults from Hinkjc are much lighter.
I have three babies Lavs, just wondering. Also could explain a split Lav. I am new to the chickens and really need an education Thanks

They are lavender. There are different shades of lavender, but basically it is a uniform gray color without any appearance of black. Also, the picture itself looks kind of dark.

Example: Lavender ameraucana

 

[shelleyd2008]

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They look pretty dark, do they lighten up in color? The adults from Hinkjc are much lighter.
I have three babies Lavs, just wondering. Also could explain a split Lav. I am new to the chickens and really need an education Thanks

Split in this case means that the bird 'looks' black but carries lavender since it is a recessive color.

 

[Lady Chickadee]

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Okay, thanks! Since its probably a rooster I'm going to try to trade it for a silkie pullet, when it starts crowing so I'll know for sure.

You can tell by the shape of the crest. I would say with 95% certainty that it is a rooster, but I 'could' be wrong...it's been known to happen

This is my splash rooster, he has the same shape crest. When your's gets a little older you should notice the streamers coming in on the back of his head, they are just feathers that grow longer than the others.

http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq337/shelleyd2008/chickens/silkies/DSC01037.jpg

You can kind of see the streamers on the side of this white silkie's crest.
http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq337/shelleyd2008/chickens/silkies/DSC00730.jpg

Thanks that helps a lot! Someone told me that Self-blue is the same thing as lavender?Is that true?

 

[Zonoma]

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You can tell by the shape of the crest. I would say with 95% certainty that it is a rooster, but I 'could' be wrong...it's been known to happen

This is my splash rooster, he has the same shape crest. When your's gets a little older you should notice the streamers coming in on the back of his head, they are just feathers that grow longer than the others.

http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq337/shelleyd2008/chickens/silkies/DSC01037.jpg

You can kind of see the streamers on the side of this white silkie's crest.
http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq337/shelleyd2008/chickens/silkies/DSC00730.jpg

Thanks that helps a lot! Someone told me that Self-blue is the same thing as lavender?Is that true?

They have completely different genetics and throw different colors in D'uccles (unless I suck at research worse than I thought). Though I am not good enough to tell the difference just by looking. I honestly wonder if anyone can.

 

[giggleboxfarm]

I have lav orpingtons from 2 different sources - with the intent to breed together. The ones I got from a lady in Campbellsville are this dark color. The ones I got from a hinkjc line are lighter. I like the lighter color better, but her adults were still very gorgeous birds. From what I read, it seems all the lav crosses are going to be black.

 

[cluckfan]

Thanks for the info! I am learning little by little.


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They look pretty dark, do they lighten up in color? The adults from Hinkjc are much lighter.
I have three babies Lavs, just wondering. Also could explain a split Lav. I am new to the chickens and really need an education Thanks

They are lavender. There are different shades of lavender, but basically it is a uniform gray color without any appearance of black. Also, the picture itself looks kind of dark.

Example: Lavender ameraucana
http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq337/shelleyd2008/chickens/Ameraucanas/DSC01065.jpg

 

[Lady Chickadee]

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Thanks that helps a lot! Someone told me that Self-blue is the same thing as lavender?Is that true?

They have completely different genetics and throw different colors in D'uccles (unless I suck at research worse than I thought). Though I am not good enough to tell the difference just by looking. I honestly wonder if anyone can.

Thanks for the info.

 

[AlienChick]

I will be moving to Kentucky!!!

Does anyone live in or near Metcalfe County???