Lucky 13 and her buddies

[LadiesAndJane]

This is Lucky 13, named as she was the only one that hatched out of 20 shipped eggs from a show breeder in Florida (the number 13 was written on the egg by the breeder). She is a porcelain Silkie.

This was the second set of eggs from the same breeder, packed the exact same way. The first set, 8 out of 16 hatched, one passing shortly thereafter, leaving 7 healthy chicks that are now 2 months of age.
Hoping for more porcelain chicks (only hatched one in the last set of mixed eggs), I received 20 eggs from the same breeder and this little one is the only one that hatched. The air cell was loose and saddled, and after the remaining eggs got removed one by one, this little one hung in there by itself for the last 10 days of incubation. I honestly did not have a lot of hopes this one was going to make it either.

So I get in the situation with a single chick, put a stuffed animal and a mirror in the brooder and went on the hunt to find her some buddies. Found two little ones that were only one day of age that were sold as “Silkies“ on Craigslist. Had to drive 3 hours round trip, but what won't we do for our chickens! These chicks are tiny but are maybe a quarter Silkie at best! No matter, 13 has buddies now and all three are happy and healthy here at one week of age today.

I contacted the Craigslist seller to find out what other breeds of chickens she has, so I can figure out what these two Littles are, she kept insisting they were Silkies so I gave up on it.

Hoping to figure it out as they feather in.

Oh and 13's little crooked toe has straightened out and looks fine now to any keen observers out there!

 

[Buckingham Palace]

Awww. They are the cutest.

 

[N F C]

They're all adorable!

 

[TwoCrows]

Cuteness overload!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

24 days old and feathering coming in.
Moved to the outdoor patio brooder.
Chipmunk chick is now called Toshiro and the yellow chick is now Tamari. Still do not see much Silkie in either one of them.
Both have clear pink feet and pea combs now.
Toshiro is growing big fast, suspect a little cockerel here. Lots of red coming in too.

Lucky 13 is feathering in nicely and her little crest is starting to come in. I just love her coloring.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Lucky 13 and Tamari are 12 weeks old. They are out with the other chickens now.
Lost Toshiro about a month ago.
Lucky 13 is a little cockerel.
Still not quite sure what breeds Tamari is. I think she is a Serama/Silkie mix though not much Silkie going on. Has pink feet and four toes on each foot, no idea where the pink came from. She is quite small, I would say almost smaller than the Silkies.

 

[InterestingChickens]

Lucky 13 and Tamari are 12 weeks old. They are out with the other chickens now.
Lost Toshiro about a month ago.
Lucky 13 is a little cockerel.
Still not quite sure what breeds Tamari is. I think she is a Serama/Silkie mix though not much Silkie going on. Has pink feet and four toes on each foot, no idea where the pink came from. She is quite small, I would say almost smaller than the Silkies.

Looks like Tamari has been crossed over several generations. That would explain the pink feet (recessive over slate) and four toes (recessive over five).

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Looks like Tamari has been crossed over several generations. That would explain the pink feet (recessive over slate) and four toes (recessive over five).

Thanks!
Picked her up from a backyard breeder on Craigslist that had no idea.

 

[TwoCrows]

Lucky 13 and Tamari are 12 weeks old. They are out with the other chickens now.
Lost Toshiro about a month ago.
Lucky 13 is a little cockerel.
Still not quite sure what breeds Tamari is. I think she is a Serama/Silkie mix though not much Silkie going on. Has pink feet and four toes on each foot, no idea where the pink came from. She is quite small, I would say almost smaller than the Silkies.View attachment 3422834View attachment 3422835

Beautiful!

 

[kurby22]

How is Lucky 13 doing now?? How are you? I miss your posts!