Miscellaneous Meeps - Hatching my Dreams

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

the Plymouth was the father, the baby is black and has feathered toes

Ah, yeah, then you'll have to wait a few weeks to know on that little one. Here's hoping for a pullet!

 

[2ndTink]

It almost looks like blue lavender, but the odds of both parents happening to carry lavender when it's pretty hard to come by in Silkies is pretty slim... My best theory otherwise is that it's a blue with heavy silver leakage. Silver leakage tends to blend into the base color with silkied feathering, especially on pullets that get less patchy leakage like the males and instead get more evenly spread out leakage. This can give the effect of just being a lighter tone of color instead of looking like outright color leakage. I suspect Nora, my silkied Blue Cochin pullet, has some silver leakage as well because she has a lighter-toned patch down her chest if you look at her in the right lighting. Hopefully once your little one is in adult plumage it'll become more clear what's going on there.

All I heard there was that this is likely a pullet and she's going to be gorgeous!




But super interesting the broad leakage, I didn't know that. Blue is a definite possibility, she was in with two blue boys for a bit, one has weird maybe blue partridge stuff going on.

 

[CoopBoots]

Good Morning, fluffies! It's chilly so you'd better add on a little more fuzz. Can't wait to see you all!

 

[2ndTink]

Good Morning, fluffies! It's chilly so you'd better add on a little more fuzz. Can't wait to see you all!

I keep thinking we are past the freezing weather, but nope, it keeps coming back

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

I keep thinking we are past the freezing weather, but nope, it keeps coming back

*sigh* obligatory Ohioan here............. it snowed yesterday!

 

[TwoCrows]

Good morning eggies! Chilly here too, stay warm in the incubator!

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

All I heard there was that this is likely a pullet and she's going to be gorgeous!




But super interesting the broad leakage, I didn't know that. Blue is a definite possibility, she was in with two blue boys for a bit, one has weird maybe blue partridge stuff going on.

Haha, definitely not making any guarantees on a pullet! But here's hoping!

I can't find any recent pictures of Nora that show what I'm talking about with her, but here is baby Nora (~2 months old) that shows what I'm talking about with that lighter patch on her chest. I don't know for sure that it's color leakage in her case, but it certainly looks similar to what I've seen for color leakage in Silkies.

*sigh* obligatory Ohioan here............. it snowed yesterday!

Here as well, next door in Indiana. Can't complain too much, we usually get a random few snowy days in April here, sometimes even in May as well.

 

[Antiocheggers]

it's freezing in FL 55° so warm up little eggs keep warm !

 

[fluffycrow]

it's freezing in FL 55° so warm up little eggs keep warm !

Ouchie! Stay warm!

 

[2ndTink]

Haha, definitely not making any guarantees on a pullet! But here's hoping!

I can't find any recent pictures of Nora that show what I'm talking about with her, but here is baby Nora (~2 months old) that shows what I'm talking about with that lighter patch on her chest. I don't know for sure that it's color leakage in her case, but it certainly looks similar to what I've seen for color leakage in Silkies.

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Here as well, next door in Indiana. Can't complain too much, we usually get a random few snowy days in April here, sometimes even in May as well.

Oh my, Nora was a little cutie! I see the lighter fluff, interesting. So going back to our lighter vs dark Blues, could a light blue be due to some gene that causes wide spread leakage? My blue satin has a very dark blue head, neck, back, and tail with a lighter underside and faint lacing on his chest.