My $62.00 silkie chick!!

[Three Cedars Silkies]

So here is a video of my single hatchling...making it a $62.00 chick!!

It is a split lavender and I am praying for a pullet. She (told you I was praying for a girl!) was hatched sticky and covered with albumen...and VERY small. None of the other 6 made it past day 18

Her topknot is still stuck to her head making her the weirdest looking silkie I've ever hatched!

The others are a little over a week old. You can see that she is the ugly one on the right

(but she is beautiful to me!)

 

[chickenlittle32]

The link isn't working for me...

 

[sonew123]

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62$ chick ouch...Bet you cant wait for my hens to lay huh? I know I cant it's killing me!!

She is cute!! Looks like a nice vault starting???

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

I think it's working now...

 

[lovemychix]

That is one valuable chicka. Hope you get your girl.

I hope my eggs do well.

 

[lovemychickies]

Saw the link! She's a precious little fuzz-butt for sure.
Worth every penny.

Congratulations!

 

[ginbart]

Well I have dial up so it will take me about an hour to watch your 37 seconds.

But I will tomorrow. Is it the one in the front?

 

[M@M@2four]

Awwww....he/she is ADORABLE!!! Yes, that's one expensive chick, but just think of how much it would cost if you bought a good, quality lavender chicken!!! They go for some serious money! Hoping it's a pullet!!!

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

She really has a huge vault. What you are seeing is the vault itself...the down is still stuck to it. I had to put her under warm running water the day she hatched (Thursday) to get the stickiness off of her...then a warm blowdryer. I was afraid to touch her vault for fear of injuring her so that's going to have to flake off on it's own!

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

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It's the tiny black one...starts out in front, then runs behind the others and comes back out at the end of the video.

The others are 2 black and 1 very light blue. At least the egg was marked "blue"...so I'm assuming it's going to be very light. Things change, of course!