crittercaretech
out of the house and into the grow out coop
- Mar 1, 2020
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I am somewhat new to Silkies but have had chickens for years. I had a remodel of our coop in progress and had not planned to breed when I put several different colored hens in with my white showgirl silkie rooster. My friend had her house burglarized during this time and her pet chickens were stolen. Her family was heartbroken so I offered to incubate some of my silkie eggs from the mixed colors. The resulting chicks came in colors I have not hatched silkie chicks in before and color genetics in chickens is still something I struggle to understand in some areas. would love some help to get the colors correct. The white showgirl rooster ( from white on white breeding that hatched with a goldish hue ) was in a pen with two black hens ( both from black on black breeding) a blue splash hen and a blue cuckoo hen. I have 3 chicks with chipmunk strips one very light tan with very light stripes, one medium colored tan and a brownish colored striped chick. there is also a very light silver blue chick same color all over with black or dark fluff around the eyes. Is this chick just a blue that is very light colored or something else and will it likely stay this light if it is a blue as it matures. I will post front and back photos of the striped trio of chicks and the blue?? chick. Are the stripped just different varieties of partridge or ???
Chick 1
Chick 2
Chick 3
Chick 4 is this a blue that will stay the light silverish color or will it darken with age or is it another color?
thank you for taking the time to look over this post. any input would be greatly appreciated.
Chick 1
Chick 2
Chick 3
Chick 4 is this a blue that will stay the light silverish color or will it darken with age or is it another color?
thank you for taking the time to look over this post. any input would be greatly appreciated.