Oooo! New Silkie hatchlings!

[lurky]

OMG they are soooo cute. I think i am addicted to silkies. I got my first silkie egg yesterday and its just as cute as the silkies are

 

[speckledhen]

Lisa, you know I'm not much of a Silkie fan, but heck, if you're gonna have feathered feet, you might as well REALLY have feathered feet LOL! Cute little things!

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

No! Absolutely no buff birds (or any 'colored' birds) in my breeding pens --- just blacks, whites, grays, and combinations of those.

If there is a squirrelly color, it must be from the white roo over the blue / splash hens. Sorry for that.
But GOSH they are cute!
I can't keep a decent blue roo (to save my life) to put with the blue / splash hens so they are with the white roo (and he makes nice chicks), but I don't know what would give buff-ish chicks??? Can't wait to see how they feather out.
Thanks for the pics

Cyn, I remember when you weren't a fan of 'muffed and bearded' birds

They are pretty swell now, huh.

edit: Ang, they look like they are feathering out white (looking at the wings).
Do you see something I don't see?

Lisa

 

[Frozen Feathers]

No reason to be sorry, I love the color, just can't figure out why it's that color...lol.

 

[Frozen Feathers]

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You know the more I look at him (have him on my lap) the more he does look white in the wing.... Dang I wish I had a better camera that would show more detail. I think in a week or two his/her true colors will show. May very will be white that got bloodied up when hatching.

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

"You know the more I look at him (have him on my lap) "
Jeez-o-pete, not lap chicks!
LOL, I have to laugh 'cause Hubby caught me with day-old chicks in the living room on a drop-cloth making pics.
I got the 'chickens-belong-outside-speech' again.
And I agree wholeheartedly, except for the chicks he's missed for the last 2 years!
We have an outside brooder, but I don't trust it with young chicks.
Ang, keep me updated as they feather out. Do I see a chick with fuzz on the INSIDE of its shanks/legs?

Lisa

 

[speckledhen]

You're right, Lisa. Things sure do change. I still rather mine had real feathers, though, LOL! Maybe that will change too one day, but nobody hold their breath.

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

It's not a great stretch from 'just plain chickens' to 'beards / muffs' to 'silkie feathers' to 'naked necks'.

You might get there yet

I am attracted by the extremes, here's a Modern Game chick with the new Silkies.

Lisa

 

[speckledhen]

Great thing about chickens, Lisa, is that there is something for everyone, right? And you can try a breed to see if you like it and if you dont, someone will be glad to take if off your hands so you can try another one.

 

[OkapisRule]

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I think it's a preeeetty big stretch to naked necks, though