Partridge Silkies - Nothing else

[SilverSilkie]

What do these chickens look like as fresh hatched chicks? Do they have the chipmunk pattern with blue or white undertones? They are gorgeous!

Two generations back when the restrictor & melanizer were still impure (the darkening was already to be seen) the chicks showed still the chipmunk pattern as you can see here :

 

[littlecritters]

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[farmer boy]

does it count that i have a buff based partridge based rooster ???

 

[CarolinaHen]

I'm loving how pretty the gold is coming in around his/her neck. No clue if this is a cockerel or pullet but I'm hoping for a pullet!

 

[ChickNmamma]

I'm loving how pretty the gold is coming in around his/her neck. No clue if this is a cockerel or pullet but I'm hoping for a pullet!

That is pullet coloring. Very Cute!

 

[CarolinaHen]

Great!!! I have another partridge that is obviously a cockerel, so this gives me a pair

 

[ChickNmamma]

Great!!! I have another partridge that is obviously a cockerel, so this gives me a pair

In other news - one of the Partridge Silkie eggs hatched from Brown Chicka Brown Cow - way too cute.

for a girl - I think Fluffyfeathers is

for a boy...


Partridge Silkie with 2 Swedish Flower Hens (splash and black) and a Barnvelder in front.

 

[CarolinaHen]

Here is my partridge cockerel? along with my black Silkie that I cannot decide which gender he/she is. They are eating bugs off of my plants.

 

[ChickNmamma]

Here is my partridge cockerel? along with my black Silkie that I cannot decide which gender he/she is. They are eating bugs off of my plants.

It is possible, it has the red on the shoulders. If it starts crowing, jumps the other ones and the eggs are fertile.. then its a boy. The black one may take the longest to figure out. Just keep watching it.

Just as long as they don't decide to eat your plants. All mine do.

 

[CarolinaHen]

Mine don't touch the plants at all. They just eat the bugs. The Cochins, on the other hand, will eat every shred of the veggies if I let them near anything green. I hope these Silkies keep turning their noses up at greenery.