Pic of babies from my first hatch

eestep8

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Feb 15, 2009
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Here they finally are after the long 21 day wait lol. They are all silkies. They come from a buff and partridge mixed flock. Any clue about which colors they are? The one has a great poof, does the way it's standing with its held held high mean its a rooster? BTW there are 7 but you can only see 5 here.

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Not even a week old yet and they are getting wing feathers. It's almost as if they grew overnight, I don't remember seeing feathers yesterday lol.
 
Its hard to tell what color they will be since it was a mixed flock. But no you can not tell a silkie's gender by the bump on its head. Those are called vaulted skulls and they come from lines that have bred polishes in for larger feathers on the head. You will get some good puffs out of those with the vaulted skulls.
 
I wish I could get more! My not so little six babies went to the coop for their first night last night. I miss have their little fuzzy butts in the house.
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