Self Blue (Lavender) Silkie Thread

[robin416]

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Wait for Bren or Deb to answer that question. I've got one of their split blacks and he does have color in his hackles. At first I thought it was silver but I'm not sure any more. It almost looks lavender. I've been trying to find a way to identify the color but its hard to do. Maybe pluck a feather from one of my lavs and lay it on his to see if there is a difference.

 

[bacres]

Splits are susposed to be Black. All Black birds can get leakage.

 

[sonew123]

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Yeah my split lav roo has leakage:-( Im ousting him from breeding-hes not even old enough to mate yet but Im not taking any chances and craigslist he goes:-(

 

[Fay at Frizzled Feathers]

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I just hatched out 2 chicks from the 3rd and 4th egg and they are very healthy little chick. They are the same size as my other chicks that are born from larger eggs.

Thanks for everybodies oppinions !

That is great to know that they hatched out of those tiny eggs healthy and same size as the larger eggs , thats what i needed to hear !

Fay

 

[Elite Silkies]

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I just hatched out 2 chicks from the 3rd and 4th egg and they are very healthy little chick. They are the same size as my other chicks that are born from larger eggs.

Thanks for everybodies oppinions !

That is great to know that they hatched out of those tiny eggs healthy and same size as the larger eggs , thats what i needed to hear !

Fay

I posted some pics of them to see if anyone could tell me the color. They are doing great! Normal size too.

 

[bacres]

If I am getting silkie peeps this weekend when will they start laying eggs? Fall or Spring?

 

[sonew123]

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6-9 months from now?

 

[bacres]

So most likly next spring?

 

[AHappychick]

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Yeah my split lav roo has leakage:-( Im ousting him from breeding-hes not even old enough to mate yet but Im not taking any chances and craigslist he goes:-(

if he is nice type I would not get rid of him until you determine whether or not he carries the lav gene. Who cares if he has leakage if he passes on the lav gene and that is what you are working towds. Now if you are working on black that would be different.

 

[robin416]

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Yeah my split lav roo has leakage:-( Im ousting him from breeding-hes not even old enough to mate yet but Im not taking any chances and craigslist he goes:-(

if he is nice type I would not get rid of him until you determine whether or not he carries the lav gene. Who cares if he has leakage if he passes on the lav gene and that is what you are working towds. Now if you are working on black that would be different.

Exactly my thinking, if two copies of lavender are there then the offspring will be lavender. What makes me more comfortable about this boy is that it is not gold so I won't be introducing red in to my lavs by using him. That's if I'm translating gold vs silver correctly.