Self Blue (Lavender) Silkie Thread

[silkieluver_07]

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Amy,

I got the pictures of you sent me but I see you posted them here also! You can send those two other chicks to me! I LOVE the porcelain color

All the chicks are doing great and are little piglets!

 

[bacres]

All the babys are soooo Cute! Do you have any Lavenders Destiny?

 

[destiny_56085]

I occasionally hatch lavendars out of my splash pens. I cull them because I still consider them a nonstandard color. As of right now you can't go any better than best of AOV with them. The problem is that they hatch the same exact color as my splash though and you don't know what you have for roughly 2-3 months. I have about a dozen or so of those very light splash in my growout pens right now. If they turn out to be too light, too dark, or lavendar then I will sell them. My original bloodlines on the blues and splash were Bobbi Porto, George Mihalik, and Shorty Polston. I know the Porto and Mihalik lines carry lavendar for sure. To me those are nothing more than a fad right now. I want to see it set as an approved color in the SOP before I will keep them.

Hannah.... I seriously doubt you want to buy another whole batch of chicks just to get 2 chicks out of there. The chances of shipping just 2 day old chicks and having them survive are very slim. You need at least 10-15 to maintain any warmth in that box overnight when they are enroute. If I don't get rid of them at the swap next weekend I will throw them in the growout pen and put them on Eggbid when they feather out.
Amy

 

[destiny_56085]

Here is a couple of the babies I sold to Vicky earlier this spring. You can see how the splash are pretty obvious in the splotches of color and some stay the light pale blue.

These are some pics Kelly sent back to me a couple years ago from chicks she got from me:

Now compare those to a splash out of the same batch that went to Kelly:

I've had lots of people report the same thing. I just have no desire to keep them. I don't know what they turn out like unless people send me pics back.

 

[silkieluver_07]

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Yes 30 is enough right now for me to feed! I'll definitely keep you updated on their progress and how they feather out.

 

[bacres]

Such cute babies!

Update on my Lavenders:
They are just starting to get real feathers and molt out of their down. They are super cute!

 

[bacres]

Anything new with everyone's Lavender Silkies?

 

[sonew123]

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My splits have laid 3 eggs so far! No, Im not incubating them:-( the buff boy has been on her....Ill give another n=month of free ranging with thecrew and her siblings then put her in a breeder pen-waiting for her eggs to get better for incuabtion

 

[trisha19]

I have a question one of my lavender chicks is starting to get buff leakage in the hackle feathers........ not very happy about this...... So their must be buff in the lines? So should I keep her by her self next year when breeding season comes around or should I try breeding her keeping track of the chicks and hope the chicks don't leak? And does anyone know of any one who keeps thier blacks in a pen by them selfs, I want to get some nice blacks to do splits next year. Would rather get chicks but would consider eggs.

 

[sonew123]

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MY blacks are in a pen all by them selves-when all my splits are laying they will go in with the 100% lav dad will go into that breeder pen and the 100% pure black bearded hens will come out to free range and have fun Then after 3 weeks of "freshing and purifying" my girls eggs. Ill be incubating to get pure lavs Hopefully by chicken stock I might have a few