Silkie/Blue Copper Marans chick!! Easter baby💗

[MinnesotaBantamChick]

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[MinnesotaBantamChick]

if the chicks mother was a silkie the chick would have black skin and feet and the chick would also be blue or black as when breeding a blue to a black half are blue half are black so you wouldn't get a white chick out of that at all the one with the spot would be from the white ee hen as white is recessive thats why it has a spot

Here are the eggs they hatched from and the eggs I just collected tonight. More proof she is the silkie's chick.

 

[tn_artist]

You don't have to prove anything. I'm sorry you got put on the defensive. They are super cute chicks. Please update when they get some feathers! I want to see how they turn out.

 

[MinnesotaBantamChick]

Yeah I know I went a little overboard I also am confused over their colors and I'm sure if I were a bystander I would make the same assumption that the hen had to be a different breed or something. Her down color shouldn't be genetically possible..
However, I really do think they are Easter miracles and in a way, it could be why they make no sense. They hatched half a week earlier than they should, and sure enough, the other 2 eggs I had put in at the same time are still developing..

 

[BuckeyeAmy69]

Awww congrats! They are so cute!

 

[MinnesotaBantamChick]

You don't have to prove anything. I'm sorry you got put on the defensive. They are super cute chicks. Please update when they get some feathers! I want to see how they turn out.

Look at this! This is crazy!! The Silkie mix's legs are actually darkening! And her pin feathers are coming in a dark grey or black! This is so cool. The EE mix's pin feathers are also coming in, and the tips are light and then they are darker, but not as dark as the silkie mix's! The EE mix's mother is a white hen.

 

[MinnesotaBantamChick]

The second Silkie hatched! This baby looks like what the other baby should of looked like. They are direct siblings, yet they look nothing alike. How is this possible?? Also, instead of having an extra toe, she has a toe growing off of her current toe! How cool!

 

[Duckee]

I just read this thread. Your chicks are super cute! Im curious how they look now. Will you post update pictures please?

 

[mandymcg05]

Do you have photos of the original chicks posted? I’m dying to see how they are growing!

 

[MinnesotaBantamChick]

Do you have photos of the original chicks posted? I’m dying to see how they are growing!

Yes I do! I hatched them for a neighbor to give them more variety within their flock so I have not seen the chicks for a good while now, but I do have pictures of them with a good amount of feathers! The black silkie mix does have a twisted beak but it doesn't seem to cause her problems so far luckily!
Their colors turned out very intriguing and I am super pleased with the outcome. I definitely think the most suprising was the patterning on the orange silky mix's feathers! I still find it mind boggling that they were orange instead of all black.