Silkie Cross Thread!! PICS!!

[mymoneypit]

the parents. Lost some of the eggs due to power failure, but the ones under hen are hatching. See next post.

 

[mymoneypit]

3 so far one more pipped, so cute. Feathered feet, extra toes, hope I have a girl to name nugget II.

 

[Ravynscroft]

the parents. Lost some of the eggs due to power failure, but the ones under hen are hatching. See next post.

White bird is the hen? She has white/yellow skin, yes? If so, then your chicks are sex-linked...

3 so far one more pipped, so cute. Feathered feet, extra toes, hope I have a girl to name nugget II.

If sex-linked, black chick is a girl... what color skin do the other 2 have?

 

[mymoneypit]

Yes, momma had yellow skin. Brown chick has blue? Feet. Yellow chick has yellow feet.

 

[Ravynscroft]

Yes, momma had yellow skin. Brown chick has blue? Feet. Yellow chick has yellow feet.

Yellow chick probably has yellow skin, so boy... check the skin on the body of the brown chick, look under the wing is easiest... is that skin yellow or black/dark?

 

[mymoneypit]

I'll look tomorrow hopefully that last one makes it out. Eggs were due to hatch the 15th but had one hatch Monday and two Tuesday. Didn't think to look under wings, though I was gleefully gazing at their adorable faces and fluffy feet

 

[mymoneypit]

Is the solid black baby likely to have black adult feathers or is that uncertain?

 

[Ravynscroft]

I'll look tomorrow hopefully that last one makes it out. Eggs were due to hatch the 15th but had one hatch Monday and two Tuesday. Didn't think to look under wings, though I was gleefully gazing at their adorable faces and fluffy feet

Good luck on the last, and they are very cute! I think the brown has dark skin, hard to see in the pic (feet and legs sometimes get extra color than the skin)... dark skin means girl, light/yellow will be boy... so think you have 2 girls and a boy so far...

Is the solid black baby likely to have black adult feathers or is that uncertain?

Looks like it'll be black, or at least mostly... might get some of papa's other color as well...

 

[Ravynscroft]

Is the solid black baby likely to have black adult feathers or is that uncertain?

This is my sex-linked pullet, Leia... her mom is Cream Legbar and dad is Black Silkie...

As chick...

And now...

 

[mymoneypit]

Aw that chick is pretty. I've never hatched any of mine, it willbe fun to watch them grow and see what they look like.