Silkie thread!

[BarnGoddess01]

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Not that I know a thing about lavenders but I hear them talked about often enough. Is it possible the breeder was injecting some black back into their lavender birds and this chick represents that? In genetic terms might this bird actually be "split" (hiding the lavender gene)?

 

[stoopid]

Thanks for all the congrats, everyone. He is only 7 months old, hopefully he will fill in nicely. He got a 2nd place the first show he went to at Sussex last fall.

 

[Hawkeye95]

Today, I got my FIRST silkie egg!!!

I'm soooooo excited! It's a pullet egg, my babies are just around 7 or 8 months old. I was so shocked! How long do I need to wait to incubate these babies?? A week... or less?? How long are they considered "pullet eggs"? Okay... dumb observation, I didn't realize that silkie eggs were this dark! ha! (I placed a white store bought egg next to it to tell size and color.)

 

[Hawkeye95]

Thanks for all the congrats, everyone. He is only 7 months old, hopefully he will fill in nicely. He got a 2nd place the first show he went to at Sussex last fall.

Congrats on your placement!! He is really pretty.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Sorry, this is definitely not a lavender bird. It may be SPLIT for lav, but the only way to tell is to breed to a lavender or one known to be split. If you get some lavender offspring, it is split; if none, likely not. I say likely, because small numbers of hatchings can significantly skew the percentages. If you hatch 100 chicks, you are very likely to hatch predicted percentages (50% if bred to a lavender). If you breed four chicks, they may all be lavender, all be the blue yours looks to be or any variation, even if your bird is split.

Probably should have thought of that before. lol

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

That does not look like a pullet egg; it looks like a regularly sized silkie egg. Pullet eggs are very, very small--think the size of a marble or possibly a shooter. Some birds never lay pullet eggs; some lay them after every molt as they begin to lay again. Some lay one or two before size increases. Nothing predictable, really.

Today, I got my FIRST silkie egg!!!

I'm soooooo excited! It's a pullet egg, my babies are just around 7 or 8 months old. I was so shocked! How long do I need to wait to incubate these babies?? A week... or less?? How long are they considered "pullet eggs"? Okay... dumb observation, I didn't realize that silkie eggs were this dark! ha! (I placed a white store bought egg next to it to tell size and color.)

 

[Hawkeye95]

Really!?! Oh, that's great, right??! Sooo... then could I incubate these first eggs of hers? Wow, then I lucked out and her first egg is a normal sized egg. That is not really typical of my luck, so that's great! ha!

That does not look like a pullet egg; it looks like a regularly sized silkie egg. Pullet eggs are very, very small--think the size of a marble or possibly a shooter. Some birds never lay pullet eggs; some lay them after every molt as they begin to lay again. Some lay one or two before size increases. Nothing predictable, really.

 

[Kara515]

Really!?! Oh, that's great, right??! Sooo... then could I incubate these first eggs of hers? Wow, then I lucked out and her first egg is a normal sized egg. That is not really typical of my luck, so that's great! ha!

Congratulations Hawkey95! Looks like you're going to be a Silkie grandma!!!!

 

[Kara515]

Thanks for all the congrats, everyone. He is only 7 months old, hopefully he will fill in nicely. He got a 2nd place the first show he went to at Sussex last fall.

Congratulations! What a pretty boy!!!

 

[peepblessed]

Really!?! Oh, that's great, right??! Sooo... then could I incubate these first eggs of hers? Wow, then I lucked out and her first egg is a normal sized egg. That is not really typical of my luck, so that's great! ha!