Silkie thread!

[ScaredOfShadows]

I posted on here a few weeks ago about a chick that came from 2 white parents and it had a chipmonk pattern so I was wondering what color it could be. Well its feathering in now and I will try to get a picture tomorrow of it but it really appears to be a cuckoo.
Anyone who has cuckoos or has had cuckoo chicks do they typically have a chipmonk pattern as chicks?

chipmunk pattern is usually partridge
cuckoo typically hatch out looking like a black chick

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

 

[peepblessed]

Is that your red splash? What is that second one? Very pretty all!!!!!

 

[peepblessed]

Yep, looks like the one trying to hatch is light colored! Woohoo! Unfortunately, I won't get to inspect til morning cause he's really taking his time. Cross your fingers that he makes it out okay!




And now I have a delicate question for you guys...really not sure how to handle this one. As I pulled the first two silkie chicks from the bator I noticed something funny about the black chick that hatched out of a paint egg. On looking closer...he has a single comb. Quite marked. Not great toe feathering or head feathering, either, so at least no great loss there. But, I'm concerned because this means that if I use her blacks or the paint that's hatching to start my paint line--as was my plan--I'll have a recessive for single comb running around in there. Which is exactly what I've worked so hard to avoid! I guess my question is, how much of a no-no is it to have a recessive single comb in a paint line? I would never consider it for any other color, but paints are so hard to get....idk. Would you guys buy from a line that had a history of single combs, no matter how rare? And, second question, do I let the breeder know? I confess I'm a little extra disappointed because I specifically asked if she'd ever had any single combs anywhere in her lines and the answer was a definite no. Maybe this is a new thing, in her paints, and I just got unlucky? Would she want to know about this chick, or will I just be stirring up mud?

Any and all advice is welcome. I am trying to start the best possible lines I can, and have been very selective. When I discovered some previous birds might have carried single comb, I sold them all--being upfront about my concerns--and started fresh in those colors. It's the reason I don't have any nice blacks, in fact. So, am I being too hyper about this and it's more common than I think, or do I just have really bad luck?

I'm soooo happy or you and your paint chicks! I do wish I could advise you on the problem you are facing. I'm afraid I would be stumped.

 

[peepblessed]

I posted on here a few weeks ago about a chick that came from 2 white parents and it had a chipmonk pattern so I was wondering what color it could be. Well its feathering in now and I will try to get a picture tomorrow of it but it really appears to be a cuckoo.
Anyone who has cuckoos or has had cuckoo chicks do they typically have a chipmonk pattern as chicks?

Partridge, girls especially, have barred wings. Maybe that is what you are seeing that looks cuckoo.

 

[peepblessed]

What is a Chuckoo?

Here's a picture of cuckoo. http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&...&tbnw=209&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:14,s:0

 

[peepblessed]

Lovely! The porcelain are growing on me.
I will post pics of my hatch soon...had four hatch out of three dozen shipped eggs.

I'm so sorry! We've all had our nightmares with shipped eggs.

 

[Country Chickens]

Thanks! I've contacted the breeder about the various issues, so at least communication has been opened. I think that's always the best thing, even though it's also often the hardest. Did you see my update? Two paint chicks!!!!

I'm soooo happy or you and your paint chicks! I do wish I could advise you on the problem you are facing. I'm afraid I would be stumped.

 

[Country Chickens]

Nice birds! This lovely one up top reminds me of caramel ice cream--makes me want some! lol

 

[Me & Jack]

Love that middle parti, Jess!