I had this all put together and hit submit and then the site was being worked on. Figures, lol.
Everyone is 2 weeks old now. First set of 2:
Second set of 2:
And just for grins and giggles, my 2 sultans:
Between the two breeds, the sultans are bigger, and their mohawks are more pronounced. I'm pretty sure at least one of these is a boy.
I know in regular size breeds, the females are bigger and feather faster than the males; is this true for the silkies, too? I've got one (second batch, bigger of the two on the right) who was doing a lot more pecking of the babies when I put them in today, and doing a lot of dive bombing them. This one has also been the loudest out of the whole bunch, and is doing more chest bumping. I don't remember my other girls going at it quite this hot and heavy, but it's been a while; maybe I wasn't paying as much attention because I knew it was normal behavior, and that they actually were all girls. Now I'm trying to figure out who's who. LOL.
My guess on the silkies is that they are partridge, but I really don't have a good idea. Could they be porcelain?
I've been trying to post to this for two days but the BYC change wouldn't let me.I have porcelain chicks about this age. Two of the three on the right are porcelain and the one in the middle of the three is lavender. The flash distorted the lavenders color but the porcelains are pretty close. Notice that there is no barring on the wings like partridge have. Your chicks are beautiful!
I honestly have no clue if the color is rare or not but i wouldn't mind getting some of my own!
