All depends on what you want !
1. not so good in position to can see but probably a female
I'm on my second round of Catdance eggs. Just a week to go!! I love my cabinet bator! Great visability and I get to add water from the outside.We have a smaller coop, with smaller sized nest boxes in it. Hope to see these new ones lay in them this fall.
I just ordered some more Silkie eggs..from catdance, I think that's the name. Her birds look really nice. I think I will have my new bator in time for them. A cabinet bator..instead of these Styrofoam ones.
Your babies are adorable! Enjoy! They are just the most fun little things I've hatched..I've been hatching for years, never thought I would be interested, but oh my goodness, my grandkids are getting a kick out of them almost as much as I am.Can someone tell me what colors these are?
Aww, you did a great job on your pictures of these darlings. I am so excited to be getting more Silkie eggs. I didn't have that great a hatch this last time, but I got some real cute babies. You've got some nice feathering going on those little footsies.I believe my Silkie hatch is over. 9 Catdance eggs went into lock down and 6 hatched. One zipped all the way around, but didn't make it out. If I'd known maybe I would have tried to help it, but I have very little experience. Hope is fading for the last 2 still in the incubator - no pips. However - I do have 6 beautiful and sweet babies!
I promise I will get out the good camera later, but I didn't want to fuss with them too much tonight so just took some awful camera phone pics. I could use a little clarification on the colors. The chicks that hatched were from eggs marked Lavender, Porcelain, Black, Blue/Splash, and two were marked "PA". I thought Karen had told me that was Paint, but I'm not so sure now and I know nothing about genetics that might inform me as to what the "PA" chicks might turn out to be. Possibly Partridge?
Again - apologies for the bad photos - I also didn't have a chick wrangler to help me so...
Oh, one note - my little blue splash wouldn't sit still for a photo. I know this is my blue splash because I watched him/her work so hard to get free. Tonight when I put them in the brooder, I noticed it had membrane stuck to it's head. This baby fought hard to get out! So after several attempts to get this chick to sit still for a photo, I finally put him in my hand, where he promptly fell asleep. Ah Silkies... I had no idea. I think I'm a goner.
Any thoughts on the true colors? I tried hard to keep them straight as they were hatching, keeping notes, but once they dried it was hard to tell who was who!
Here's what I tried first - get them all together for comparison - what unsuccessful chaos that was!
Chick 1 is either Black or the mystery "PA"
Chick 2 is either Black or "PA"
Chick 3 is definitely "PA" - whatever that truly is!
My sleepy blue splash baby
Vaulted head Lavender
Porcelain baby
) Love the colors!
At this age, if you are wanting girls you don't want to see any comb growth. I'd say the second photo is likely a boy. can't see too well on the other photo but you can check it's comb out.I was curious as to whether or not anyone could take another guess at my two silkies. They're going on 7wks old. Pictures probably aren't the greatest views so I will take more this weekend.
I'm on my second round of Catdance eggs. Just a week to go!! I love my cabinet bator! Great visability and I get to add water from the outside.
