Silkie thread!

[TheGnomesMom]

I would put all my babies in a clear, big plastic tote and bring them in the house so they could become accustom to peoplenoises. The more you handle them the easier it gets.

Ooh good idea! I will try that this evening.

 

[Erin~TheChickenLover]

What does split lavender mean? What would the parents of a silkie that is a lavender split be?

 

[JoshU]

Thanks! I am really confused, as I was 100% sure this was a pullet. She fits all the pullet traits, round crest, small comb, pullet attitude, feathered in normally for a pullet, etc. Not to mention the colouring..
Anyone else have any response?

Hens dont crow. Not cockadoodledoo anyway. Sometimes nature fools us. I would say its a roo if it is crowing like a roo.

 

[JoshU]

That is if there is another rooster with them. I assumed that the parents were nearby. It is very rare for a pullet to crow if there is a rooster near them. That is what I meant by hens dont crow.

 

[peepblessed]

What does split lavender mean? What would the parents of a silkie that is a lavender split be?

One parent would be lavender and one any other color.

 

[chisNchickens]

One of my babies is a black lav split. I love the "salt and pepper" coloring some of these get, like the below picture of one of CJ Silkies gorgeous birds:


From CJ Silkies:




Might my baby below [from a CJ Silkies egg] have this coloring?:




Thanks!

That is not a black lav split. CJ doesn't understand this and calls her grays "black lav split". I have no idea why. The true, one and only meaning of black lav split is a black bird
carrying the recessive for lavender. Basically, a black lav split HAS to be a black bird. It is possible that her grays carry lav, but that would make them grays split
to lav NOT black.

 

[Basel]

Too young to tell, but definitely not lav. It could still be black but likely very dark blue. Here's a picture of a chick that turned out to be black and not drk. blue.

OK, wow. Thanks for the picture. Definitely some similarities [except the eye area]. Cute chick!!

That is not a black lav split. CJ doesn't understand this and calls her grays "black lav split". I have no idea why. The true, one and only meaning of black lav split is a black bird
carrying the recessive for lavender. Basically, a black lav split HAS to be a black bird. It is possible that her grays carry lav, but that would make them grays split
to lav NOT black.

I can understand that a bl lav split would/could/should be a black that carries lav. Perhaps he's a...... ???? who knows! LOL.
Have you ever had this color too, with the white around the eyes?

Thanks both!!

 

[Basel]

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[yoie]

Ok, here is an updated pic of my mystery color. Everyone said Porcelain before, does it still look porcelain? It has a nice light blue underfluff. And still hoping it still turns out to be a girl

. T'Pol is now 4 months old now. And I don't think she came out to bad for being a hatchery chick!

 

[Hawkeye95]

Hens dont crow. Not cockadoodledoo anyway. Sometimes nature fools us. I would say its a roo if it is crowing like a roo.

Actually, that's true and you're right that hens don't crow. If you've seen any video of hens "crowing" on YouTube, they really don't sound like a rooster, with the typical crow of a rooster. It sounds more like a screech trying to imitate a rooster. But they come close. If you have a "hen" that is doing a pretty darned good imitation of a rooster crow, I'd say it's just a rooster.

Ok, here is an updated pic of my mystery color. Everyone said Porcelain before, does it still look porcelain? It has a nice light blue underfluff. And still hoping it still turns out to be a girl

. T'Pol is now 4 months old now. And I don't think she came out to bad for being a hatchery chick!

Not bad for a hatchery chick with the crest and the fluff, for sure! Looks like an awful lot of gold leakage around the chest and hackles, though. Very pretty bird!