Silkie thread!

[mama2my4]

Day 20! My silkie/ showgirl eggs have started to hatch! I have 4 pips and one early hatcher

looks like a silkie lightblue maybe even lavendar, still a little wet but oo soo cute!

Yeah!!!

 

[Adoravachick]

That picture keeps cracking me up too! No chickens were harmed in the making!!

Love the disclaimer!

 

[Nikkipar]

My partridge silkie

 

[Nikkipar]

 

[Adoravachick]

Day 20! My silkie/ showgirl eggs have started to hatch! I have 4 pips and one early hatcher

looks like a silkie lightblue maybe even lavendar, still a little wet but oo soo cute!

Congrats! Post some pics when you get a chance.

 

[Nikkipar]

Can anyone tell me about this coloration?

 

[Fancy Feathers]

I don't know anything about the partridge color, but I love the name Cinnamuffin for a Silkie!

OK, finally got some new photos of Cinnamuffin, which used to be called "Fluffy" until the brown/rust kept coming in!

This is our surprise partridge chick from BBS eggs at 13 weeks old. The eggs were from Sherie Minkner's Silkies in Lincoln, CA.

Can anyone tell if it is for sure a pullet or could it be a cockerel? Also (by appearance) does Cinnamuffin meet the SOP for partridge? I may sell her

to the right home since my plan was to only have BBS silkies. But I don't know, she is a sweetie.

At first I couldn't get the brown to show up and then I took some without the flash. These photos are all of Cinnamuffin. She looks a bit scruffy from sticky watermelon.



The light really washes out the coloring...photos all taken today.And, a baby picture.

Cinnamuffin is in the front, right side. We never expected a partridge chick

but we sure do like Cinnamuffin:

 

[aoxa]

Can anyone tell me about this coloration?

That is a partridge baby

 

[CALI CHICK]

"Blue partridge" isn't SOP yet. I would definitely want her if she was a him which I'm 99% sure she's not. but that's only be if there were no DQ's. She looks like she might have a wing problem but of course there's no way to tell without spreading it. I think I'm going to breed my girl to my blue roo and then breed a baby back to her. There won't be any shipping of birds going on for a long time in this heat and it's really scary for me to think about spending that much money sight unseen.

It was very hot when I took the pictures and the chicks like to let their wings droop out in the heat. How can I tell if she has a wing problem myself? What do I look for?
By the way, I would never ship any of my silkies-even in "perfect" weather. I've only sold to local buyers that have to stay in the front yard or the garage-LOL.

 

[peepblessed]

Day 20! My silkie/ showgirl eggs have started to hatch! I have 4 pips and one early hatcher

looks like a silkie lightblue maybe even lavendar, still a little wet but oo soo cute!