Silkie thread!

[ChickNmamma]

Okay silkie friends, I got some decent pics of the littles. Finally. They are between 5 days and 2 weeks now. [COLOR=FF0000]Very pic heavy[/COLOR]!! Sorry.

1..The youngest. Had to help this one out of the shell. Blue

2.Second youngest. White

3.Partidge


4. Not feathering white as assumed. Pic doesn't show it, but feathering gray.


5. white


6. white


7. feathering white, despite gray stripes.

8. black


9. black


10. 2 weeks old. from cochins hatch. blue


11. Last but not least, little Chance. 2 weeks old, doing great despite a lingering sneeze here and there.

Just to show the variation in colors and whites.........................


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Chance being cute.

Better pic of gray primaries growing in.
Again sorry for the load of pictures!

They are all so cute - but I snipped a few pictures to prevent loading up the page with overloads of cuteness!

Chance is a cutie, I am glad she knows how to walk now. Please and keep taking pictures of the gray/white one - perhaps its one of those oddball Blues that don't start out as expected. I can't recall - but is it possible with your combination to get Splash? I haven't seen many pictures of those chicks so I don't know if they can start out that way or not.

Of course I had to leave in my favorite color too.. Partridge!

 

[chickee]

I just bought a cuckoo silkie. It has red eyes with black pupils in the middle. Is this normal? Thanks cuz I find It kind of creepy...

Sounds neat! I'd like to see a picture

 

[kabhyper1]

They are all so cute - but I snipped a few pictures to prevent loading up the page with overloads of cuteness!

Chance is a cutie, I am glad she knows how to walk now. Please and keep taking pictures of the gray/white one - perhaps its one of those oddball Blues that don't start out as expected. I can't recall - but is it possible with your combination to get Splash? I haven't seen many pictures of those chicks so I don't know if they can start out that way or not.

Of course I had to leave in my favorite color too.. Partridge!

Lol I'm glad you snipped it a bit. It was a lot of pics. The little one growing the gray feathers is very interesting to me. All of the ones with the striping like it are getting white feathers. Yes splash is possible with this breeding, but I have no idea if a splash chick can start out with striping so we will see. Silkies start the awkward phase early. Still cute, but you would never imagine they turn into those beautiful fluff balls.

 

[sacramento]

You should really wait until all teh eggs have hatched that are going to hatch or you could harm the ones who haven't yet. I like to leave them in at least until dry, they can go up to 3 days after they hatch on just the yolk.

The other chicks hatching will not even pip until 5-7 days after it hatches, and I have family coming to take care of it while I am out of town...

 

[Fancychooklady]

The other chicks hatching will not even pip until 5-7 days after it hatches, and I have family coming to take care of it while I am out of town...

You have done a " split " hatch , if they were all set at the same time , then you would leave it alone. Yes you would certainly put the chick in the brooder.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Yes, cuckoos tend to have light eyes.

 

[chickeneer45]

Sounds neat! I'd like to see a picture     

Here is a picture of her I will try to get a pic of her eyes later today. Sorry for the blurry photo.

 

[SilkieMom8875]

Thank you. I am getting attached. Not good, I can't keep them all. 

Chance is awesome !!!

Oh my gosh I am having the same problem !!! Want to keep them all !!

 

[bantamgirl]

here are my silkies i got a while ago. a white and a partridge correct my if I'm wrong. i bought them as a pair to breed. i soon found out the white had bad leg but wasn't too worried and then my pullet matured into a beautiful cockerel. I'll have too post some more resent pics of the partridge. on a side note any one know of any SQ silkie hens in my

area, i live in sackville nb.

ive in sackville nb near

 

[Rebecca8576]

I have seven little baby's that hatched to day for my blue hen and splash rooster . two are blue and five are a off white. will the off white be a splash color?