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I believe it is too early to call split wing. My SFH had what looked like split wing until they hit puberty - then the missing middle feathers grew in. I don't know if they will do that on Silkies, and you only have one white from the batch to look at. Perhaps there is a gene that causes the slow flight feather growth, I don't know. Just watch it. If it isn't folding the wings correctly and dropping the wing that can be corrected by taping it up with vet wrap until it gets the idea of how the wing is supposed to be held. That can be corrected.
What, you mean I get to choose NOW? Oh, but if I did that it would be your favorite later on - or it might "turn into" a girl.. then you would want to keep it. I like the orange head too - but I wonder if it didn't get two copies of lavender because its rather a dark orange for a bird that should be washed out by the lavender. Which one was the oddball dark one at birth? That one I would like to view their journey through the feather changes. If it turns out to be a boy, and isn't your favorite...
Tell you what, you decide when they get their adult feathers in and you can critique them properly. I will be patient
. I will happily take any boy that isn't the best boy - or the second best if you want a backup. I would even take the little Self Blue if that is what you decide... Just too cute!
I think of my four chicks here the one Black and one Blue are girls - the other Blue and the "Partridge" look to be boys. The Partridge was the one I really wanted to be a girl - drat! Did you want to trade birds once you decide? Mine are almost 10 weeks old. I am thinking of trying to sell them now before I know I have two boys (instead of guessing) but if you still want the Black or the Blue girl let me know. Or even the Blue boy. I won't claim any higher than BQ on mine (but stance looks good), but added to the genetic powerhouse behind Catdance's birds will correct all the deficiencies I see in mine.. and then some. My Black is really really black... coal black at birth and hasn't lightened up at all. Super dark skin too - I would guess she is extra melanized.
My repeat offender, the mom of that batch (Poppi), has gone broody again. I gave her 4 of Minkie's (my nice Partridge Silkie) eggs. Then Minkie decided SHE wanted to be broody so she is sitting on one of her eggs - and two from the Partridge Wyandotte Bantam cross (light Partridge with Blue instead of Black) I just threw in there. No clue who daddy will be on those - that one was in with my Lavender/Split Ameraucana roosters, one Marans Rooster, her half brother and she could get through the fence to the Isbar and SFH rooster... and is now in with one adult Partridge Silkie rooster and one growing up dark Partridge boy (Goggles). I really wasn't planning on setting any of her eggs, but one egg for a hen is pretty risky... so I let her have the three.
Look how dark the one chick is that came from the blue/splash pen. Sure looks black! I will have to ask the breeder about that one.
