Silkie thread!

[Fancychooklady]

Hey!!! We are new and decided to post our lil chickies. We only have 4 silkies but soon we have more!!! We have 2 that we didnt raise from chicks that are white. 1 is laying and her name is Gertie. The other we have yet to name. But we do have 2 more lil chicks that we raised since theyve hatched! Here they are!

 

[Natalierose]

I don't know what's normal for hatchery vs. breeder silkie chicks but I'm so happy with how fluffy and how much color my 3 week old splash is showing ^_^ They're so cute I can hardly handle it!

 

[silkiecuddles]

Here are two of my chicks. They are a day apart, but the dark one is a good big bigger. Pretty sure it's a silkie mix.
Does white on white always make white? Cause the light one and another chick I have don't look pure white

 

[MumsyIII]

Here are two of my chicks. They are a day apart, but the dark one is a good big bigger. Pretty sure it's a silkie mix.
Does white on white always make white? Cause the light one and another chick I have don't look pure white

Recessive x recessive white silkies always produce white. The chicks can be all sorts of smudgy colors though at hatch and in the beginning.
You will know if they are silkie crosses right away by examining the primary and secondary wing feathers as they come in. Crosses have smooth feathers, not silkied. Especially the first cross. As they are crossed back to silkie, the chicks get progressively silkier with each generation. They are both pretty. I love the partridge markings. Seems to me they appear crossed to silkie.

 

[seminolewind]

Hey!!! We are new and decided to post our lil chickies. We only have 4 silkies but soon we have more!!! We have 2 that we didnt raise from chicks that are white. 1 is laying and her name is Gertie. The other we have yet to name. But we do have 2 more lil chicks that we raised since theyve hatched! Here they are!

I had an Aunt Gertie. From College Point NY. I'll always remember that name!

 

[FableFarms]

She was the easiest to name out of our silkies. We just looked at her and knew she was a Gertie. We love her to death.

 

[FableFarms]

We will try to get some pics of Gertie and our other silkie. Been hard to name that one.

 

[Sylvester017]

We will try to get some pics of Gertie and our other silkie. Been hard to name that one.

DH & I were talking about Silkie names and wondered what was wrong with just naming one "Silky." Name would fit whatever sex it turned out to be.

 

[SilkieNation]

DH & I were talking about Silkie names and wondered what was wrong with just naming one "Silky." Name would fit whatever sex it turned out to be.

Heck, I named one Silvery, cause she was silvery! And my mother named every cat she ever had Kitty. It worked.

 

[flowerchild88]

Heck, I named one Silvery, cause she was silvery!  And my mother named every cat she ever had Kitty. It worked.

Lol my cats are big kitty and little kitty... So creative of us