Silkie thread!

[AmandaVirginia]

My splash hen hatched a blue baby on New Years Eve and a splash baby on New Years Day. Neither have any comb at almost 3 months old, could I really have gotten lucky enough to have been given two baby hens?

 

[Hinotori]

My splash hen hatched a blue baby on New Years Eve and a splash baby on New Years Day. Neither have any comb at almost 3 months old, could I really have gotten lucky enough to have been given two baby hens?

At three months and no combs, it's a good chance they are both pullets

 

[Hinotori]

Are silkies good chickens to have?

They are broody a lot, but are fun sweet birds. Free ranging isn't very good for them. A couple will happily live in one of those little chicken coops all the stores sell. I wouldn't keep anything bigger than a few silkies in one.

 

[AmandaVirginia]

At three months and no combs, it's a good chance they are both pullets

I'm so excited because I really want to keep them. I'll post pictures tomorrow or the next day.

 

[Janie hall]

I'm so excited because I really want to keep them. I'll post pictures tomorrow or the next day.

ok I am new to the blue silkie I just bought 4 blue silkies but one is 5 days old and today she has 1 what spot on each wing and a white gotee. Can anyone tell me what this means as far as blues go

 

[Janie hall]

ok I am new to the blue silkie I just bought 4 blue silkies but one is 5 days old and today she has 1 what spot on each wing and a white gotee. Can anyone tell me what this means as far as blues go

 

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[QueenMisha]

ok I am new to the blue silkie I just bought 4 blue silkies but one is 5 days old and today she has 1 what spot on each wing and a white gotee. Can anyone tell me what this means as far as blues go

That is normal coloration for a blue chick. The same way black chicks of many breeds have a "penguin" coloration to them at first.