Silkie thread!

[bikerchic]

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I think your black girl may be blue. It can be extremely hard to tell.

Thanks, she is more of a chocolate black, so could that be blue? Her back fluff is a hershey cocoa color. Hence her name Hershey.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Wow, Ugh I better get started on the big run! hahaha... How do I know if an egg in fertilized? (Probably a stupid question...)

If the egg is fertile there shuld be a ring around the top of it where the air sack is.YES that is what I'm talking bout

Not exactly sure what you mean by this--a blood ring when candling? That means that the embryo died. If you mean the germinal disc, it is on the surface of the yolk. It looks differently on a fertile egg than on an infertile one.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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x2 That is either splash or possibly a single copy of dominant white. If he has any solid white feathers, it is a DQ.

 

[wilobrookfarms]

I have silkies for pets. But I love reading all about them! I have really been soaking up the info you knowledgable silkie breeders give. So my question is... I know that alot of silkies are labeled b/b/s. I kind of get the genetics, but when you breed splash to splash, getting only splash, right? It dilutes the color? So if you take a dilute splash and breed it to...what? Does the color darken back up on the chicks?

 

[kfchickenlady]

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I just trim the males down.

thanks

 

[Christie Loves Silkies]

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I think im going too.
saw a few more cuties!
The coop is really dark so i had to have my flash on
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/106490_p1040637.jpg

omg, adorable!!! Congrats!!

Thank you.

I found a forth one yesterday.
I hope some more might hatch today.

 

[peepblessed]

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My chicken notes say "blue".

 

[chickendales]

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The guy I bought him from called him a blue calico. He has been raising chickens his whole life and is who we have bought almost all our chickens from so I took his word. So should I not breed with him?

i breed him to that buff hen that is sitting in the chicken coop door proble with buffs the usualy have black in there tails somewhere some deside to put blue in the tail be cause less knoticable

 

[Christie Loves Silkies]

About 15 mins ago my flock of 6-7 week old silkies were attacked by crow.
They are all okay and safe now.

I wish I could say the same thing about myself.

 

[ChickensXOXO]

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A hawk was coming down for mine today too! (they hid in the bushes)
So glad your chicks are okay!!