Silkie thread!

[BuckNBark Farm]

Ok- so far, I have (from Catdance) 1 Buff, 1 porcelain (with an awesome vaulted head) and I THINK a black/Lavender split- I hope, because I want a black!! 2 are trying to wiggle and pip- but the 3 hatched ones keep rolling them all over the cage. I got the porcelain/lavender projects, but wanted a couple of buffs, too. I really hope that's a black/lav split. More pics of him when he's out of the brooder.

 

[jessicaroo]

Oh my gosh these babies are ADORABLE!!!

 

[chicknlove]

Ok- so far, I have (from Catdance) 1 Buff, 1 porcelain (with an awesome vaulted head) and I THINK a black/Lavender split- I hope, because I want a black!! 2 are trying to wiggle and pip- but the 3 hatched ones keep rolling them all over the cage. I got the porcelain/lavender projects, but wanted a couple of buffs, too. I really hope that's a black/lav split. More pics of him when he's out of the brooder.

Sweet! Thay are so cute can't wait for more pics! I picked up my gift, I mean package from the PO this morning. The package was well cared for! They had "fragile" and "Live" surrounding its own special PO crate. I took them home carefully took them out let them sit a few hours and candled for air cell damage. THERE WAS NONE! Every egg/ air cell perfectly intact. They were only in the mail since yesterday as I am pretty close. Lucky me

 

[BuckNBark Farm]

Sweet! Thay are so cute can't wait for more pics! I picked up my gift, I mean package from the PO this morning. The package was well cared for! They had "fragile" and "Live" surrounding its own special PO crate. I took them home carefully took them out let them sit a few hours and candled for air cell damage. THERE WAS NONE! Every egg/ air cell perfectly intact. They were only in the mail since yesterday as I am pretty close. Lucky me

Whoo hoo! congrats and good luck

 

[KBHatchery]

 

[BuckNBark Farm]

awwww so sweet and fluffy Is that a porcelain in the middle?

 

[KBHatchery]

awwww so sweet and fluffy Is that a porcelain in the middle?

i think it may be a buff.

 

[angelobutter]

Over a year ago I got eggs that had this description as well. My white chick (looks like yours) yellow feet and all ended up being a sizzle. So that would be my guess on your light skinned baby.

yes she has sizzle in her flock so maybe thats where it came from- i just hatched a black chick that is beautiful though and i can instantly see how his comb is correct which makes me happy but it does point out how the mostly white one is definitely a single comb. I have two eggs left to hatch one with a weird air cell so it may not but when everyone is out, dry and fluffy i will take more pictures. I just love the silkies- i got that one rooster and he is so sweet I instantly decided that silkies were my breed of choice. I also have 24 eggs coming from cj's silkies that are shipping 3/4 so I am very excited to hatch those ones out- and by then i will be completely overrun with silkies lol ...they are addictive

 

[jessicaroo]

My chickens made it today from McMurray - unfortunately, only 2 of my 11 silkies survived the trip ;( only 1 out of 5 of my black frizzles made it ;( but I also ordered 5 buff orpingtons, 4 barred rocks, 3 columbian wyandottes, and 3 rhode island reds and those are all healthy, happy, eating and drinking well yay! I called McMurray and they are willing to replace my silkies/frizzles, but I don't think I will order them at this time of year again.... They arrived in 3 days, but it's cold here in SE Alaska, so I think that's what did them in I think I will get some more Colombians and buff orps soon and add some silkies to my flock later on. I did notice that they separate the silkies from the standard chicks, probably because they are bigger for one reason and the other reason I think is because I've noticed the bigger chicks beating up my silkies (the two i have left) already.... Maybe they know they are weaker? I'm not sure... but I'm really hoping they'll make it thru the night. I may separate them if it continues. Wish me luck!

 

[KBHatchery]

My chickens made it today from McMurray - unfortunately, only 2 of my 11 silkies survived the trip ;( only 1 out of 5 of my black frizzles made it ;( but I also ordered 5 buff orpingtons, 4 barred rocks, 3 columbian wyandottes, and 3 rhode island reds and those are all healthy, happy, eating and drinking well

yay! I called McMurray and they are willing to replace my silkies/frizzles, but I don't think I will order them at this time of year again.... They arrived in 3 days, but it's cold here in SE Alaska, so I think that's what did them in

I think I will get some more Colombians and buff orps soon and add some silkies to my flock later on. I did notice that they separate the silkies from the standard chicks, probably because they are bigger for one reason and the other reason I think is because I've noticed the bigger chicks beating up my silkies (the two i have left) already.... Maybe they know they are weaker? I'm not sure... but I'm really hoping they'll make it thru the night. I may separate them if it continues. Wish me luck!

i think that they separated the silkies from the standard chicks was because the larger chicks tend to peck at the smaller chicks. kinda setting a pecking order at a young age. but i separated my silkies from the leghorns and rhode island reds because: a) There wouldn't be room for the silkies to run around |and| b)For their safety and piece of mind that they wont get killed.