Silkie thread!

[kabhyper1]

Okay silkie friends, I got some decent pics of the littles. Finally. They are between 5 days and 2 weeks now. Very pic heavy!! Sorry.
1..The youngest. Had to help this one out of the shell. Blue
2.Second youngest. White
3.Partidge

4. Not feathering white as assumed. Pic doesn't show it, but feathering gray.

5. white

6. white

7. feathering white, despite gray stripes.
8. black

9. black

10. 2 weeks old. from cochins hatch. blue

11. Last but not least, little Chance. 2 weeks old, doing great despite a lingering sneeze here and there.
Just to show the variation in colors and whites.........................

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Chance being cute.

Better pic of gray primaries growing in.
Again sorry for the load of pictures!

 

[sacramento]

Question with chicks: Can you take them out of the incubator once they hatch and put them in the brooder right away?

 

[PaintedFeathers]

Question with chicks: Can you take them out of the incubator once they hatch and put them in the brooder right away?

You should really wait until all teh eggs have hatched that are going to hatch or you could harm the ones who haven't yet. I like to leave them in at least until dry, they can go up to 3 days after they hatch on just the yolk.

 

[SilkieMom8875]

Okay silkie friends, I got some decent pics of the littles. Finally. They are between 5 days and 2 weeks now. [COLOR=FF0000]Very pic heavy[/COLOR]!! Sorry. 1..The youngest. Had to help this one out of the shell. Blue 2.Second youngest. White 3.Partidge 4. Not feathering white as assumed. Pic doesn't show it, but feathering gray. 5. white 6. white 7. feathering white, despite gray stripes. 8. black 9. black 10. 2 weeks old. from cochins hatch. blue 11. Last but not least, little Chance. 2 weeks old, doing great despite a lingering sneeze here and there. Just to show the variation in colors and whites......................... ........................................... Chance being cute. Better pic of gray primaries growing in. Again sorry for the load of pictures!

They are beautiful !!

 

[kabhyper1]

They are beautiful !!

Thank you. I am getting attached.

Not good, I can't keep them all.

 

[atrueb00]

After I gave one of my chickens a bath today, my cat decided to try and play a game with the chicken. But the chicken really wanted no part of it. So funny! Used blueing for the first time and he came out so white and pretty-worked really well!

 

[PaintedFeathers]

After I gave one of my chickens a bath today, my cat decided to try and play a game with the chicken. But the chicken really wanted no part of it. So funny! Used blueing for the first time and he came out so white and pretty-worked really well!

Haha that's so cute =D My cats are good with my chickens too. My babies are all in an open brooder in the basement with my cats and they don't bother them at all. Even the day olds =)

 

[chickeneer45]

I just bought a cuckoo silkie. It has red eyes with black pupils in the middle. Is this normal? Thanks cuz I find It kind of creepy...

 

[PaintedFeathers]

I just bought a cuckoo silkie. It has red eyes with black pupils in the middle. Is this normal? Thanks cuz I find It kind of creepy...

Haha wow! I don't think so but I know cuckoo's are still a work in progress and do tend to have a lot of red but I thought it was just in their waddles. Do you have a picture?

 

[chickee]

I was taking pictures of my chicks tonight and when I looked at the pictures I realized they had grouped themselves by color! Interesting!