They will make lovely babies.This is Miss Scarlett. Can anyone tell me how old she might be. I got her at an auction about 3 weeks ago. She lays almost everyday. I have her with her mate Rhett, and I was wondering if she looked old enough to have fertile eggs. I have been keeping them to put in the incubator this weekend. Any thoughts?
My partridge pullet's mom is white, so I have two partridge hens .... sort of
My partridge pullet's mom is white, so I have two partridge hens .... sort of
There are 4 partridge, 1 blue, and one 1 haven't seen yet..... probably partridge the way this hatch is going. My last hatch 4 months ago, I got all whites, from the same flock. I don't have a white roo, so I must have a dominant white girl in the mix somewhere. My first one in October of last year I had about every color there is. They must like keeping their colors together now or something. Silly girls.
If you weren't on the other side of the world, I'd send you some!
This is Miss Scarlett. Can anyone tell me how old she might be. I got her at an auction about 3 weeks ago. She lays almost everyday. I have her with her mate Rhett, and I was wondering if she looked old enough to have fertile eggs. I have been keeping them to put in the incubator this weekend. Any thoughts?
This is her mate Rhett.
Aww, well I hope you guys don't have a winter like we did! I recall just a few months ago telling you how cold it was here, and you were trying to keep your birds cool. It was almost 90 F here today (32 C), so I was the one trying to cool off the fluff butts.
Are your two mating? That should say something right there!If she is laying, check her eggs for the bullseye. You will know then!
Your chipmunk striped one looks partridge--all of mine were dark partridge (most turned out to be blue partridges) and I am pretty sure that your 'yellow' is a buff..I have a hard time in WV finding true, nice quality buffs..finally got my hands on a buff hen the other day and she was with buff roos..put the first 3 eggs she laid here in the bator--fingers are crossed for at least one buff baby out of those--DOes the yellow have any spots on it at all?? My splashes looked all white as chciks, and their spots slowly started showing about a month old and only got darker..I hatched out several silkies this week and I was wondering if someone could help me identify what color these "ladies" will be as they feather out. All my chicks come from 1 Blue Roo over 2 white hens... so I know the whites could throw just about anything depending on their own genetics. But I'm new to Silkies and could use some help. I apologize for the picture quality as I took these with my camera phone.
The first chick has a light greyish downy with this brown/light brown chipmunk pattern over. I'm thinking may a Partridge?
This next "girl" has a white downy with an orange spotty pattern over her. It's definitely not yellow and appears more orange in person. But hopefully these 2 pictures can give you an idea of what she is. Any ideas will help. Thanks!!!
