Silkie thread!

[howfunkyisurchicken]

I'm sticking with white. Most of my whites are gold based and some of them have little stripes too, but they go away eventually. They're adorable

 

[Chapel Hill Chicks]

Since you're talking about chick color, has anybody seen a porcelain chick that has the same coloring as some of the ones daxigait posted? The coloring of some is very similar to what my all white silkie looked like when he was sold to me as a porcelain. Thanks.

 

[Hholly]

Since you're talking about chick color, has anybody seen a porcelain chick that has the same coloring as some of the ones daxigait posted? The coloring of some is very similar to what my all white silkie looked like when he was sold to me as a porcelain. Thanks.

I'm betting that the seller of your chick just didn't realize how it would mature. Were they an experienced breeder? Have you googled images of porcelain chicks to compare how they look? It was probably just an honest mistake. Whit silkies are great too!

 

[daxigait]

I'm sticking with white. Most of my whites are gold based and some of them have little stripes too, but they go away eventually. They're adorable

thanks, I hope someone thinks so as I am selling and not keeping them. My large fowl would not mix well.

 

[Banaynaychicken]

so the place i went had no silkies..... But in turn I bought 2 new birdies!

A speckled Sussex and a ...um.... well breed is unidentified XD

 

[daxigait]

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so the place i went had no silkies..... But in turn I bought 2  new birdies! 

A speckled Sussex and a ...um.... well breed is unidentified XD

chicken math
Too bad you are not here I have five needing homes.

 

[daxigait]

Oops

 

[Fancychooklady]

Since you're talking about chick color, has anybody seen a porcelain chick that has the same coloring as some of the ones daxigait posted? The coloring of some is very similar to what my all white silkie looked like when he was sold to me as a porcelain. Thanks.

White chicks can start out quite smutty and I've even had them hatch light blue.
This is my last hatch of whites.

And yes, they all grew out to be pure white.

 

[Sylvester017]

White chicks can start out quite smutty and I've even had them hatch light blue.
This is my last hatch of whites.



And yes, they all grew out to be pure white.

The momma sat on all those eggs/chicks? I didn't know a Silkie could successfully cover/hatch that many eggs! I figured a half dozen for best results but this is impressive!

 

[moomoodiddy]

The momma sat on all those eggs/chicks? I didn't know a Silkie could successfully cover/hatch that many eggs! I figured a half dozen for best results but this is impressive!

Silkies are very greedy when it comes to sitting on eggs. One time I had 3 hens go broody at one time and they were continuously stealing each others eggs. I think I had a total of 20+ eggs to hatch.