Silkie thread!

[jas humbert]

My guess on the chick color would also be partridge in a fairly red shade or may be an off chance of solid red

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

Now what the heck color is that calico-y thing in the middle?!

... I want one...

If you're talking about the picture with the two hens (black in the back), the one in front is Ellie. She's splash, and she's always dirty too If I give those two splash girls a bath, they're the prettiest white and blue. But, as soon as I put them back in the run, they get all dirty again. It also doesn't help that we have a lot of red clay around here :/

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

Too me the one circled in the orange looks like she fell (I know she's prob just scratchen at the ground)
But, beautiful silkies! @ howfunkyisurchicken

That one in the back was in the process of taking a dust bath. It kept laying down and then getting back up to scratch/rearrange the dirt in the hole it had made while I was taking pictures. If you look closely, theres another chick back there dust bathing too

 

[Lamaremybabies]

It's OK, unfortunately misinformation is very common in the poultry community. I try to correct it whenever I see it so it doesn't continue to spread. No harm, no foul.

Yeah totally. Thank you for correcting me. It's always good to know the truth.

 

[QueenMisha]

If you're talking about the picture with the two hens (black in the back), the one in front is Ellie. She's splash, and she's always dirty too If I give those two splash girls a bath, they're the prettiest white and blue. But, as soon as I put them back in the run, they get all dirty again. It also doesn't help that we have a lot of red clay around here :/

Aw! And here I had my hopes up it was a real color. Silly dirty chickens.

Hmm... we have red clay around here too. Maybe I should get myself a couple Splash ladies!

 

[Silkie2]

That one in the back was in the process of taking a dust bath. It kept laying down and then getting back up to scratch/rearrange the dirt in the hole it had made while I was taking pictures. If you look closely, theres another chick back there dust bathing too

Ohhhhhh

 

[Fancychooklady]

Does anyone know what color this silkie is? It came from good quality buffs, but I have no clue

What colour are the parents ? Partridge usually have the chipmunk stripes, and I don't see any here.

 

[silkiedottes]

What colour are the parents ? Partridge usually have the chipmunk stripes, and I don't see any here.

It comes from a line of buffs, but the lady said there is a partridge somewhere back a couple generations. She breeds and shows in Texas. I got a few more from her that are unquestionably nice buff chicks, then this one, and one that has a dark back, here:

a different chick.

 

[flockofbantams]

Now what the heck color is that calico-y thing in the middle?!

... I want one...

If you're talking about the picture with the two hens (black in the back), the one in front is Ellie. She's splash, and she's always dirty too If I give those two splash girls a bath, they're the prettiest white and blue. But, as soon as I put them back in the run, they get all dirty again. It also doesn't help that we have a lot of red clay around here :/

Red clay.... North Carolina or further south?
In in nc and we red dirt I can't keep my white horse white. Lol he like to be red!!!
So I know the feeling!

 

[Silkie2]

Red clay.... North Carolina or further south?
In in nc and we red dirt I can't keep my white horse white. Lol he like to be red!!!
So I know the feeling!

is that the white horse in your profile pic? i love horses!