I think my new little one, that I just got and posted about, will look just like yours when he grows up!! Absolutely beautiful!!Sex? I've been told both male and female on this bird. Haha. 6 month old splash silkie. I've seen some silkie hens with combs, and that's my confusion. I'm also not sure if it has streamers or just a really prominent crest.
Those Buff ladies are so pretty! All four of those look blue to me (at least, I'm pretty sure there are four in that photo - that pile of fur in the middle is two chicks, right?). Too young to tell quality or gender very well, they don't look obviously hatchery quality though, and I'm sure you'll end up with at least one boy out of the four.Hello all, I'm new to the site and pretty new to chickens. Figured first, I'd say hi and looking forward to many years of enjoying out silkies. We started with a scavanged pallet - repurposed into a coop and 5 buff/red silkies - all supposed to be pullets.These are our girls. At least 2 are laying, maybe 3. We've since upgraded to a larger, more secure and much nicer coop and I decided to add 4 chicks today as well. Can you guys tell from the pic what color these should turn out to be? I was told the 3 smaller are blue and the one slightly larger one is a black one.
These are supposed to be "show quality" stock but never know until they get bigger I guess. Sorry for the not so great pic. I'll try and get a better one tomorrow. Added these little ones because I wanted to add some color to our flock. Hoping we end up with a single rooster but time will also tell with that.
They are so cute! I am also new to chickens but when I got the two new babies, I was told to put them in the coop after it's dark and the older ones are in bed for the night, and when they wake up they will think that the new arrivals have always been there. I was very skeptical but I tried it and it worked! Now and then a hen would pick on one of the babies, but I watched them closely and provided a place for the babies to get away from the older ones. They didn't go overboard with the picking.Decided to move them into a broader inside for now. Big chickens were not thrilled of these new arrivals.
