Silkie thread!

[SundownWaterfowl]

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That's terrific! Congrats to your son!

Yes, Congratulations!

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

What color are these?

These are from a splash pullet & a cockerel that is either blue or black.

The one looks to be light blue, the other 2 maybe dark blue?? They have lighter yellowish down on their wing tips and feet.

 

[BlueBirdChick]

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shes a crazy color combination how does something like that happen???? I think shes beautiful but do I want to breed her or not??? her body isnt black its a dark blue

 

[Colie <3]

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Umm my guess is splash and two blues which I think would make the cockerel in question blue instead of black. I haven't seen a light blue chick as of yet though to compare...

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

Colie <3 :

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Umm my guess is splash and two blues which I think would make the cockerel in question blue instead of black. I haven't seen a light blue chick as of yet though to compare...

I have been getting light blues that are the color of that lighter chick from my splash male over black pullet. Thats why im confused. Do black chicks have those lighter yellow spots on them as chicks or are they completely black (no lighter areas)?​

 

[Colie <3]

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I love it how chicks can be so confusing on their color lol I think that is a blue chick that needs to feather out more it's kinda hard to tell from the pic though. What color is the underside of the chick? How old? Let her feather out some more before you decide what you want to do with her/him also as mentioned on here recently don't rush on any decisions because of the slow nature of maturation silkies tend to have.

Crazy color combinations happen from what I've seen so far when colors are mixed either unintentionally or intentionally in a unconventional sense. Sometimes a bird can appear to be one color but really it's breeding background doesn't support the color assumption so when you cross it and get the unexpected you're left scratching your head

Do you know what color the parent stock are of this chick? That might help

 

[Colie <3]

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Umm my guess is splash and two blues which I think would make the cockerel in question blue instead of black. I haven't seen a light blue chick as of yet though to compare...

I have been getting light blues that are the color of that lighter chick from my splash male over black pullet. Thats why im confused. Do black chicks have those lighter yellow spots on them as chicks or are they completely black (no lighter areas)?

I have a couple chicks with light spots on their wings that feathered out black. They were lav splits though I'm not sure why that happened or if it had to do with them being a split

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

Colie <3 :

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I have been getting light blues that are the color of that lighter chick from my splash male over black pullet. Thats why im confused. Do black chicks have those lighter yellow spots on them as chicks or are they completely black (no lighter areas)?

I have a couple chicks with light spots on their wings that feathered out black. They were lav splits though I'm not sure why that happened or if it had to do with them being a split

This is my first year breeding the b/b/s. So I get easily confused unless there is a big difference between birds. I plan to weed out any birds that I can't easily tell if they are blue or black.

 

[jen5680]

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I have a couple chicks with light spots on their wings that feathered out black. They were lav splits though I'm not sure why that happened or if it had to do with them being a split

This is my first year breeding the b/b/s. So I get easily confused unless there is a big difference between birds. I plan to weed out any birds that I can't easily tell if they are blue or black.

This website has some nice pictures of chick colors

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry//CGP/Silkies/BRKSilkChix.html

 

[BlueBirdChick]

the bottom of her belly is a light blue like her head lol. i think shes wicked cool looking though.. not sure what her parents were ill have to ask my friend who has the mom and dad. I know my friend has some that are the same color

she is almost a month old