Silkie thread!

[Larkspur88]

Someone linked on another silkie thread about wing sexing on silkies. I'd try it! Heck, maybe it won't work but if works like supposedly should on them like the poster said then I have a female. Female has two rows of uneven feathers. Make has two rows that align. It's on the silkie thread page ten or so under pictures and stories section. It will be neat to see if mine matures into a female or not.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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

Are you talking about the lighter coloured head? That is simply juvenile plumage.​

 

[pistol123]

This is from two true blacks, looks blue to me!

4 hours old in photo...

 

[PamB]

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ADORABLE!

 

[ultasol]

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Looks like one of the blacks is really a dark blue! That's a blue chick.

 

[NewToFarming]

I have a question on partridge silkie hens. Should they ideally have a darker colored topknot or is a a lighter color ok. I have one with a darker topknot and one that has pretty much the same color as her body. I wasn't sure which one is preferred.

 

[pistol123]

Good thing I found out...It sure is a pretty blue.....I'm happy.

 

[peepswiththepoof]

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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.

Not sure if this even helps, but here is a pic of a black chick with some splash chicks that I took today:

As you can see, it's very noticeably black.

 

[pistol123]

peepswiththepoof

Very cute chicks, I see you have two Boston Terrier's, I show and love them...
www.bairdhillbostons.com

 

[peepswiththepoof]

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Just checked out your site...your Bostons are beautiful! We love ours, too!