Silkie thread!

[aurorarose25]

ok quick question....

I have an opportunity to buy some chicks from Blue Ridge Silkies. The have a LOT of cuckoo color variations. What have you guys heard about their silkies both regular cuckoo color and the many other cuckoo colors? Are the other colors worth getting and making a project out of? here are the colors. Please tell me your ideas.. thnx

PC - Partridge Cuckoos
RC - Red Partridge Cuckoos
CC - Cuckoo X Cuckoo
SATAN - Cuckoo Roos X Black hens
POR - Porcelain Roos X Cuckoo hens
LC - Lavender Cuckoos
R&B - Red and Buff Cuckoos
XC - Cuckoo X Black Pullets
GRAY C - Gray Cuckoos

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

ok quick question....

I have an opportunity to buy some chicks from Blue Ridge Silkies. The have a LOT of cuckoo color variations. What have you guys heard about their silkies both regular cuckoo color and the many other cuckoo colors? Are the other colors worth getting and making a project out of? here are the colors. Please tell me your ideas.. thnx

PC - Partridge Cuckoos
RC - Red Partridge Cuckoos
CC - Cuckoo X Cuckoo
SATAN - Cuckoo Roos X Black hens
POR - Porcelain Roos X Cuckoo hens
LC - Lavender Cuckoos
R&B - Red and Buff Cuckoos
XC - Cuckoo X Black Pullets
GRAY C - Gray Cuckoos

cuckoo X cuckoo and cuckoo X black is your typical cuckoo breedings and I have never heard of any of the others in the silkies...I would be skeptical to buy these mixed color project birds - but that is just me.

 

[mama2my4]

I have a question. If you buy chicks from someone who is going to hatch them for you, what is a reasonable time to expect to wait?

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

I have a question. If you buy chicks from someone who is going to hatch them for you, what is a reasonable time to expect to wait?

I'm slightly confused...

You pre-bought? OR you are on a 'waiting list' for chicks when/as they hatch?

Never pay up front for chicks that haven't hatched yet unless your buying the eggs to hatch yourself.
If you are on a waiting list for chicks that haven't hatched yet, you don't know how their hatch is going to turn out (even the best incubators and experienced incubating peeps have troubles and bad hatches) and you don't know how many people are ahead of you waiting for chicks...So ask how long they expect and just ask them to contact you when they expect them to hatch - and just wait - up to you if you want to go ahead and buy somewhere else and still get those chicks OR decline if they took too long.

 

[mama2my4]

I'm slightly confused...

You pre-bought? OR you are on a 'waiting list' for chicks when/as they hatch?

Never pay up front for chicks that haven't hatched yet unless your buying the eggs to hatch yourself.
If you are on a waiting list for chicks that haven't hatched yet, you don't know how their hatch is going to turn out (even the best incubators and experienced incubating peeps have troubles and bad hatches) and you don't know how many people are ahead of you waiting for chicks...So ask how long they expect and just ask them to contact you when they expect them to hatch - and just wait - up to you if you want to go ahead and buy somewhere else and still get those chicks OR decline if they took too long.

I pre-bought. From a well praised BYC'r, so I thought it was all good. And I have been put off and put off. I was told mid-March, now mid-April. I paid for my chicks on 2/10 and I keep hearing "next week". I am so upset. And I am not trying to start any trouble, I just want my chicks, and I didn't know if this is the norm.

Yep, lesson learned. I won't do it again.

 

[Tikkijane]

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!! how the heck did you get a SG??!?! Did you get shipped eggs? One must have slipped in there! So funny!!

What's an SG?

 

[peepblessed]

What's an SG?

Show Girl - They are silkies without feathers on their neck except some have a "bowtie".

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!! how the heck did you get a SG??!?! Did you get shipped eggs? One must have slipped in there! So funny!!

yes they were from shipped eggs, was not expecting an SG in this batch. I have 18 Silkie/SG eggs in the bator due Easter and 7 due a week later (just put in yesterday) SOOOOOO hoping for more! I can not believe I find it SOOOOO cute!!!! I can't believe they've grown on me

 

[kristip]

HI

I posted the other day to determine the color if this is actually splash on my sweet 7 month old roo. I say splash, but I see there are lighter splashes and darker ones. Is there a more desireable color for splash? He has a black and a white girlfriend. He really likes the little white one. Need to clip her feathers and see if we can get some babies going!

 

[ChickensXOXO]

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Sonoran Silkies - I believe what you're referring to was said by peepblessed, not Grumpypantsmomma.