New to Silkies...well, I've tried before but had bad luck. My first hen was a splash Silkie, and I didn't know I shouldn't just have one. She seemed depressed. I got her some friends but they didn't like each other. Then she just died :-( In her nesting box. I only had her about 2 weeks and I felt awful. One of the friends I had gotten her was a 3 m.o. white silkie, the other was a light brahma, same age. The silkie, Sally, turned out to be a Sal and I didn't think I wanted a rooster so I rehomed him, and had to let the light brahma go with him because they were best friends, and I never want to leave or send out a chicken without a childhood friend after what happened to my first girl (I think she died of depression).
Anyway, now I am hatching Silkie eggs, and I'm wondering if you can help me tell what they should look like as babies. There are paints and lavenders, but I imagine the lavenders won't ALL hatch lavender, right? And even if they will be lavender, what color should they be as babies? I know the paints are yellow, but will they already have their little spots? I have one that hatched (my broodie is two days ahead of the bators), and it's yellow but with a little black smudgy on its head. There are also b/bl/splah eggs, and splash eggs, which I have tried to separate but they may hop around when they hatch. There are about 30 of them. First one pipped this morning. I'm rambling, sorry sorry sorry, it's my first hatch. Oh help...
Good mama broody yeay!
