Silkied Ameraucana Project

[marsha tutterow]

I am just starting to stalk this thread and I'm so intrigued! I'd love to see some of these lovelies in person. How far are you from Brevard, NC? 

About 2 1/2 hrs.

 

[marsha tutterow]

Gonna be getting my first silkie Ameraucana eggs, so would love to follow this thread

Yay. Let us know how it goes. We are here to help anyway we can.

 

[EdenCamp]

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Puter has been down so haven't able to do any research. Now learning new puter and still having internet fits - srry. Meanwhile -14 eggs from you SpoiledC went into lock down for this Friday........Whooot!!!!!!! Tossing this out there - I do have an F2 of jubie SiAms and a Wheaten/Isabel black split breedings going on. Only a few birds so very few eggs - any interest? Moved pens around but the choc/mauve split pen is producing choc/mauve and silkied % and eggs available. Ton of orp eggs right now too. April 11th get NPIP testing and inspection done! Whoot - will I be glad when that's done!

 

[Thespoiledchicken]

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YAY!!!!

C'mon chickies hatch!!!!

 

[Thespoiledchicken]

I have been hatching a lot of chicks for my NEW Ameraucana project

I have a crestless Cream Brabanter under my Silkied Lavender Ameraucana. Hatching lots of nice F1's

They are all black with nice beards and muffs and NO crests

Not too sure what to expect with combs but so far the chicks look like they might have pea combs. I have to grow them out and see what happens. F2's in the Fall I should get some Cream and mottling as well as Silkied.feathering and since I'm throwing Lavender in the mix I suppose Porcelains

Not sure if I should make a separate smooth line of these as well or just use my silkied splits for the smooths

Might be a pain trying to breed out the Silkied feathering for those that want them in smooth only.

Anyway my Cream Brabanter girl is so friendly she wants to be a human so bad and she lays me a HUGE white egg every day. Nice big Blue eggs will be easy for this line

Here is my Brabanter girl- it's not the best pic but shows her coloring

 

[EdenCamp]

I have been hatching a lot of chicks for my NEW Ameraucana project

I have a crestless Cream Brabanter under my Silkied Lavender Ameraucana. Hatching lots of nice F1's

They are all black with nice beards and muffs and NO crests

Not too sure what to expect with combs but so far the chicks look like they might have pea combs. I have to grow them out and see what happens. F2's in the Fall I should get some Cream and mottling as well as Silkied.feathering and since I'm throwing Lavender in the mix I suppose Porcelains

Not sure if I should make a separate smooth line of these as well or just use my silkied splits for the smooths

Might be a pain trying to breed out the Silkied feathering for those that want them in smooth only.

Anyway my Cream Brabanter girl is so friendly she wants to be a human so bad and she lays me a HUGE white egg every day. Nice big Blue eggs will be easy for this line

Here is my Brabanter girl- it's not the best pic but shows her coloring

Personally, and speaking from experience...... I'd work on the project in hard feather first. Juggling the silkied factor on top of it detracts from the core project. And like you say - they are mre people into non-silkied projects - once you like them - easy enough to factor in the silkied feather genes.

Btw = your lav silkieds have started hatching . Think I was off a day - Sat set late. 1 out and 2 more pipped - they're just getting started - but that fist chick went from pip to out in about 3 hours =
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[Thespoiledchicken]

Personally, and speaking from experience...... I'd work on the project in hard feather first. Juggling the silkied factor on top of it detracts from the core project. And like you say - they are mre people into non-silkied projects - once you like them - easy enough to factor in the silkied feather genes.

Btw = your lav silkieds have started hatching . Think I was off a day - Sat set late. 1 out and 2 more pipped - they're just getting started - but that fist chick went from pip to out in about 3 hours =
e

Yeah those chicks hatch and hit the ground running here lol. C'mon chickies

And I think your right on starting them with smooth. I'll set up another pen

 

[EdenCamp]

2 out, both black splits, 3rd starting to zip, think at least one more has pipped.

Meanwhile - 5 out from my choc/mauve SiAm pen, 1 zipping, 2 more pipped that I saw........

Got to clean out the stacking brooder good today - see what all went silkied and take a count - whoot!. Anybody up for split chicks? PM pls. Full silkied and choc/mauves aren't going anywhere - but splashes could be mauve splash and any male could be split for choc. NPIP testin the 11th too.

5 out now - 2 more pipped! ALL splits so far tho.........

Looks like 6 - all splits, letting the others coast a bit longer but this isn't bad!

 

[EdenCamp]

I'd love to find a crestless partridge brantabar for a project..............

 

[Thespoiledchicken]

2 out, both black splits, 3rd starting to zip, think at least one more has pipped.

Meanwhile - 5 out from my choc/mauve SiAm pen, 1 zipping, 2 more pipped that I saw........

Got to clean out the stacking brooder good today - see what all went silkied and take a count - whoot!. Anybody up for split chicks? PM pls. Full silkied and choc/mauves aren't going anywhere - but splashes could be mauve splash and any male could be split for choc. NPIP testin the 11th too.

5 out now - 2 more pipped! ALL splits so far tho.........

Looks like 6 - all splits, letting the others coast a bit longer but this isn't bad!

Any more hatch? Only 6 from 14 in lockdown?

And all splits no full Lavs? Yikes!