Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[CSolis]

Y’all. We’ve hit the awkward teenager stage… and everyone is chest bumping like crazy lol. These babies should be about 5-6 weeks old but some are def bigger than others

I was out feeding late yesterday and was watching my 4 week olds chest bumping and running around.. funny as all get out.

 

[CSolis]

3rd generation silkie cross. She's getting better color on her feathers as more adult looking ones come in. View attachment 3180468


Can someone tell me what type of silkies these are?

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Note that the silkies don't really care that they are there. The cat had a chicken food snack before leaving.

She's a cutie for sure.. Have you bred her mother back to the father, or a different male? Gen Lee is the one I suspect of having a partridge gene, so I'm putting his daughter back in with him. Lil Ms Mocap I'm not sure of.. I want to definitely keep the black headdress but also want to keep the blue, so maybe a blue splash male for her. Not the best pic but she's camera shy.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

3rd generation silkie cross

She's looking good for 3rd gen! How old is she?

awkward teenager stage

Yeah I hate the stages...but they are sooooo stinkin adorable!
Mine have just went through the fat chunky stage (I luv n prefer) and are tall, leggy and skinny! Pitiful lookin lol!

 

[Hinotori]

She's a cutie for sure.. Have you bred her mother back to the father, or a different male? Gen Lee is the one I suspect of having a partridge gene, so I'm putting his daughter back in with him. Lil Ms Mocap I'm not sure of.. I want to definitely keep the black headdress but also want to keep the blue, so maybe a blue splash male for her. Not the best pic but she's camera shy.View attachment 3180631

Each generation has been bred back to a partridge silkie.

She's looking good for 3rd gen! How old is she?

Yeah I hate the stages...but they are sooooo stinkin adorable!
Mine have just went through the fat chunky stage (I luv n prefer) and are tall, leggy and skinny! Pitiful lookin lol!

11 weeks today. It's the wheaten still effecting the partridge on her coloring. Next gen will be good on the partridge. I have 2 fourth gen. I'm just trying to widen the gene pool.

I'll go get a picture of her full brother later. He looks really good for not being 100% silkie.

 

[CSolis]

Waiting is just soooooooooooooo hard... My splash silkies are coming on 13 weeks old.. I wish they could tell me.

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Ya think we ought to tell her?' 'Nawwwww let her wait!'

 

[CSolis]

Ms Mocaps feathers close up. She's a silkie mix.

Whitecloud has a different pattern though the same father.

I suspect they are full sisters too.. 3 eggs from TD hatched and 3 from the bantam BO hen.

 

[Obsessed With Silkies]

You have beautiful paints @CSolis!

 

[CSolis]

You have beautiful paints @CSolis!

OH my! Can you show me the difference between splash and paints? I understand on paints the color is all the way through the shaft.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Ms Mocaps feathers close up. She's a silkie mix.View attachment 3180958
Whitecloud has a different pattern though the same father.View attachment 3180961
I suspect they are full sisters too.. 3 eggs from TD hatched and 3 from the bantam BO hen.

Just beautiful!

 

[CSolis]

Now here's a question.. out of 8 eggs hatched (silkie mixes - Gen Lee is the dad) All of the males are showing this color scheme in one form or another.. Fluff Meister was the first, now these two younger brothers.. all of the females have been lighter muted colors.. So is the dark pattern associated with males?
Fluff Meister..

His two younger brothers..

Not a single girl has had this wide range of colors or pattern. And no light colored males have hatched from Gen Lee.