Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

Hens are coming today finally. A rooster also comes with them, but I don't need a third...

They're here
I am still learning to ID colours, so how close am I if a say the hens are a Black, a Silver, and a Partridge?

 

[Hinotori]

They're here
I am still learning to ID colours, so how close am I if a say the hens are a Black, a Silver, and a Partridge?
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Looks pretty accurate to me

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

Looks pretty accurate to me

Now do you think the partridge is normal or blue? Trying to figure out a definite answer, her head is very dark but her tail looks blue. This is her in the sunlight.

 

[Hinotori]

Now do you think the partridge is normal or blue? Trying to figure out a definite answer, her head is very dark but her tail looks blue. This is her in the sunlight.
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Regular. Too dark to be a blue partridge. It can be really hard to tell on hens sometimes. I have one that's so dark a blue that she looks regular. I know what pen she's in but not sure which she is.

Sorry for the molt. Best picture I can get of one of my blue partridge right now. My good picture of a blue partridge with a partridge isn't a dark headed hen so looks different anyway.

 

[Hinotori]

I should have added, I haven't actually caught all of the hens in that pen to look up their skirts. Sometimes on BBS you have to do that. Blues that are dark have a bit lighter underfluff that gives them away.

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

Brooder babies got upgraded today. Extra space has given all of them crazy zoomies
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Owww so cute!

 

[CSolis]

Oh My Goodness, a little silver bum! even dried out it stayed silver like a dime.

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

Does anyone know the weights of their roos? The sweet white dude who came with the hens seem quite underweight, as in he is even lighter then the smallest hen (Silver one).

 

[Hinotori]

They are supposed to be
Cock 36 oz
Hen 32 oz
Cockerel 32 oz
Pullet 28 oz

Mine tend to usually run a bit heavy but I have a few at weight

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

They are supposed to be
Cock 36 oz
Hen 32 oz
Cockerel 32 oz
Pullet 28 oz

Mine tend to usually run a bit heavy but I have a few at weight

Going off those he's the right weight for a cockerel (I'm not actually sure how old he is), but using his body condition I still think he's underweight