Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

All three babies do appear to be Polkies

 

[Ponypoor]

I'm not even sure how many infertile eggs later I've gotten one to hatch! Catch is it's probably an accidental Polkie
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Awwww so adorable

I have two eggs under my silkie, they will be PolishxSilkie also. Should be due on Friday

 

[Ponypoor]

My silkies kill rats. Mice wouldn't stand a chance.

They kill the red winged blackbirds that try to steal their food, too. They have treadle feeders with a small weight on the lid to keep the rats of NIMH out. Silkies are just heavy enough to open them. If a blackbird flies down to grab food, the silkies hop off. That lid slams down pretty hard. It happens too much for it to be accidents.

Ya they are devious those silkies, my 7 month old killed and ate a small snake! Yummy!

 

[Hinotori]

Ya they are devious those silkies, my 7 month old killed and ate a small snake! Yummy!

There are 5 silkie pens. They've killed a red winged blackbird and a sparrow since I posted that.

 

[CSolis]

@Gammas Bearded Babies I have a light partridge boy if you want him! Been busy as heck all summer, now I'm inundated with winged kids! The one in the front is calico splash.. Sold 10 F3's over the weekend, but getting those guys gone is hard!

There are 6 boys to move! These are all from the same hatch...O.O

 

[CSolis]

And thennnnnnnnnn.. Blue Bonnet hatched 10 by Top Gun

Andddddd thennnnnnn... I had 2 satins and one silkie sitting on a pile of eggs...

So life has been interesting to say the least.

 

[Hinotori]

So out of 13, only 2 were girls. The 2 that I wasn't sure on are boys. One of them still looks girly feathered but the neck is orange and his comb, wattles, and size out him as a boy.



This is the boy who was so light that I thought might turn out splash partridge.

He still looked rather blue partridge last week, I'm not sure on even that now. He's getting some dark feathers in.

 

[Ponypoor]

There are 5 silkie pens. They've killed a red winged blackbird and a sparrow since I posted that.

Wow that’s crazy! But not really surprised - my chooks chase after birds and squirrels up into the trees

 

[CSolis]

So out of 13, only 2 were girls. The 2 that I wasn't sure on are boys. One of them still looks girly feathered but the neck is orange and his comb, wattles, and size out him as a boy.



This is the boy who was so light that I thought might turn out splash partridge.

He still looked rather blue partridge last week, I'm not sure on even that now. He's getting some dark feathers in.

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Out of 7 eggs I got the 6 boys and one girl.. the light partridge looks just like his daddy but I'm out of pens!

 

[Ponypoor]

My satin silkie hatched her Polkie two eggs, one from my silkie Fluffy, and another from the frizzle fluff ball Curly. I did a gender dna test on both.

Fluffy’s egg child is a boy, he has 5 toes each foot, and feathered legs, and dark skin.

Curly’s egg child is a girl, she is also going to be frizzle, but no feathers on her legs, and only one foot has 5 toes.

Both will be splash I am guessing and are darn cute

Betty- I love how her frizzle feathers are coming in.

Bert I wonder what colour his topknot will be? It’s orange right now.