Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[Debbie292d]

Has anyone gotten hatching eggs from charisetrott on ebay? And if so what might I expect?

So I checked on hers and she looks good!

The only think I'm not understanding is what is the definition of mottled. She's showing ones that look like my cuckoos, and nothing like my mottled.

Mottled:

Then what she shows as mottled looks like mine that I'm told is a frizzle cuckoo. I'm lost as everyone calls these different lol.

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

Silkie (and showgirl) chicks hatching like crazy in my incubators right now! A wide variety of mixed colours, I cant wait to pull them and get a proper look!

 

[Clodill4rel]

Hahaha you got it! All 12 hatched!

I was thwarted from taking a bunch of cute pics because I discovered 2 had splay leg this AM and I’ve never dealt with that before. So I got into a bit of a panic and tossed the other 10 under my broody immediately.

But here are some! I hatched 8 white/paint (time will tell which is which), 1 blue, 1 splash, 1 black and 1 partridge.
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Oh my goodness Silkys are the most adorable chicks ever !!!!! Look at that top hair !!!! Love them !!! So cute oh my gosh

 

[Clodill4rel]

Silkie (and showgirl) chicks hatching like crazy in my incubators right now! A wide variety of mixed colours, I cant wait to pull them and get a proper look!

Oh I can’t wait either hahahahahah

 

[Clodill4rel]

I keep a pack of chick hobbles with my incubator. If caught at hatch, splay leg fixes very fast.

What’s a chick hobble ?

 

[Debbie292d]

What’s a chick hobble ?

For us, it's vet wrap, but I presume Hinotori buys them on Amazon as I've seen those too. It's for splayed/spraddled legs that newly hatched chicks sometimes have. If you catch it right away, it takes less time to correct, usually 1-3 days.

 

[Hinotori]

What’s a chick hobble ?

Yeah, these I have are bought off amazon, but I used to make them with the thin sewing elastic in the same basic design.

 

[Clodill4rel]

Yeah, these I have are bought off amazon, but I used to make them with the thin sewing elastic in the same basic design.

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!!!!!!! Oh my gosh wowza gonna be pretty!!!! I c u have it on like this wait is this a new chick if yours? Have u heard of indigo egg. Bobbi’s Silkys? I was thinking of getting a couple….

 

[Hinotori]

!!!!!!! Oh my gosh wowza gonna be pretty!!!! I c u have it on like this wait is this a new chick if yours? Have u heard of indigo egg. Bobbi’s Silkys? I was thinking of getting a couple….

This chick was from last year I think. I haven't hatched any this year yet. I have to plan around visits to family as well.

 

[NagemTX]

Sooo I'll be a silkie owner once the eggs get here and I hatch them. Blue creams.