Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[LynnaePB]

Now for comb pics.
Chick 1 Poppy my personal favorite.
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Chick 2, who worries me.
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Chick 3 who has a single comb although tiny. This one was also the hardest to get a comb picture of as she did not want to be held tonight.
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Poppy is looking pretty feminine so far (small feminine comb, and although it doesn't hold true for all lines I find in most lines I've hatched from vaults are much more common in girls).

Chick 2 does have a fairly wide/large comb so I'd lean cockerel for him/her.

Chick 3 is harder for me to judge (I'm not good at judging single combs) but nothing is looking too cockerel like so I'm very slightly leaning towards pullet.

Very cute little ones!

 

[Chickeria]

Silver partridge

Ok thank you! She is adorable

I've been getting fertile eggs. Kiwi and Pippin have been "together" for a week or 2 now

How exciting - are you going to brood them? With a broody or with an incubator?

 

[Chickeria]

My youngest bird, little Himawari is growing up! All of a sudden she doesn’t look like a chick anymore. 12 weeks old tomorrow, photos from today. She is still so tiny and a lot smaller than I remember the others were at this age. View attachment 2782339View attachment 2782340

Wow that's amazing - in the last picture I saw of her she was still looking so much like a baby! Now she is looking more adult than my tiny James who is 4 weeks older!
Such a beautiful girl

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Wow that's amazing - in the last picture I saw of her she was still looking so much like a baby! Now she is looking more adult than my tiny James who is 4 weeks older!
Such a beautiful girl

Thanks! She looks like a mini grown up now!

 

[Chickeria]

Thanks! She looks like a mini grown up now!

So cute

 

[LadiesAndJane]

So cute

Would love to see updated photos of your little flock! Do you know how many pullets/cockerels you ended up with?

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

My little silkies have been acting like the blind leading the blind lately. My bearded ones that can't see hardly anything like to jump into something they can get stuck in/behind and if one goes, they all go... They can get out, but since they can't see, they don't try to often...

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Ok thank you! She is adorable

How exciting - are you going to brood them? With a broody or with an incubator?

I got into an agreement that If I can grow my nails (I'm a nail biter), I can hatch more eggs. So in a few months I'd like to hatch 1 or 2 of them

 

[nicalandia]

My LF Silkie Cockerel at 5 month old..

 

[Chickeria]

I got into an agreement that If I can grow my nails (I'm a nail biter), I can hatch more eggs. So in a few months I'd like to hatch 1 or 2 of them

I'm rooting for you!