Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

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LynnaePB said:
My big hatch finished last night. Lots of vaulted babies and it did not go smoothly as a lot of the babies were malpositioned so there was a lot of helping involved. I think I got lucky that only 4 of the 37 didn't make it. I wouldn't say the rest are out of the woods yet but most are looking pretty good.

It's really hard to resist a lot of these babies but as they were for a friend I'm trying really hard not to take too many. 😅😂

These are the two that surprised me that I think I'll keep. A little mottled I wasn't expecting (I'm super excited as I didn't get any with this much white/yellow down when I was actually trying to hatch mottled). And what I'm hoping might be a splash (I didn't end up getting any splash from the hatch I was trying to get some from either). The little mottled is an Nn like dad. She/he has a single comb but I don't mind too much. The little (maybe) splash has 6 toes on each foot but I'm still excited anyhow. I'm hoping the maybe splash baby inherits some of the red dad has and turns out somewhat splash calico like. :fl

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This is mom and dad to the maybe splash baby. Dad is partridge with a lot of red (who I guess must also be blue based if the baby is splash) and mom is a dark blue (with a tiny bit of gold leakage on her neck). The baby could be a really light downed blue too. If I didn't know who the parents were I would suspect a silver based recessive white as well but since both parents are gold based I don't think that is possible.

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And here are a couple (poor) group shots of the other babies that hatched. 😂

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I do but I'm pretty amateur at baking so I pick easy recipes that I think are tricky to mess up. 😂

I kind of wing it but generally treat it like one silkie egg = about 2/3rds of a regular large egg.



Happy Spring! Awww what a beautiful little paint! ❤️



Love the names! I can't wait to see the babies little Gracie and Grayson have when Gracie is old enough! 🥰
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:eek:Wow! So much cuteness! :love so many chickies!!
 
Obsessed With Silkies said:
I have! It was a recipe that called for multiple eggs and I just used the silkie egg just like the others. I don't really think that a silkie egg is much smaller than any other egg once you crack it open. I don't know, that might be just me!😂
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Ive said the same thing... how is so much egg crammed into this little thing!?!?
 
LynnaePB said:
My big hatch finished last night. Lots of vaulted babies and it did not go smoothly as a lot of the babies were malpositioned so there was a lot of helping involved. I think I got lucky that only 4 of the 37 didn't make it. I wouldn't say the rest are out of the woods yet but most are looking pretty good.

It's really hard to resist a lot of these babies but as they were for a friend I'm trying really hard not to take too many. 😅😂

These are the two that surprised me that I think I'll keep. A little mottled I wasn't expecting (I'm super excited as I didn't get any with this much white/yellow down when I was actually trying to hatch mottled). And what I'm hoping might be a splash (I didn't end up getting any splash from the hatch I was trying to get some from either). The little mottled is an Nn like dad. She/he has a single comb but I don't mind too much. The little (maybe) splash has 6 toes on each foot but I'm still excited anyhow. I'm hoping the maybe splash baby inherits some of the red dad has and turns out somewhat splash calico like. :fl

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This is mom and dad to the maybe splash baby. Dad is partridge with a lot of red (who I guess must also be blue based if the baby is splash) and mom is a dark blue (with a tiny bit of gold leakage on her neck). The baby could be a really light downed blue too. If I didn't know who the parents were I would suspect a silver based recessive white as well but since both parents are gold based I don't think that is possible.

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And here are a couple (poor) group shots of the other babies that hatched. 😂

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I do but I'm pretty amateur at baking so I pick easy recipes that I think are tricky to mess up. 😂

I kind of wing it but generally treat it like one silkie egg = about 2/3rds of a regular large egg.



Happy Spring! Awww what a beautiful little paint! ❤️



Love the names! I can't wait to see the babies little Gracie and Grayson have when Gracie is old enough! 🥰
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Love the chicks... and your partridge roo!! 😍
 

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