Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[AngBantamLuv]

Beautiful birds!
Is your hen a paint? I see a few black flecks up in her crest.

She is a cochin splash.. 8 months old now.

So so sweet, just goes to sleep when i pick her up.. loves to just be petted.

 

[AngBantamLuv]

Beautiful birds!
Is your hen a paint? I see a few black flecks up in her crest.

Oops sorry, responded to the wrong post

 

[LadiesAndJane]

These three little guys hatched over the weekend. Their down color is so different. I know they’re all going to feather in white, would be cool though if the little champagne colored one stayed that color! Kind of in love with this one.
Had to throw a picture of Hanabi in of course as well.

 

[AngBantamLuv]

These three little guys hatched over the weekend. Their down color is so different. I know they’re all going to feather in white, would be cool though if the little champagne colored one stayed that color! Kind of in love with this one.
Had to throw a picture of Hanabi in of course as well.View attachment 2647755View attachment 2647756View attachment 2647764

They are so adorable!!! I love all their big eyes...and hanabi

 

[nicalandia]

Beautiful birds!
Is your hen a paint? I see a few black flecks up in her crest.

I don't even know what is her color

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I don't even know what is her color

Have you had her since she was a chick? I’m sure you know this with your extensive genetics knowledge, paint are usually born with the little black flecks that become more prominent as they feather in. The amount of black can vary greatly.
I have a little three week old paint cockerel that has been getting more prominent black markings as his feathers are coming in.

 

[nicalandia]

Have you had her since she was a chick? I’m sure you know this with your extensive genetics knowledge, paint are usually born with the little black flecks that become more prominent as they feather in. The amount of black can vary greatly.
I have a little three week old paint cockerel that has been getting more prominent black markings as his feathers are coming in.

Paint should be white with some flecks, I think she is a khaki of sorts

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Paint should be white with some flecks, I think she is a khaki of sorts

Yeah she almost looks like an adult version of my little champagne colored chick! Though these chicks will all feather in white, both their parents are white and they always throw chicks with different down colors.

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

We are hoping to get her a fertile egg off Ebay but we can only get a maximum of 2 eggs (because we have a coop for 6 chickens- 2 hens and 3 chicks moving out to the coop in a week so... Yeah).
We have her sat on a supermarket egg at the moment

Not a usual thing to have 100% hatch rate so if you got a few more eggs and if 3 or 4 did end up hatching could you sell excess chicks?

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Is it possible to have laced silkies? One of my chicks seems to have black neck feathers with white outlines around them? Her comb looks different too! I'll get a pic later