Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[AngBantamLuv]

I had another BYC member say that he thinks Mellow isn't a pure Silkie because she doesnt have a crest coming in yet. Is she a mix?

Possibly.. but it could just be a smaller crest. You'll know once the new feathers start coming in in a few more weeks. As for now, i see dark skin, feather feet, and extra toes. Silkie qualifiers!

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

Possibly.. but it could just be a smaller crest. You'll know once the new feathers start coming in in a few more weeks. As for now, i see dark skin, feather feet, and extra toes. Silkie qualifiers!

I would think not because she came from a hatchery.

 

[CSolis]

I would think not because she came from a hatchery.

Just give baby some time! It's hard work growing all those feathery floofs!

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

Just give baby some time! It's hard work growing all those feathery floofs!

Indeed!

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

I actually don't know. She has a huge crest compared to all other silkie crosses Ive had. Even her sister has what Ive seen as a normal crest for a cross. I think it has more to do with the fact her mother has a big crest for a silkie.

Sister. This is before I collected eggs for the day.
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Mother
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They are both so beautiful!!!! What color is the Silkie?

 

[Hinotori]

They are both so beautiful!!!! What color is the Silkie?

A lighter partridge. I have a lot of them in that color. No dark on the head as is proper.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Father was a bantam birchen cochin. Mother is partridge silkie.View attachment 3167325View attachment 3167330

OMGeeze so much chunky luv!!!
Beautiful!!!

So to get even poofier crest would u then breed back to a silkie?

 

[Hinotori]

OMGeeze so much chunky luv!!!
Beautiful!!!

So to get even poofier crest would u then breed back to a silkie?

That or polish. I think the polish was used to set the big crests into the silkies. They used to be far smaller.

I'm not planning on breeding her. I didnt mean to hatch crosses. I thought the father was a silkie as the cochin was only 10 weeks old. He was very precocious.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Isn't Hanabi a cochin and Hotaru is cochin silkie cross @LadiesAndJane ?

Sorry insomnia

 

[kurby22]

Broody Betty and Fuzzy hatched my baby Olandsk Dwarf chickies and now take them out and about with the whole flock I lost the last to hatch baby on the day it was 105 out…just wasn’t strong enough :-( but these three are happy and busy so far…gonna be using Betty and Fuzzy from now on SO much easier than an incubator