Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[MissLavender]

Its soooo pretty!! Do you think it could be a blue mille fleur??

I’m honestly not sure. Hatched looking like this:

 

[Hinotori]

Beautiful Satin Silkie baby, 12 weeks old. Cockerel, I think??? Is this Blue Partridge? This is my first and only Silkie. I’m in love.

Could very well be blue partridge from the looks of it. Definitely has the blue down. I only have a silkie feathered one so no example to compare to. The coloring otherwise is pretty typical of the blotchy way partridge boys can sometimes feather in before getting the good full adult feathers.

 

[Hinotori]

Jinxed myself from earlier. A chick in the bator had toes curling under. It's in a bandaid shoe now. It yelled at me the whole time.

 

[CSolis]

4 F1's and a splash silkie all from the same dad (Top Gun). The splash satin and the blue and gold F1 are from the Golden Girls (Bantam BOs) and the Lieutenant a Splash Silkie roo I sold. The Blue and Partridge are from Sioux and TG.

 

[Hinotori]

Came home from store and checked chicks. One was laying behind mama looking dead and was chilled. I hate chick deaths. It lightly gasped after a few moments so rushed inside and hot tubbed it.

I've had dumb chicks who've gotten chilled to this point before. Warm water drizzling while sitting in one of my tiny Japanese tea cups which is small enough a silkie can't slip under. Warmed it until it started really kicking. Then off to sit in the still running bator.

I took it back out a few hours later and it rushed right under mama when put in front of her.

Yes warm water can kill a chilled animal, but I've found with chicks if you don't get them warmed quick enough they are dead anyway. Better to attempt to save their life.

 

[Obsessed With Silkies]

Good afternoon everyone! I have a Silkie color question. So there is someone in my area that is selling mottled silkie chicks. She sent me pics of the parents and they are a blend of white and black. I thought mottled was black with some white blotches. These pictures are some of her mottled silkies. Are they mottled and just a different color variation?

 

[CSolis]

Good afternoon everyone! I have a Silkie color question. So there is someone in my area that is selling mottled silkie chicks. She sent me pics of the parents and they are a blend of white and black. I thought mottled was black with some white blotches. These pictures are some of her mottled silkies. Are they mottled and just a different color variation?

Interesting question.

 

[CSolis]

Lord have mercy on me... Decisions decisions... I have 13 2 week olds I need to choose.. hopefully wives for my roos with only a hen or two.. Turtle Dove has done a fantastic job with Lil Boy Blue.. she had 4 out of 4 hatch.

These Two kiddos

Center one facing in this photo..

This one looked like a mink stole to the eye.
Dark Rose had a nice poofy headed chick below.. Same dad.

This light blue is from Cheyenne and LBB..

And the black and Buff are from the Golden Girls and the Lieutenant.

The buff looks like it's going to be exactly like an older sibling chick I have now 8 weeks old.

That is only 7 of the 12 I hatched +1 purebred silkie (partridge) chick from Amanda.

 

[CSolis]

Chicks in the 2nd tub..

 

[AngBantamLuv]

Good afternoon everyone! I have a Silkie color question. So there is someone in my area that is selling mottled silkie chicks. She sent me pics of the parents and they are a blend of white and black. I thought mottled was black with some white blotches. These pictures are some of her mottled silkies. Are they mottled and just a different color variation?

Looks mottled to me, and so pretty!!!