The American Paint Silkie

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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Your baby is adorable!

~Aspen

 

[jen5680]

Great chicks you two!!

 

[SonRise Silkies]

Thanks, ALL babies are so adorable.
It is getting dry now and has lots more dark markings than I thought.
Don't mean to bore you with MORE pictures but here it is a few hours old.

I was hoping for Paints of course but just before the paint hatched I got funny surprise.
Look at this little high vaulted sweetie
It's from the same pen of birds........I can see this is going to be SOME fun breeding program!.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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Bore me with SILKIE pictures? Honey, you can bore me all you want!!

Those babies are soooo cute!! Look at the crest on the 2nd one!!

~Aspen

 

[ourlittleflock]

hatch complete count was 2x paints, 3x black <<<I will post pics of them soon

just wanted to say again thanks for the information about the white hatching w/ or w/out spots

 

[MiMis_Place]

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy :

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Your baby is adorable!

~Aspen

I think APPY would be more appropriate.

(Sounds almost like happy!) I'd be happy to have some Appy's.

 

[jen5680]

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So cute!!
My very first batch of 'paints' that I had hatch I got 4 partridge ones. They turned out jsut beautiful.
Funny thing is I haven't hatched any partridge since ???
I didn't mind at all tho bc I LOVE partridge

 

[SonRise Silkies]

OurLittleFlock....that's pretty good percentage. Congrats!!
So far I have three White, 2 deep Blue and the Paint and that "chipmunk"
Possible 4 more to go, just patiently waiting to see if they hatch.
I'm hoping for paint but any GOOD chick will be welcome.

I guess "Paint" is a good name, mine of course look more Appaloosa.

I love spots.....if only I could have found a freckle face husband!!!

 

[SonRise Silkies]

I'm sure you all know I was kidding about the name Paint and changing it to Appaloosa, BUT I had a thought about the possible connection in the two.

Some people say that their chicks have hatched with little or no noticeable spots. I have an idea about this.

While most Appaloosa horses have spots when born they also do develop more as time goes by. And even some are born solid and then speckle out all over by three yrs old or earlier.

Did you know that if you were blindfolded or in complete darkness that when you run your hand over an Appaloosa you can FEEL the spots? The white hairs and the dark hairs are not the same length. The dark hairs being much shorter and closer to the hide. The dark spots are "dented" in the horse.
And this is even stranger....when they get winter hair the spots are sometimes longer and stand out like buttons.

Could this by why the chicks don't appear to be spotted [or AS spotted] as they do later when the feathers have a chance to grow away from the hide?

It's just a thought....of course there are lots of chickens who develop their colors later as they grow adult feathers......I don't know...I was just considering this. I know a lot more about horses than chickens!

Thanks for listening!
Cheryl

 

[ultra1classic]

From paint roo over dom white hen