Week by Week Silkie Comb thread! With poll!

[H-B-O]

Thanks!

I edited after i took a better look.

 

[cherrynberry]

I am guessing you have 2 pullets and 1 cockerel. Looking forward to updates!

 

[Lemon-Drop]

Nutmeg: Looks Boy yet i'm thinking girl Eclipse: Comb is screaming girl...for now... Pebbles: Girl for sure!

Thanks for the edit! Really hoping for pullet...

I am guessing you have 2 pullets and 1 cockerel. Looking forward to updates!

I really wish I had gotten them dna sexed but it don’t really want to hurt them, and now I think it’s better to wait.

 

[cherrynberry]

Thanks for the edit! Really hoping for pullet...



I really wish I had gotten them dna sexed but it don’t really want to hurt them, and now I think it’s better to wait.

I personally choose not to DNA test…good luck! Hoping for at least 2 girls! We have a few chicks right now (7). I am thinking atleast 4 females (they are still too young though and it’s mainly wishful thinking).

 

[Lemon-Drop]

I knew it was a bit of a gamble to get 3 silkies since there’s a 50:50 of getting a cockerel... but I’m still hoping for 2 pullets. I’m glad it seems at least Pebbles is a pullet!

Do you (or anyone) know if silkie cockerels feather slower than pullets? Just wondering because Eclipse doesn’t have any head fluff and still has bits of baby fuzz (though it’s hard to tell since they’re so fluffy anyway)

 

[Lemon-Drop]

Sorry I forgot to update yesterday! I’ll be taking pictures in a minute for week 8!

 

[Lemon-Drop]

Ok! 8 week photos! I forgot to wet Pebbles and Eclipses crest, but remembered for nutmeg at the last moment. I’ll include a few photos of her with her crest both pushed back and dry and fluffy.

Nutmeg: (Partridge)
Dry, fluffy.

Pushed back front view. View attachment 2754662

Eclipse:
Still not much head fluff.

Pebbles

And then I don’t know why, but I got photos of the back of each of their heads.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Ok! 8 week photos! I forgot to wet Pebbles and Eclipses crest, but remembered for nutmeg at the last moment. I’ll include a few photos of her with her crest both pushed back and dry and fluffy.

Nutmeg: (Partridge)
Dry, fluffy.
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Pushed back front view. View attachment 2754662View attachment 2754663
Eclipse:
Still not much head fluff.
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Pebbles
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And then I don’t know why, but I got photos of the back of each of their heads. View attachment 2754679View attachment 2754680View attachment 2754681

Nutmeg is a buff, not a partridge.

 

[Lemon-Drop]

Nutmeg is a buff, not a partridge.

Oh! There was this whole thread discussion about it.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/silkie-chick-red-buff-partridge-or-something-else.1467725/

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Oh! There was this whole thread discussion about it.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/silkie-chick-red-buff-partridge-or-something-else.1467725/

Buff can have some partridge pattern as chicks. It’s likely she’s actually a mixed color, but appears outwardly buff (silkies are often mixed colors, she probably has some partridge genetics). Do you have a full body picture of Nutmeg?